Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

British Columbia electoral district
Prince George—Peace River in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Bob Zimmer Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	107,382
Electors (2015)	75,063
Area (km²)[1]	243,276
Pop. density (per km²)	0.44
Census divisions	Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, Peace River Regional District, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Census subdivisions	Blueberry River 205, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Doig River 206, East Moberly Lake 169, Fort George (Shelley) 2, Fort Nelson, Fort Nelson 2, Fort St. John, Fort Ware 1, Fraser-Fort George A, Fraser-Fort George D, Fraser-Fort George F, Fraser-Fort George G, Fraser-Fort George H, Halfway River 168, Hudson's Hope, Ingenika Point, Mackenzie, McBride, Northern Rockies, Peace River B, Peace River C, Peace River D, Peace River E, Pouce Coupe, Prince George, Prophet River 4, Taylor, Tumbler Ridge, Valemount, West Moberly Lake 168A

Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies (previously Prince George—Peace River) is a federal electoral district in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

Geography

It consists of all of the province of British Columbia east of the Great Divide and some communities west of the divide. It contains large areas of uninhabited wilderness.

Communities include the oil-and-gas exploration centre of Fort St. John; Fort Nelson, with the province's biggest wood products plant; Dawson Creek; Large Coal Mining operations in Tumbler Ridge and the part of Prince George north of the Nechako River and east of the Fraser River.

History

This electoral district was originally created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fort Nelson—Peace River riding and a part of Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings. In 1978, Fort Nelson—Peace River was renamed "Prince George—Peace River". There were no elections during the period it was called "Fort Nelson—Peace River".

This riding has elected conservative candidates consistently since 1972: Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle from 1972 to 1993, and Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Jay Hill from 1993 until 2010. The district is currently represented by Bob Zimmer of the Conservatives.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Prince George—Peace River should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district will be contested in future elections.^[2] The redefined riding regains the community of Valemount and area that had been transferred to Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the previous redistribution. Although not directly related to this boundary adjustment, the riding was renamed as Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies to acknowledge the Northern Rockies Regional District, whose status in the riding is unchanged. These new boundaries and the new name were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Prince George—Peace River Riding created from Cariboo and Kamloops
28th	1968–1972		Robert Borrie	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Frank Oberle, Sr.	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Jay Hill	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2010
41st	2011–2015		Bob Zimmer
Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
42nd	2015–Present		Bob Zimmer	Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament is Bob Zimmer. He was first elected in 2011. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election Results

Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, 2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Zimmer	27,237	52.52	-9.33	–
	Liberal	Matt Shaw	12,913	24.90	+19.74	–
	New Democratic	Kathi Dickie	8,014	15.45	-10.40	–
	Green	Elizabeth Biggar	2,672	5.15	-0.91	–
	Libertarian	W. Todd Keller	559	1.08	–	–
	Progressive Canadian	Barry Blackman	464	0.89	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,859	100.00	–	$259,460.73
Total rejected ballots			197	0.38	–
Turnout			52,056	68.21	–
Eligible voters			76,312
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.53
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,348	61.85
	New Democratic	10,177	25.85
	Green	2,386	6.06
	Liberal	2,033	5.16
	Others	421	1.07

Prince George—Peace River, 1968–2015

Canadian federal election, 2011: Prince George—Peace River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Zimmer	23,946	62.12	−1.47	$81,669
	New Democratic	Lois Boone	9,876	25.62	+8.04	$38,397
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,301	5.97	−4.44	$11,625
	Liberal	Ben Levine	2,008	5.21	−3.20	$9,197
	Pirate	Jeremy Cote	415	1.08	–
Total valid votes			38,546	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.32	−0.03
Turnout			38,671	54.08	+5
Eligible voters			71,507
	Conservative hold		Swing		−4.76

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jay Hill	22,325	63.59	+3.71	$37,923
	New Democratic	Betty Bekkering	6,170	17.58	+0.58	$8,563
	Green	Hilary Crowley	3,656	10.41	+4.00	$7,222
	Liberal	Lindsay Gidney	2,954	8.41	-7.34
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,105	100.0		$102,073
Total rejected ballots			125	0.35	+0.06
Turnout			35,230	49
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.56

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jay Hill	22,409	59.88	+1.17	$62,176
	New Democratic	Malcolm Crockett	6,363	17.00	-3.69	$10,141
	Liberal	Nathan Bauder	5,895	15.75	+1.99	$3,983
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,400	6.41	+0.70	$4,838
	Independent	Donna Young	359	0.96	–	$589
Total valid votes			34,807	100.0
Total rejected ballots			103	0.30	-0.14
Turnout			34,807	53	-0.56
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.43

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jay Hill	21,281	58.71	-17.04	$53,326
	New Democratic	Michael Hunter	7,501	20.69	+16.03	$11,997
	Liberal	Arleene Thorpe	4,988	13.76	-1.77	$19,341
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,073	5.71	+3.54	$1,252
	Canadian Action	Harley J. Harasym	301	0.83	-0.81	$1,028
	Marxist–Leninist	Tara Rimstad	101	0.27	+0.04
Total valid votes			36,245	100.0
Total rejected ballots			162	0.44	+0.10
Turnout			36,407	53.56	-3.09
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.54
Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Jay Hill	23,840	69.61	+2.70	$47,199
	Liberal	Arleene Thorpe	5,319	15.53	-1.54	$22,183
	Progressive Conservative	Jan Christiansen	2,103	6.14	+0.40	$4,980
	New Democratic	Lenart Nelson	1,597	4.66	-4.32	$4,329
	Green	Hilary Crowley	744	2.17	+0.89	$1,306
	Canadian Action	Henry A. Dunbar	562	1.64	–	$2,640
	Marxist–Leninist	Colby Nicholson	80	0.23	–	$8
Total valid votes			34,245	100.0
Total rejected ballots			118	0.34	+0.03
Turnout			34,363	56.65	-0.90
	Alliance hold		Swing		+2.12
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jay Hill	22,270	66.91	+10.60	$48,148
	Liberal	Barb Shirley	5,683	17.07	-2.38	$23,330
	New Democratic	Alex Michalos	2,989	8.98	-2.19	$14,819
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Lugosi	1,911	5.74	-5.44	$16,754
	Green	Julie Zammuto	429	1.28	–	$450
Total valid votes			33,282	100.0
Total rejected ballots			105	0.31
Turnout			33,387	57.55
	Reform hold		Swing		+6.49

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Reform	Jay Hill	20,671	56.31	+41.85
	Liberal	Jacques Monlezun	7,140	19.45	+7.54
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Sandhu	4,104	11.18	-28.42
	New Democratic	Alan Timberlake	4,099	11.17	-22.12
	Natural Law	Robert Walker	292	0.80	–
	Christian Heritage	John Van der Woude	198	0.54	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Dorothy Folk	114	0.31	–
	Independent	Archie Tannock	89	0.24	–
Total valid votes			36,707	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+17.16

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle, Sr.	13,903	39.60	-22.84
	New Democratic	Alan Timberlake	11,684	33.28	+9.17
	Reform	Jay Hill	5,077	14.46	–
	Liberal	Jacques Monlezun	4,183	11.92	+1.97
	Independent	Howard Karpes	169	0.48	–
	Confederation of Regions	Lorne W. Backus	89	0.25	-0.74
Total valid votes			35,105	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-16.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle, Sr.	21,154	62.44	+10.34
	New Democratic	Jim Best	8,168	24.11	-2.09
	Liberal	Paul Bouey	3,368	9.94	-9.39
	Rhinoceros	J. Paul Ekering	385	1.14	–
	Social Credit	Richard J. Lawrence	342	1.01	-1.37
	Confederation of Regions	John F. Light	335	0.99	–
	Libertarian	Sid Schneider	127	0.37	–
Total valid votes			33,879	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.22

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle, Sr.	13,593	52.10	-8.85
	New Democratic	Bob Simpson	6,835	26.20	+5.70
	Liberal	Jim McIntyre	5,044	19.33	+0.78
	Social Credit	Richard J. Lawrence	620	2.38	–
Total valid votes			26,092	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.28

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle, Sr.	16,288	60.95	+14.11
	New Democratic	Bob Simpson	5,478	20.50	+5.83
	Liberal	Les Broddy	4,957	18.55	-15.79
Total valid votes			26,723	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.14

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle, Sr.	18,769	46.84	+7.48
	Liberal	Allan Bate	13,759	34.33	+2.72
	New Democratic	Stuart Robert Steventon	5,880	14.67	-7.03
	Social Credit	Wendell Philip Smith	1,665	4.15	-3.17
Total valid votes			40,073	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.38

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle, Sr.	14,648	39.36	+9.66
	Liberal	Robert Borrie	11,766	31.62	-3.30
	New Democratic	Bill Close	8,076	21.70	-0.33
	Social Credit	Al Kruegar	2,726	7.32	-4.74
Total valid votes			37,216	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.48

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Borrie	10,926	34.92
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Runkle	9,293	29.70
	New Democratic	Erhart Regier	6,894	22.03
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	3,776	12.07
	Independent	John H. Powers	402	1.28
Total valid votes			31,291	100.0
This riding was created from Cariboo and Kamloops, which elected a Social Credit and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Bert Leboe was the incumbent from Cariboo.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 59022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1966–1976
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1978–2005
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Final Report – British Columbia
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, 30 September 2015
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada