Skeena (provincial electoral district)

Skeena (provincial electoral district)

Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election or 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Robin Austin, a former social worker. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Mr. Austin serves as Opposition Critic for Fisheries.

Election results

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NDP
Robin Austin
align="right"|6,166
align="right"|48.12%
align="right"
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Roger Brendan Harris
align="right"|5,807
align="right"|45.32%
align="right"
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Green
Patrick Hayes
align="right"|616
align="right"|4.81%
align="right"
B.C. Unity
Daniel Stelmacker
align="right"|224
align="right"|1.75%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|12,813!align="right"
!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Roger Brendan Harris
align="right"|8,653
align="right"|65.15%
align="right"
align="right"|$34,842
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NDP
Helmut Giesbrecht
align="right"|2,644
align="right"|19.91%
align="right"
align="right"|$16,230
Green
Roger Colin Benham
align="right"|695
align="right"|5.23%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,893
Marijuana
Bob Erb
align="right"|810
align="right"|6.10%
align="right"
align="right"|$4,908
All Nations
Gerald Victor Amos
align="right"|479
align="right"|3.61%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,918
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|13,281!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|68!align="right"|0.51%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|13,349!align="right"|72.13%!align="right"
-
NDP
Helmut Giesbrecht
align="right"|5,353
align="right"|40.34%
align="right"
align="right"|$29,298
-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Rick Wozney
align="right"|4,718
align="right"|35.56%
align="right"
align="right"|$53,331
BC Reform
Andy Burton
align="right"|2,744
align="right"|20.68%
align="right"
align="right"|$21,615
Social Credit
Dave Serry
align="right"|249
align="right"|1.88%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,731
Green
Doug Bodnar
align="right"|205
align="right"|1.54%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|13,269!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|93!align="right"|0.70%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|13,362!align="right"|70.72%!align="right"
-
NDP
Helmut Giesbrecht
align="right"|5,597
align="right"|46.67%
align="right"
align="right"|$31,137
-
Social Credit
Dave Parker
align="right"|4,766
align="right"|39.74%
align="right"
align="right"|$65,535
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Juanita Hatton
align="right"|1,629
align="right"|13.59%
align="right"
align="right"|$983
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|11,992!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|201!align="right"|1.65%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|12,193!align="right"|72.46%!align="right"
!align="right"

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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
William Hayes
align="right"|839
align="right"|4.94%
align="right"
align="right"
NDP
Frank Howard
align="right"|7,101
align="right"|41.79%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
David Fletcher Hewlett Parker
align="right"|8,259
align="right"|48.61%
align="right"
align="right"
Independent
Sebastian Gordon
align="right"|793
align="right"|4.66%
align="right"
align="right"|$983
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|16,992 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|225!align="right"|1.65%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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NDP
Frank Howard
align="right"|9,682
align="right"|51.12%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Joanne B. Monaghan
align="right"|8,962
align="right"|47.31%
align="right"
align="right"
Independent
Lionel Wayne Sears
align="right"|297
align="right"|1.57%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,941!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|242!align="right"|1.65%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
NDP
Frank Howard
align="right"|7,561
align="right"|50.29%
align="right"
align="right"
Independent
David L. McCreery
align="right"|197
align="right"|1.31%
align="right"
align="right"
Independent
Arthur David Serry
align="right"|83
align="right"|0.55%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Cyril Morley Shelford
align="right"|7,193
align="right"|47.85%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|15,034!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|233!align="right"|1.65%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
NDP
Hartley Douglas Dent
align="right"|6,145
align="right"|44.77%
align="right"
align="right"
Liberal
Ronald N. Gowe
align="right"|484
align="right"|3.52%
align="right"
align="right"
Progressive Conservative
Victor Charles George Jolliffe
align="right"|235
align="right"|1.71 %
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Cyril Morley Shelford
align="right"|6,863
align="right"|50.00%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|13,727!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|141!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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NDP
Hartley Douglas Dent
align="right"|5,442
align="right"|46.90%
align="right"
align="right"
Liberal
Ian Charles MacDonald
align="right"|1,441
align="right"|12.42%
align="right"
align="right"
Progressive Conservative
Richard William Sargent
align="right"|1,040
align="right"|8.96%
align="right"
align="right"
Independent
Richard William Sargent
align="right"|76
align="right"|0.65%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Cyril Morley Shelford
align="right"|3,605
align="right"|31.07%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|11,604 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|206!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Liberal
Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff
align="right"|748
align="right"|7.59%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Dudley George Little
align="right"|5,044
align="right"|51.20%
align="right"
align="right"
NDP
James Harold Robertson
align="right"|4,059
align="right"|41.20%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|9,851!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|180!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
William Ivor Donald
align="right"|711
align="right"|12.93%
align="right"
align="right"
NDP
Ronald Douglas
align="right"|1,742
align="right"|31.68%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Dudley George Little
align="right"|3,046
align="right"|55.39%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|5,499!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|56!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
William Ivor Donald
align="right"|961
align="right"|16.29%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Dudley George Little
align="right"|2,963
align="right"|50.23%
align="right"
align="right"
NDP
Richard Mouat Toynbee
align="right"|1,975
align="right"|33.48%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|5,899 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|65!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Monty Alton
align="right"|2,137
align="right"|37.00%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Dudley George Little
align="right"|2,379
align="right"|41.19%
align="right"
align="right"
Liberal
William Donald Stickney
align="right"|848
align="right"|14.68%
align="right"
align="right"
Conservative
Guy Ronald Williams
align="right"|411
align="right"|7.12%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|5,775 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|109!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Paul Wilbur Hallman
align="right"|1,387
align="right"|27.22%
align="right"
align="right"
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Howard
align="right"|1,823
align="right"|35.77%
align="right"
align="right"
Social Credit
Hugh Addison Shirreff
align="right"|1,886
align="right"|37.01%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|5,096!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|132!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Total
-
Liberal
Lionel Charles Houle
align="right"|1,413
align="right"|29.60%
align="right"|2,097
align="right"|49.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Howard
align="right"|1,768
align="right"|37.04%
align="right"|2,110
align="right"|50.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Richard Stanley Lawrence
align="right"|1,372
align="right"|28.75%
align="right"| -
align="right"| - %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
William John O'Neill
align="right"|220
align="right"|4.61%
align="right"|-
align="right"|-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,773 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|4,207 !align="right"|%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|279!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters!align="right"|5,933 (1952 list)!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|70.15%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Frank Howard
align="right"|1,048
align="right"|28.83%
align="right"|1,318
align="right"|41.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
align="right"|1,500
align="right"|41.27%
align="right"|1,865
align="right"|58.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Herbert Wallace Leach
align="right"|586
align="right"|16.12%
align="right"|-
align="right"|-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit League
Kenneth Oroville McAmmond
align="right"|501
align="right"|13.78%
align="right"|-
align="right"|-%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,635 !align="right"|%!align="right"|3,183!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|147!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown

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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Joseph Daney Denicola
align="right"|750
align="right"|26.80%
align="right"
align="right"
Coalition
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
align="right"|2,048
align="right"|73.20%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|2,798!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|91!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Floyd Forester Frank
align="right"|634
align="right"|41.30%
align="right"
align="right"
Coalition
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
align="right"|901
align="right"|58.70%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|1,535 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|47!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
align="right"|877
align="right"|61.89%
align="right"
align="right"
Progressive Conservative
William John O'Neill
align="right"|540
align="right"|38.11%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|1,417 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|61!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Liberal
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
align="right"|1,006
align="right"|59.74%
align="right"
align="right"
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
John Doney
align="right"|678
align="right"|40.26%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|1,684!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|68!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Independent
Ralph Carmichael Bamford
align="right"|248
align="right"|15.49%
align="right"
align="right"
Liberal
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
align="right"|902
align="right"|56.34%
align="right"
align="right"
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Joseph Edgar Panter
align="right"|451
align="right"|28.17%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|1,601!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|49!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Progressive Conservative
Frank Maurice Dockrill
align="right"|765
align="right"|45.67%
align="right"
align="right"
Liberal
Horace Cooper Wrinch
align="right"|910
align="right"|54.33%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|1,675!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|36!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Provincial
Frank Maurice Dockrill
align="right"|535
align="right"|33.97%
align="right"
align="right"
Conservative
Richard Strong Sargent
align="right"|246
align="right"|15.62
align="right"
align="right"
Liberal
Horace Cooper Wrinch
align="right"|794
align="right"|50.41%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|1,575 !align="right"|100.00%!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"
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External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_56.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/skn.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]

* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_skn.htm Results of 1996 election]

* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-83.html Results of 1991 election]

* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]


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