Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Bulkley Valley-Stikine was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. It was succeeded by the electoral district of Stikine.

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, CCF/NDP (1949–1975); Social Credit (1975–1979)
• Al Passarell, NDP (1979–1986)
• Larry Guno, NDP (1986–1991)
• Jackie Pement, NDP (1991–1996)
• Bill Goodacre, NDP (1996–2001)
• Dennis MacKay, Liberal (2001–2009)

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its last member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was Dennis MacKay, a former private investigator, provincial coroner, and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jackie Pement	3,744	33.97	$26,935
	Liberal	Alice Maitland	3,479	31.56	$787
	Independent	Jack Kempf	2,842	25.79	$13,905
	Independent	Herbert George	957	8.68	$16,448
Total valid votes			11,022	100.00
Total rejected ballots			260	2.30
Turnout			11,282	70.24

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Goodacre	4,779	37.02	+3.05	$19,497
	Liberal	Pat Beach	3,726	28.87	−2.69	$28,587
	Reform	Bill Zemenchik	3,473	26.91	–	$26,855
	Progressive Democrat	Sharon L. Hartwell	624	4.83	–	$2,926
	Social Credit	Peter Barendregt	155	1.20	–	$2,481
	Green	Stuart Hertzog	151	1.17	–	$997
Total valid votes			12,908	100.00
Total rejected ballots			52	0.40
Turnout			12,960	71.05

Distribution of popular vote map by voting area

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis MacKay	7,414	55.93	+27.06	$44,836
	New Democratic	Bill Goodacre	2,823	21.29	−15.73	$30,795
	Unity	Rod Taylor	1,190	8.98	–	$11,169
	Green	Rolf Hussinger	856	6.46	+5.29	$3,693
	Marijuana	Trevor McKilligan	507	3.82	–	$582
	All Nations	Theresa Tait	405	3.05	–	$5,540
	Citizens Alliance	Bill Forsyth	62	0.47	–	–
Total valid votes			13,257	100.00
Total rejected ballots			44	0.33
Turnout			13,301	73.28

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis MacKay	6,279	48.30	$96,735
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	5,177	39.82	$50,561
	Green	Leanna Mitchell	769	5.91	$3,466
	Democratic Reform	Nipper Kettle	354	2.72	$2,899
	Marijuana	Reginald Bruce Gunanoot	205	1.58	$100
	British Columbia Party	Jack Kortmeyer	175	1.35	$344
	People's Front	Frank Martin	41	0.32	$540
Total valid votes			13,000	100
Total rejected ballots			60	0.46
Turnout			13,060	68.78

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Elections BC
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia