Prince George-Valemount

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
Demographics
Population (2006)	46,885
Area (km²)	31,539.04
Pop. density (per km²)	1.5
Census divisions	Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Census subdivisions	Prince George, Valemount, McBride

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

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Prince George-Valemount
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 Roberts	314	1.59%	n/a	$1,705
Total Valid Votes			19,826	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			214	1.07%
Turnout			20,040	56.56%

B.C. 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%