Prince George-Valemount

Prince George-Valemount is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 out of most of Prince George-Mount Robson and small parts of Prince George North, Prince George-Omineca and Cariboo North. It was first contested in the 2009 provincial election.

Prince George-Valemount

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Shirley Bond Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2006)	46,885
Area (km²)	31,539.04
Pop. density (per km²)	1.5
Census division(s)	Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Census subdivision(s)	Prince George, Valemount, McBride

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Prince George-Valemount comprises the southern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in east-central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the communities of Valemount, McBride and the southeastern portion of Prince George. The boundary line within the city of Prince George comes from the east following along the Fraser, and then the Nechako River to the John Hart Bridge where it goes south along Highway 97, west along Massey Drive, south along Ospika Boulevard until Ferry Avenue. The boundary then cuts west to just south of the University of Northern British Columbia before traveling south down Tyner Boulevard, then follows Highway 16 out of the city to the west.[1]

History

This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly:

Prince George-Valemount
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prince George-Mount Robson prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Shirley Bond	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Shirley Bond of the British Columbia Liberal Party. Bond was initially elected to the district of Prince George-Mount Robson.

Election results

Graph of election results in Prince George—Valemount (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	9,703	55.62	−2.58	$29,563.67
	New Democratic	Laura Parent	4,717	27.04	−2.52	$6,549.23
	Green	MacKenzie Kerr	2,597	14.89	+2.65	$5,375.30
	Libertarian	Sean Robson	428	2.45	–	$46.95
Total valid votes			17,445	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	11,209	58.20	+1.25	$47,005
	New Democratic	Natalie Fletcher	5,694	29.56	−6.33	$36,872
	Green	Nan Kendy	2,356	12.24	–	$2,925
Total valid votes			19,259	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			154	0.79	−0.28
Turnout			19,413	56.75	+0.19
Source: Elections BC[4]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	11,291	56.95	+6.34	$168,786
	New Democratic	Sherry Ogasawara	7,116	35.89	−1.69	$103,073
	Conservative	Nathan Giede	1,105	5.57	+1.26	$7,665
	Christian Heritage	Donald A. Roberts	314	1.58	-	$1,705
Total valid votes			19,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214	1.07
Turnout			20,040	56.56
Source: Elections BC[5]

BC General Election 2009 Prince George-Valemount

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shirley Bond	9,072	50.61	–	$128,833
	NDP	Julie Carew	6,737	37.58		$82,706
	Green	Andrej De Wolfe	1,225	6.83	–	$1,375
	Conservative	Gordon Dickie	780	4.35		$5,426
	Refederation	Don Roberts	113	0.63	–	$510
Total Valid Votes			17,927	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			114	0.6%
Turnout			18,041	52%

References

1. "Prince George-Mackenzie Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
4. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.