Bulkley Valley-Stikine
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Bulkley Valley-Stikine was a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

 of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 from 1991 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001 31,728
Population change, 1996–2001 -1.4%
Area (km²) 176,914
Population density (people per km²) 0.18

MLAs

  • Frank Arthur Calder
    Frank Arthur Calder
    Frank Arthur Calder, was a Nisga'a politician in Canada, the first Status Indian to be elected to any legislature in Canada....

    , CCF/NDP (1949–1975); Social Credit (1975–1979)
  • Al Passarell, NDP (1979–1986)
  • Larry Guno, NDP (1986–1991)
  • Jackie Pement
    Jackie Pement
    Jacquelynne Pement is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996...

    , NDP (1991–1996)
  • Bill Goodacre
    Bill Goodacre
    Bill Goodacre is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001. He was a member of the New Democratic Party.- References :...

    , NDP (1996–2001)
  • Dennis MacKay
    Dennis MacKay
    Dennis MacKay is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2009....

    , Liberal (2001–present)

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

 (MLA) is Dennis MacKay
Dennis MacKay
Dennis MacKay is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2009....

, a former private investigator, provincial coroner, and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...

. He was first elected in 2001
British Columbia general election, 2001
The British Columbia general election of 2001 was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001...

. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

.

Election results

|style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Dennis MacKay
|align="right"|6,279
|align="right"|48.30%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$96,735

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Doug Donaldson
|align="right"|5,177
|align="right"|39.82%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$50,561

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Leanna Mitchell
|align="right"|769
|align="right"|5.91%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$3,466

|Democratic Reform BC
Democratic Reform British Columbia
Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...


|Nipper Kettle
|align="right"|354
|align="right"|2.72%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$2,899

|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....


|Reginald Bruce Gunanoot
|align="right"|205
|align="right"|1.58%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$100

|British Columbia Party
British Columbia Party
The British Columbia Party is a right-wing political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia, founded in 1998 as a populist party by John Motiuk, a North Vancouver lawyer.The party did not nominate candidates in the 2001 provincial election...


|Jack Kortmeyer
|align="right"|175
|align="right"|1.35%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$344

|People's Front
People's Front (British Columbia)
The People's Front is the British Columbia, Canada wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada.In the 2001 British Columbia election, it nominated 11 candidates, received a total of 720 votes...


|Frank Martin
|align="right"|41
|align="right"|0.32%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$540
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|13,000
!align="right"|100%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|60
!align="right"|0.46%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|13,060
!align="right"|68.78%
|}


|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Dennis MacKay
Dennis MacKay
Dennis MacKay is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2009....


|align="right"|7,414
|align="right"|55.93%
|align="right"|+27.06
|align="right"|$44,836
|-

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Bill Goodacre
|align="right"|2,823
|align="right"|21.29%
|align="right"|-15.73
|align="right"|$30,795

|Unity
|Rod Taylor
|align="right"|1,190
|align="right"|8.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$11,169

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Rolf Hussinger
|align="right"|856
|align="right"|6.46%
|align="right"|+5.29
|align="right"|$3,693

|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....


|Trevor McKilligan
|align="right"|507
|align="right"|3.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$582

|All Nations
All Nations Party of British Columbia
The All Nations Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Its primary base of support was the First Nations aboriginal peoples of Canada....


|Theresa Tait
|align="right"|405
|align="right"|3.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,540

|Citizens Alliance
British Columbia Citizens Alliance Now
The BC Citizens Alliance was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. It nominated two candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election:...


|Bill Forsyth
|align="right"|62
|align="right"|0.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,257
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|44
!align="right"|0.33%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|13,301
!align="right"|73.28%
!align="right"|


|-

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Bill Goodacre
|align="right"|4,779
|align="right"|37.02%
|align="right"|+3.05
|align="right"|$19,497
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Pat Beach
|align="right"|3,726
|align="right"|28.87%
|align="right"|-2.69
|align="right"|$28,587

|BC Reform
Reform Party of British Columbia
The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...


|Bill Zemenchik
|align="right"|3,473
|align="right"|26.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$26,855

|Progressive Democrat
Progressive Democratic Alliance
The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....


|Sharon L. Hartwell
|align="right"|624
|align="right"|4.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,926

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Peter Barendregt
|align="right"|155
|align="right"|1.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,481

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Stuart Hertzog
|align="right"|151
|align="right"|1.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$997
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,908
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|52
!align="right"|0.40%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|12,960
!align="right"|71.05%
!align="right"|
|-

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Jackie Pement
|align="right"|3,744
|align="right"|33.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$26,935
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Alice Maitland
|align="right"|3,479
|align="right"|31.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$787

|Independent
|Jack Kempf
|align="right"|2,842
|align="right"|25.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$13,905

|Independent
|Herbert George
|align="right"|957
|align="right"|8.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$16,448
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,022
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|260
!align="right"|2.30%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|11,282
!align="right"|70.24%
!align="right"|

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