Prince George—Peace River

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia


caption = Prince George—Peace River in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59022
fed-created = 1976
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1979
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Jay Hill
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 105865
demo-electors = 70345
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 237174
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Prince George, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Mackenzie, Peace River B, Peace River C, Peace River D, Fraser-Fort George A, Fraser-Fort George D

Prince George—Peace River is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Geography

Communities include the oil-and-gas exploration centre of Fort St. John; Fort Nelson, with the province's biggest wood products plant; Dawson Creek; and the part of Prince George north of the Nechako River and east of the Fraser River.

History

This electoral district was originally created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo) and Kamloops ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fort Nelson—Peace River riding and a part of Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings. In 1978, Fort Nelson—Peace River was renamed "Prince George—Peace River". There were no elections during the period it was called "Fort Nelson—Peace River".

Politically, this riding has been amongst the most right-wing in Canada, electing Progressive Conservative MP Frank Oberle from 1972-1993, and Conservative Jay Hill since that point. One of the reasons for this could be a lack of Liberal campaigning.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

* 1968-1972: Robert Borrie - Liberal
* 1972-1993: Frank Oberle - Progressive Conservative
* 1993-present: Jay Hill - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance(2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004)

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Jay Hill, a former farmer. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is currently the Chief Government Whip.

Election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=572 Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1966–1976]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=573 Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1978–2005]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures – 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59013 Expenditures – 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]