Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia


caption = Skeena—Bulkley Valley in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59025
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Nathan Cullen
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = NDP
fed-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 91926
demo-electors = 60810
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 323720
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Prince Rupert, Burns Lake, Houston, Kitimat, Smithers, Terrace, Bulkley-Nechako A, Bulkley-Nechako B, Kitimat-Stikine C, Kitimat-Stikine E

::"This page is about the federal electoral district. See Bulkley Valley for that geographic region, and Skeena River for the region known as "the Skeena".Skeena—Bulkley Valley is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Geography

This is a rural area on the northwest coast of B.C. It includes the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii).

This district includes the cities of Terrace and Prince Rupert, the town of Smithers, as well as the districts of Kitimat, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Vanderhoof, Stewart, Port Edward, Houston and the villages of Masset, Burns Lake, Telkwa and Port Clements.

History

This electoral district was created in 2003 from Skeena, some of Prince George—Bulkley Valley and a small part of Cariboo—Chilcotin riding.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

* 2004-present: Nathan Cullen - New Democratic Party

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Nathan Cullen, a former human resources consultant. He was first elected in 2004. He represents the New Democratic Party. He serves as the NDP critic for National Parks, Environment, and Youth. He serves as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development' and the 'Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development'.

Election results

-
New Democratic Party
Nathan Cullen
align="right"|18,496
align="right"|48.33%
align="right"|+11.19%
align="right"|$90,144.41
Conservative
Mike Scott
align="right"|12,630
align="right"|33.00%
align="right"|-0.69%
align="right"|$71,817.40
style="width: 130px" |Liberal
Gordon Stamp-Vincent
align="right"|4,845
align="right"|12.66%
align="right"|-8.92%
align="right"|$19,599.28
-
Christian Heritage
Rod Taylor
align="right"|1,235
align="right"|3.22%
align="right"|-0.59%
align="right"|$23,834.62
Green
Phil Brienesse
align="right"|164
align="right"|2.78%
align="right"|-0.53%
align="right"|$752.93
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|37,370!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|N.D.P. hold
align="right"|Swing
align="right"|+5.25
align="right"

-
New Democratic Party
Nathan Cullen
align="right"|13,706
align="right"|37.14%
align="right"
align="right"|$48,135
Conservative
Andy Burton
align="right"|12,434
align="right"|33.69%
align="right"
align="right"|$53,675
style="width: 130px" |Liberal
Miles Richardson
align="right"|7,965
align="right"|21.58%
align="right"
align="right"|$73,964
-
Christian Heritage
Rod Taylor
align="right"|1,408
align="right"|3.81%
align="right"
align="right"|$15,037
Green
Roger Colin Benham
align="right"|1,225
align="right"|3.31%
align="right"
align="right"|$584
Marxist-Leninist
Frank Martin
align="right"|161
align="right"|0.43%
align="right"
align="right"|$716
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|36,899!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|140!align="right"|0.38%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|37,039!align="right"|59.99%!align="right"
!align="right"

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=1287 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]


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