As of the 2020 provincial election, Peace River South comprises the southern portion of the Peace River Regional District, located in eastern British Columbia. The electoral district is bordered by Alberta in the east. Communities in the electoral district consist of Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge and Pouce Coupe.[1]
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Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Canada It was created under the name South Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act 1955 which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 BC election Its current name has been in use since 1991 Peace River SouthBritish Columbia electoral districtProvincial electoral districtLegislatureLegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaMLA Mike BernierLiberalDistrict created1955First contested1956Last contested2020DemographicsPopulation 2001 28 097Area km 32 085Pop density per km 0 88 Contents 1 Geography 2 Member of Legislative Assembly 3 History 4 Election results 5 References 6 External linksGeography EditAs of the 2020 provincial election Peace River South comprises the southern portion of the Peace River Regional District located in eastern British Columbia The electoral district is bordered by Alberta in the east Communities in the electoral district consist of Dawson Creek Chetwynd Tumbler Ridge and Pouce Coupe 1 Member of Legislative Assembly EditThis riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly History EditAssembly Years Member PartySouth Peace River prior to 199135th 1991 1995 Jack Weisgerber Social Credit1995 1996 Reform36th 1996 19971997 2001 Independent37th 2001 2005 Blair Lekstrom Liberal38th 2005 200939th 2009 20102010 2011 Independent2011 2013 Liberal40th 2013 2017 Mike Bernier41st 2017 202042nd 2020 presentIts most recent Member of the Legislative Assembly MLA is Mike Bernier He was first elected in 2013 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party Election results Editvte2020 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Mike Bernier 3 862 51 19 24 78 11 466 78Conservative Kathleen Connolly 2 303 30 53 0 00New Democratic Corey Grizz Longley 1 180 15 64 8 39 1 321 80Wexit Dorothy Sharon Smith 177 2 84 538 35Total valid votes 7 544 100 00 Total rejected ballots Turnout Registered votersSource Elections BC 2 3 vte2017 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Mike Bernier 6 637 75 97 29 24 26 175New Democratic Stephanie Goudie 2 099 24 03 2 79 8 179Total valid votes 8 736 100 00Total rejected ballots 131 1 48Turnout 8 867 49 97Registered voters 17 746Source Elections BC 4 vte2013 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Mike Bernier 4 373 46 73 16 35 107 254Conservative Kurt Zane Peats 2 546 27 21 26 829New Democratic Darwin Wren 1 988 21 24 5 79 36 616Independent Tyrel Andrew Pohl 451 4 82 2 668Total valid votes 9 358 100 00Total rejected ballots 37 0 39Turnout 9 395 49 89Liberal hold Swing 21 78Source Elections BC 5 2011 British Columbia sales tax referendumSide Votes Yes 4 073 58 82No 2 852 41 182009 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Blair Lekstrom 4 801 63 08 5 34 83 241New Democratic Pat Shaw 2 057 27 03 5 73 13 686Green Grant Fraser 553 7 00 2 50 350Independent Donna Young 220 2 89 1 976Total valid votes 7 611 100 0 Total rejected ballots 44 0 57Turnout 7 655 44 0Liberal hold Swing 5 542009 British Columbia electoral reform referendumSide Votes FPTP 4 884 66 31BC STV 2 481 33 692005 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Blair Lekstrom 5 810 57 74 6 46 67 507New Democratic Pat Shaw 3 296 32 76 25 07 19 318Green Ariel Lade 956 9 50 5 42 200Total valid votes 10 062 100 0 Total rejected ballots 71 0 71Turnout 10 133 56 3Liberal hold Swing 15 762005 British Columbia electoral reform referendumSide Votes Yes 5 279 54 24No 4 453 45 762001 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresLiberal Blair Lekstrom 6 393 64 20 33 35 58 198Social Credit Grant Mitton 1 726 17 33 13 64 12 655New Democratic Elmer Kabush 767 7 69 23 19 865Marijuana Michelle Rainey Fenkarek 444 4 45 3 288Green Stacey Dean Lajeunesse 407 4 08 2 89 100Unity Garret Golhof 225 2 25 1 540Total valid votes 9 962 100 0 Total rejected ballots 34 0 34Turnout 9 996 62 37Liberal gain from Reform Swing 9 861996 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresReform Jack Weisgerber 3 901 31 89 5 32 15 351New Democratic Patrick Michiel 3 778 30 88 0 10 19 349Liberal Brian Haddow 3 774 30 85 2 55 22 822Social Credit Aime Girard 452 3 69 33 52 7 548Progressive Democrat Wade Alexander Allan 183 1 50 100Green Shane Hartnell 145 1 19 2 32 100Total valid votes 12 233 100 0 Total rejected ballots 49 0 40Turnout 12 282 62 60Reform gain from Social Credit Swing 16 001991 British Columbia general electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresSocial Credit Jack Weisgerber 4 617 37 21 24 824New Democratic Anne Matheson 3 844 30 98 16 578Liberal Marcheta D N Leoppky 3 512 28 30 3 345Green Hermann E Bruns 435 3 51 1 394Total valid votes 12 408 100 0 Total rejected ballots 308 2 42Turnout 12 716 69 72Question A RecallSide Votes Yes 9 706 86 15No 1 561 13 85Question B Ballot InitiativesSide Votes Yes 9 759 88 86No 1 223 11 14References Edit Peace River South Electoral District PDF Elections BC Retrieved September 25 2017 2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results Elections BC Retrieved November 9 2020 Election Financing Reports Elections BC Retrieved February 4 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 External links EditBC Stats Profile 2001 pdf Results of 2001 election pdf 2001 Expenditures Results of 1996 election 1996 Expenditures Results of 1991 election 1991 Expenditures Website of the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaCoordinates 55 39 N 120 11 W 55 65 N 120 18 W 55 65 120 18 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peace River South amp oldid 1061454526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,