Prince George-Valemount
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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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.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| 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 | Regional District of Fraser-Fort George | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Prince George, Valemount, McBride | ||
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 travelling south down Tyner Boulevard, then follows Highway 16 out of the city to the west.[1]
Members 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.
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Prince George-Valemount | ||||
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| 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 | |||
| 2023–2024 | BC United | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Rosalyn Bird | Conservative | |
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Rosalyn Bird | 9,018 | 55.19 | +55.1 | $45,251.88 | |||
| New Democratic | Clay Pountney | 5,709 | 34.94 | +5.9 | $8,295.36 | |||
| Green | Gwen Johansson | 1,612 | 9.87 | -6.0 | $1,311.38 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 16,339 | 99.74 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.26 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 16,382 | 53.60 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 30,564 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from BC United | Swing | N/A[n 1] | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
- Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
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| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 52.1 | ||
| New Democratic | 29.0 | ||
| Green | 15.9 | ||
| Conservative | 0.1 | ||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| 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[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| 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[7] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| 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[8] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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| 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% | ||||