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Prince George North 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

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

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 1979 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	36,696
Population change, 1996–2001	-4.5%
Area (km²)	56,431
Population density (people per km²)	0.65

History

John Heinrich, Social Credit (1979–1986)
Lois Boone
Lois Boone
Lois Ruth Boone is a Canadian politician. She served as MLA for Prince George North from 1986 to 1991, and Prince George-Mount Robson from 1991 to 2001, in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia...

, NDP (1986–1991)
Paul Ramsey
Paul Ramsey (Canadian politician)
Paul Ramsey is a Canadian academic and politician. A member of the New Democratic Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Prince George-North in 1991 and re-elected in 1996, serving until 2001....

, NDP (1991–2001)
Pat Bell
Pat Bell
Pat Bell is British Columbia's Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. He is the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for the riding of Prince George North. Bell also serves as member of the Cabinet Priorities and Planning Committee....

, Liberal (2001–2009)

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 the Hon. Pat Bell

Pat Bell

Pat Bell is British Columbia's Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. He is the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for the riding of Prince George North. Bell also serves as member of the Cabinet Priorities and Planning Committee....

, former owner of a trucking company and co-owner of a logging company. He owns two Wendy's Restaurants in Prince George

Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...

. 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...

. Mr. Bell was appointed Minister of State for Mining on January 26, 2004, and on June 16, 2005, after the 2005 election

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

, was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

Election results

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Pat Bell

Pat Bell

|align="right"|7,697
|align="right"|49.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$78,884
|-

|New Democratic Party

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...

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...

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:...

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....

|Steve Wolfe
|align="right"|235
|align="right"|1.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,415
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|64
!align="right"|0.42%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|15,479
!align="right"|61.55%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Pat Bell

Pat Bell

|align="right"|9,215
|align="right"|61.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,559
|-

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

Western Reform

The Western Reform Party was a right-wing populist political party in British Columbia, Canada. It nominated one candidate, Lisa Maskell, in Prince George North riding in the 2001 provincial election....

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....

|Robert Grimsrud
|align="right"|588
|align="right"|3.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$500

|Independent
|Fred McLeod
|align="right"|478
|align="right"|3.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$854

|Independent
|Leif Jensen
|align="right"|76
|align="right"|0.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,101
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|68
!align="right"|0.45%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|15,169
!align="right"|71.77%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

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....

Green Party of British Columbia

|Carolyn Linden
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|1.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,749
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|117
!align="right"|0.79%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|14,866
!align="right"|66.75%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}

|-

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

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...

|Keith Thompson
|align="right"|4,139
|align="right"|29.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$28,770
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,113
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|218
!align="right"|1.52%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|14,331
!align="right"|71.58%
!align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}

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