North Coast (provincial electoral district)

North Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation which came into effect for the 1991 election, largely out of the previous riding of Prince Rupert.

North Coast

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jennifer Rice New Democratic
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Census divisions	Central Coast, Skeena-Queen Charlotte
Census subdivisions	Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Masset, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte, Sandspit

Demographics

Population, 2001	27,992
Population change, 1996–2001	-11.6%
Area (km²)	65,972
Population density (people per km²)	0.42

Geography

As of the 2017 provincial election, North Coast comprises the entire area of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte and Central Coast Regional Districts and the southern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, located in the central and northern coast of British Columbia, Haida Gwaii and other islands. Communities in the electoral district consist of Prince Rupert, Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Queen Charlotte, Masset, Port Edward, Klemtu and Port Clements.[1]

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prince Rupert, Atlin, Skeena and Mackenzie prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		Dan Miller	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Bill Belsey	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Gary Coons	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Jennifer Rice
41st	2017–present

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Jennifer Rice. She was first elected in May 14, 2013.

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer Rice	5,242	57.30	$32,367
	Liberal	Herb Pond	3,081	33.67	$60,058
	Green	Hondo Arendt	826	9.03	$945
Total valid votes			9,149	100.00
Total rejected ballots			44	0.48
Turnout			9,193
Source: Elections BC[2]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer Rice	4,617	56.72	–0.61	$67,356
	Liberal	Judy Fraser	2,692	33.07	–1.91	$46,272
	Green	Hondo Arendt	831	10.21	+2.52	$346
Total valid votes			8,140	100.0
Total rejected ballots			51	0.62
Turnout			8,191	52.85
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.65
Source: Elections BC[3]

2011 British Columbia sales tax referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	4,131	67.18
	No	2,018	32.82

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Coons	5,097	57.33	+3.56	$63,441
	Liberal	Herb Pond	3,110	34.98	–3.52	$97,880
	Green	Lisa Girbav	683	7.69	+1.90	$1,616
Total valid votes			8,890	100.0
Total rejected ballots			70	0.78
Turnout			8,960	57.14
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.54

2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	FPTP	5,231	60.66
	BC-STV	3,393	39.34

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Coons	5,845	53.77	+16.16	$55,751
	Liberal	Bill Belsey	4,185	38.50	–6.75	$138,287
	Green	Hondo Arendt	629	5.79	+0.63	$780
	Marijuana	David Johns	211	1.94	–3.80	$100
Total valid votes			10,870	100.00
Total rejected ballots			47	0.43
Turnout			10,917	60.86
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.46

2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	5,444	52.93
	No	4,842	47.07

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Belsey	4,915	45.25	+19.50	$51,617
	New Democratic	Colleen Fitzpatrick	4,084	37.61	–27.21	$28,479
	Marijuana	Kenneth Leonard Peerless	623	5.74	–	$1,840
	Green	David Konsmo	560	5.16	+3.10	$152
	All Nations	Emsily Victor Bolton	526	4.84	–	$8,371
	Unity	Clarence Hall	152	1.40	–	$730
Total valid votes			10,860	100.00
Total rejected ballots			46	0.42
Turnout			10,906	66.27
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+23.36

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dan Miller	7,298	64.82	+5.07	$29,582
	Liberal	Odd Eidsvik	2,899	25.75	+2.57	$26,079
	Reform	Clarence Hall	830	7.37	–	$1,912
	Green	Patrick Lemaire	232	2.06	–	$406
Total valid votes			11,259	100.0
Total rejected ballots			84	0.74
Turnout			11,343	63.33
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.25

1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dan Miller	6,365	59.75	$29,619
	Liberal	Rocky L. Sorensen	2,469	23.18	$5,724
	Social Credit	Linda D. Marshall-Lutz	1,818	17.07	$20,100
Total valid votes			10,652	100.0
Total rejected ballots			312	2.85
Turnout			10,964	68.37

References

1. "North Coast Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
3. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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