Stikine (provincial electoral district)

Stikine

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Doug Donaldson New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Census divisions	Kitimat-Stikine, Stikine
Census subdivisions	Atlin, Dease Lake, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smithers, Stewart, Stikine, Telkwa

Stikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election. It will next be contested in the 2013 provincial election.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Doug Donaldson of the NDP.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	4,274	50.4	$43,322
	Liberal	Scott Groves	3,829	45.1	$81,572
	Green	Roger Benham	375	4.4	$692
Total Valid Votes			8,478	100
Total Rejected Ballots			94	1.1
Turnout			8,572	65.3

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	3,769	46.58	$49,847
	Liberal	Sharon Hartwell	2,995	37.01	$45,162
	Conservative	Jonathan Dieleman	500	6.18	$6,705
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	486	6.01	$14,482
	Green	Roger Benham	286	3.53	$480
	Independent	Jesse O'Leary	56	0.69	$380
Total Valid Votes			8,092	100
Total Rejected Ballots			35	0.4
Turnout			8,697	62.8