Prince George North

Prince George North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1979 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	36,696
Population change, 1996–2001	-4.5%
Area (km²)	56,431
Population density (people per km²)	0.65

Geography

History

John Heinrich, Social Credit (1979–1986)
Lois Boone, NDP (1986–1991)
Paul Ramsey, NDP (1991–2001)
Pat Bell, Liberal (2001–2009)

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is the Hon. Pat Bell, former owner of a trucking company and co-owner of a logging company. He owns two Wendy's Restaurants in Prince George. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Bell was appointed Minister of State for Mining on January 26, 2004, and on June 16, 2005, after the 2005 election, was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

Election results

B.C. General Election 1991: Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Paul Ramsey	5,468	38.74%		$19,464
	Liberal	John Mangan	4,506	31.93%		$4,028
	Social Credit	Keith Thompson	4,139	29.33%	–	$28,770
Total valid votes			14,113	100%
Total rejected ballots			218	1.52%
Turnout			14,331	71.58%

B.C. General Election 1996: Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Paul Ramsey	5,837	39.58%		$32,817
	Liberal	Bob Viergever	4,923	33.38%		$47,977
	Reform	Ron Hirvi	2,430	16.48%		$15,529
	Progressive Democrat	Adele Graber	891	6.04%	–	$1,199
	Independent	Ken Benham	495	3.36%		$868
	Green	Carolyn Linden	173	1.17%	–	$100
Total valid votes			14,749	100%
Total rejected ballots			117	0.79%
Turnout			14,866	66.75%

B.C. General Election 2001: Prince George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Bell	9,215	61.02%		$43,559
	New Democratic	Bryan Llewellyn	2,148	14.22%		$6,552
	Green	Hilary Crowley	1,137	7.53%	–	$2,866
	Unity	David G. Low	838	5.55%		$267
	Western Reform	Lisa Maskell	621	4.11%		$8,195
	Marijuana	Robert Grimsrud	588	3.89%		$500
	Independent	Fred McLeod	478	3.17%		$854
	Independent	Leif Jensen	76	0.51%		$100
Total valid votes			15,101	100%
Total rejected ballots			68	0.45%
Turnout			15,169	71.77%

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Bell	7,697	49.93	$78,884
	New Democratic	Deborah Poff	5,598	36.32	$55,244
	Green	Denis L. Gendron	1,201	7.79	$3,421
	Independent	Leif Jensen	443	2.87	$2,823
	Democratic Reform	Mike Mann	241	1.56	$2,124
	Marijuana	Steve Wolfe	235	1.52	$100
Total valid votes			15,415	100
Total rejected ballots			64	0.42
Turnout			15,479	61.55