Peace River South
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Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 28,097 |
| Population change, 1996-2001 | -9.2% |
| Area (km²) | 32,085 |
| Population density (people per km²) | 0.94 |
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Blair Lekstrom, a former mayor of Dawson Creek. He was first elected in 2001 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.
[edit] Election results
| B.C. General Election 2005 Peace River South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BC Liberal | Blair Lekstrom | 5,810 | 57.74% | ||
| New Democrat | Pat Shaw | 3,296 | 32.76% | ||
| Green | Ariel Lade | 956 | 9.50% | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,062 | 100.00% | |||
| B.C. General Election 2001: Peace River South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Liberal | Blair Lekstrom | 6,393 | 64.20% | $58,198 | ||
| Social Credit | Grant Mitton | 1,726 | 17.33% | $12,655 | ||
| New Democrat | Elmer Kabush | 767 | 7.69% | $865 | ||
| Marijuana | Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek | 444 | 4.45% | $3,288 | ||
| Green | Stacey Dean Lajeunesse | 407 | 4.08% | $100 | ||
| Unity | Garret Golhof | 225 | 2.25% | $1,540 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,962 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.34% | ||||
| Turnout | 9,996 | 62.37% | ||||
| B.C. General Election 1996: Peace River South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Reform | Jack S. Weisgerber | 3,901 | 31.89% | $15,351 | ||
| New Democrat | Patrick Michiel | 3,778 | 30.88% | $19,349 | ||
| BC Liberal | Brian Haddow | 3,774 | 30.85% | $22,822 | ||
| Social Credit | Aime Girard | 452 | 3.69% | $7,548 | ||
| Progressive Democrat | Wade Alexander Allan | 183 | 1.50% | $100 | ||
| Green | Shane Hartnell | 145 | 1.19% | $100 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,233 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 49 | 0.40% | ||||
| Turnout | 12,282 | 62.60% | ||||
| B.C. General Election 1991: Peace River South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Jack S. Weisgerber | 4,617 | 37.21% | $24,824 | ||
| New Democrat | Anne Matheson | 3,844 | 30.98% | $16,578 | ||
| BC Liberal | Marcheta D. N. Leoppky | 3,512 | 28.30% | $3,345 | ||
| Green | Hermann E. Bruns | 435 | 3.51% | $1,394 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,408 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 308 | 2.42% | ||||
| Turnout | 12,716 | 69.72% | ||||
[edit] External links
- BC 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 Columbia
