Prince George-Valemount

Prince George-Valemount
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Rosalyn Bird; Conservative
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District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2024
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

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.

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 the Legislative Assembly:

Prince George-Valemount
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Prince George-Mount Robson
39th	2009–2013		Shirley Bond	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
42nd	2023–2024			United
43rd	2024–present		Rosalyn Bird	Conservative

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Rosalyn Bird from the BC Conservative Party since 2024. Before then it was Shirley Bond of BC United. 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)

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rosalyn Bird	9,015	55.2%
	New Democratic	Clay Pountney	5,708	34.9%
	Green	Gwen Johansson	1,612	9.9%
Total valid votes			27,329	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC^[2]

2020 provincial election redistributed results^[3]
Party		%
	Liberal	52.1
	New Democratic	29.0
	Green	15.9
	Conservative	0.1

v t e 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			110	0.63	–0.16
Turnout			17,555	47.42	–9.33
Registered voters			37,020
	Liberal hold		Swing		–0.03
Source: Elections BC^[4]^[5]

v t e 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^[6]

v t e 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^[7]

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

^ "Prince George-Mackenzie Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779080/bc-election-2024-results-prince-george-valemount/
^ "Prince George-Valemount". 338Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd Election Report and Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 267–269. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

[1] "Prince George-Mackenzie Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.

[2] ttps://globalnews.ca/news/10779080/bc-election-2024-results-prince-george-valemount/

[3] "Prince George-Valemount". 338Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[4] Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd Election Report and Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 267–269. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

[5] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[6] "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

[7] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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