Skeena (provincial electoral district)
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
MLA |
New Democratic |
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District created | 1924 | ||
First contested | 1924 | ||
Last contested | 2005 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2001) | 32,021 | ||
Area (km²) | 23,569 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1.4 | ||
Census divisions | Kitimat-Stikine | ||
Census subdivisions | Kitimat, Terrace |
Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election of 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.
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Demographics
Population | 32,021 |
Population Change, 1996–2001 | -6.4% |
Area (km²) | 23,569 |
Pop. Density (people per km²) | 1.4 |
Geography
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History
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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 Education.
Election results
B.C. General Election 2013: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democratic | Robin Austin | 5,609 | 47.71% | -3.06% | $41,610 | |
Liberal | Carol LeClerc | 5,087 | 43.27% | +5.81% | $82,805 | |
Conservative | Mike Brousseau | 797 | 6.78% | -0.95% | $24,924 | |
British Columbia Party | Trevor Hendry | 263 | 2.24% | n/a | $250 | |
Total Valid Votes | 11,756 | 100% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 65 | 0.55% | ||||
Turnout | 11,821 | 55.85% |
B.C. General Election 2009 Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Robin Austin | 5,865 | 50.77 | +2.47 | $68,501 | |
Liberal | Donny Van Dyk | 4,328 | 37.46 | -7.76 | $84,795 | |
Conservative | Michael Brousseau | 893 | 7.73 | $6,594 | ||
Green | Anita Norman | 467 | 4.04 | -0.74 | $1,346 | |
Total Valid Votes | 11,553 | 100% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 64 | 0.7% | ||||
Turnout | 11,617 | 55% |
B.C. General Election 2005 Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Robin Austin | 6,166 | 48.12% | $56,311 | ||
Liberal | Roger Harris | 5,807 | 45.32% | $122,214 | ||
Green | Patrick Hayes | 616 | 4.81% | – | $900 | |
Unity | Daniel Stelmacker | 224 | 1.75% | $1,312 | ||
Total Valid Votes | 12,813 | 100% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 89 | 0.7% | ||||
Turnout | 12,902 | 63% |
B.C. General Election 2001: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Roger Harris | 8,653 | 65.15% | $34,842 | ||
NDP | Helmut Giesbrecht | 2,644 | 19.91% | $16,230 | ||
Green | Roger Colin Benham | 695 | 5.23% | – | $1,893 | |
Marijuana | Bob Erb | 810 | 6.10% | $4,908 | ||
All Nations | Gerald Victor Amos | 479 | 3.61% | – | $3,918 | |
Total Valid Votes | 13,281 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 68 | 0.51% | ||||
Turnout | 13,349 | 72.13% |
B.C. General Election 1996: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Helmut Giesbrecht | 5,353 | 40.34% | $29,298 | ||
Liberal | Rick Wozney | 4,718 | 35.56% | $53,331 | ||
Reform | Andy Burton | 2,744 | 20.68% | $21,615 | ||
Social Credit | Dave Serry | 249 | 1.88% | – | $3,731 | |
Green | Doug Bodnar | 205 | 1.54% | – | $100 | |
Total Valid Votes | 13,269 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 93 | 0.70% | ||||
Turnout | 13,362 | 70.72% |
B.C. General Election 1991: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Helmut Giesbrecht | 5,597 | 46.67% | $31,137 | ||
Social Credit | Dave Parker | 4,766 | 39.74% | – | $65,535 | |
Liberal | Juanita Hatton | 1,629 | 13.59% | $983 | ||
Total Valid Votes | 11,992 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 201 | 1.65% | ||||
Turnout | 12,193 | 72.46% |
B.C. General Election 1986: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | David Fletcher Hewlett Parker | 8,259 | 48.61% | – | ||
NDP | Frank Howard | 7,101 | 41.79% | |||
Liberal | William Hayes | 839 | 4.94% | |||
Independent | Sebastian Gordon | 793 | 4.66% | $983 | ||
Total Valid Votes | 16,992 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 225 | 1.65% | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1983: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Frank Howard | 9,682 | 51.12% | |||
Social Credit | Joanne B. Monaghan | 8,962 | 47.31% | – | ||
Independent | Lionel Wayne Sears | 297 | 1.57% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 18,941 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 242 | 1.65% | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1979: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Frank Howard | 7,561 | 50.29% | |||
Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 7,193 | 47.85% | – | ||
Independent | David L. McCreery | 197 | 1.31% | |||
Independent | Arthur David Serry | 83 | 0.55% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 15,034 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 233 | 1.65% | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1975: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 6,863 | 50.00% | – | ||
NDP | Hartley Douglas Dent | 6,145 | 44.77% | |||
Liberal | Ronald N. Gowe | 484 | 3.52% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Victor Charles George Jolliffe | 235 | 1.71% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 13,727 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 141 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1972: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
NDP | Hartley Douglas Dent | 5,442 | 46.90% | |||
Social Credit | Cyril Morley Shelford | 3,605 | 31.07% | – | ||
Liberal | Ian Charles MacDonald | 1,441 | 12.42% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Richard William Sargent | 1,040 | 8.96% | |||
Independent | Richard William Sargent | 76 | 0.65% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 11,604 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 206 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1969: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dudley George Little | 5,044 | 51.20% | – | ||
NDP | James Harold Robertson | 4,059 | 41.20% | |||
Liberal | Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff | 748 | 7.59% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 9,851 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 180 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1966: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dudley George Little | 3,046 | 55.39% | – | ||
NDP | Ronald Douglas | 1,742 | 31.68% | |||
Liberal | William Ivor Donald | 711 | 12.93% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 5,499 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 56 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1963: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dudley George Little | 2,963 | 50.23% | – | ||
NDP | Richard Mouat Toynbee | 1,975 | 33.48% | |||
Liberal | William Ivor Donald | 961 | 16.29% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 5,899 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 65 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1960: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Dudley George Little | 2,379 | 41.19% | – | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Monty Alton | 2,137 | 37.00% | |||
Liberal | William Donald Stickney | 848 | 14.68% | |||
Conservative | Guy Ronald Williams | 411 | 7.12% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 5,775 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 109 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1956: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Hugh Addison Shirreff | 1,886 | 37.01% | – | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Howard | 1,823 | 35.77% | |||
Liberal | Paul Wilbur Hallman | 1,387 | 27.22% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 5,096 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 132 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
Total
24th British Columbia election, 1953 2 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | ±% | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Frank Howard | 1,768 | 37.04% | 2,110 | 50.15% | |||
Liberal | Lionel Charles Houle | 1,413 | 29.60% | 2,097 | 49.85% | |||
Social Credit | Richard Stanley Lawrence | 1,372 | 28.75% | - | - % | |||
Progressive Conservative | William John O'Neill | 220 | 4.61% | - | -% | |||
Total valid votes | 4,773 | 100.00% | 4,207 | % | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 279 | |||||||
Total Registered Voters | 5,933 (1952 list) | |||||||
Turnout | 70.15% | |||||||
Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown |
British Columbia general election, 1952 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
% | |||
Liberal | Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | 1,500 | 41.27% | 1,865 | 58.59% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Howard | 1,048 | 28.83% | 1,318 | 41.41% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Herbert Wallace Leach | 586 | 16.12% | – | – | |||
Social Credit | Kenneth Oroville McAmmond | 501 | 13.78% | – | – | |||
Total valid votes | 3,635 | % | 3,183 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 147 | |||||||
Note: Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown |
B.C. General Election 1949: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Coalition | Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | 2,048 | 73.20% | – | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Joseph Daney Denicola | 750 | 26.80% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 2,798 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 91 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1945: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Coalition | Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | 901 | 58.70% | – | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Floyd Forester Frank | 634 | 41.30% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 1,535 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 47 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1941: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | 877 | 61.89% | |||
Progressive Conservative | William John O'Neill | 540 | 38.11% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 1,417 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 61 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1937: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | 1,006 | 59.74% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John Doney | 678 | 40.26% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 1,684 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 68 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1933: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | 902 | 56.34% | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Joseph Edgar Panter | 451 | 28.17% | |||
Independent | Ralph Carmichael Bamford | 248 | 15.49% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 1,601 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 49 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1928: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Horace Cooper Wrinch | 910 | 54.33% | |||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Maurice Dockrill | 765 | 45.67% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 1,675 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 36 | % | ||||
Turnout | % |
B.C. General Election 1924: Skeena | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Horace Cooper Wrinch | 794 | 50.41% | |||
Provincial | Frank Maurice Dockrill | 535 | 33.97% | – | ||
Conservative | Richard Strong Sargent | 246 | 15.62% | |||
Total Valid Votes | 1,575 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | % | |||||
Turnout | % |