North Peace River
Encyclopedia
North Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia
beginning with the election of 1956
. It and neighbouring South Peace River
were formed by the partition of the old Peace River
riding
|-
|Liberal
|John William Belesaigne Baker
|align="right"|423
|align="right"|20.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Vera Agnes Loucks
|align="right"|359
|align="right"|17.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|People Party (Common Herd)
|Margaret Teresa Lally Murray1
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|8.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Harold Earl Roche
|align="right"|1,087
|align="right"|53.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,042
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|80
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray
, former MLA for Lillooet
and MP for Cariboo
.
|}
|-
|Independents
|Robert Lyle Angus
|align="right"|81
|align="right"|2.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|John William Belesaigne Baker
|align="right"|958
|align="right"|26.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Wilbert Daniel Bowes
|align="right"|114
|align="right"|3.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|John Gordon Curtis
|align="right"|769
|align="right"|21.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="right"|1,651
|align="right"|46.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,573
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|57
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="right"|2,310
|align="right"|69.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Daniel Gilchrist Murray
|align="right"|603
|align="right"|18.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Douglas George Pomeroy2
|align="right"|414
|align="right"|12.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,327
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|34
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Listed as Dan George in Statement of Votes.
|}
|-
|Independent
|Robert Lyle Angus
|align="right"|256
|align="right"|6.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Leith Douglas Boulter
|align="right"|565
|align="right"|15.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="right"|583
|align="right"|15.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Douglas George Pomeroy
|align="right"|511
|align="right"|13.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|1,799
|align="right"|48.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,714
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|35
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Leith Douglas Boulter
|align="right"|484
|align="right"|9.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Douglas George Pomeroy
|align="right"|933
|align="right"|17.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|3,877
|align="right"|73.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,294
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|49
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|William John Herdy
|align="right"|265
|align="right"|4.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Derril Laverne Leahy
|align="right"|1,560
|align="right"|23.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Dennis Warren Nelson
|align="right"|1,699
|align="right"|26.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|3,004
|align="right"|46.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,528
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|87
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Desmond Martin
|align="right"|251
|align="right"|3.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Andrew Philip Schuck
|align="right"|2,139
|align="right"|28.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|5,048
|align="right"|67.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,438
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|96
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|New Democrat
|Joseph Mark Breti
|align="right"|2,081
|align="right"|23.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet
|align="right"|6,598
|align="right"|76.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,679
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|147
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet
|align="right"|8,528
|align="right"|76.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Elmer George Kabush
|align="right"|2,349
|align="right"|21.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|David Charles Parkinson
|align="right"|240
|align="right"|2.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,117
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|108
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet
|align="right"|6,359
|align="right"|67.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Ian Bernard MacKenzie
|align="right"|511
|align="right"|5.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Jill C. Moore
|align="right"|277
|align="right"|2.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Ken Platz
|align="right"|2,314
|align="right"|24.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,461
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|139
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election
saw North Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River North
.
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...
beginning with the election of 1956
British Columbia general election, 1956
The British Columbia general election of 1956 was the 25th general 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 August 13, 1956, and held on September 19, 1956. The new legislature met...
. It and neighbouring South Peace River
South Peace River
South Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956...
were formed by the partition of the old Peace River
Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)
Peace River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance in the general election of 1933, and its last was in 1953.- Demographics :- Electoral history :...
riding
Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|-
|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...
|John William Belesaigne Baker
|align="right"|423
|align="right"|20.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Vera Agnes Loucks
|align="right"|359
|align="right"|17.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|People Party (Common Herd)
|Margaret Teresa Lally Murray1
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|8.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Harold Earl Roche
|align="right"|1,087
|align="right"|53.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,042
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|80
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray
George Matheson Murray
George Matheson Murray, known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th century. Originally a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen he was schooled informally in politics by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with whom he rode the...
, former MLA for Lillooet
Lillooet (electoral district)
The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...
and MP for Cariboo
Cariboo (electoral district)
Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...
.
|}
|-
|Independents
|Robert Lyle Angus
|align="right"|81
|align="right"|2.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|John William Belesaigne Baker
|align="right"|958
|align="right"|26.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Wilbert Daniel Bowes
|align="right"|114
|align="right"|3.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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...
|John Gordon Curtis
|align="right"|769
|align="right"|21.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="right"|1,651
|align="right"|46.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,573
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|57
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="right"|2,310
|align="right"|69.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Daniel Gilchrist Murray
|align="right"|603
|align="right"|18.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Douglas George Pomeroy2
|align="right"|414
|align="right"|12.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,327
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|34
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Listed as Dan George in Statement of Votes.
|}
|-
|Independent
|Robert Lyle Angus
|align="right"|256
|align="right"|6.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Leith Douglas Boulter
|align="right"|565
|align="right"|15.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="right"|583
|align="right"|15.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Douglas George Pomeroy
|align="right"|511
|align="right"|13.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|1,799
|align="right"|48.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,714
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|35
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Leith Douglas Boulter
|align="right"|484
|align="right"|9.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Douglas George Pomeroy
|align="right"|933
|align="right"|17.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|3,877
|align="right"|73.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,294
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|49
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|William John Herdy
|align="right"|265
|align="right"|4.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Derril Laverne Leahy
|align="right"|1,560
|align="right"|23.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Dennis Warren Nelson
|align="right"|1,699
|align="right"|26.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|3,004
|align="right"|46.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,528
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|87
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Desmond Martin
|align="right"|251
|align="right"|3.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Andrew Philip Schuck
|align="right"|2,139
|align="right"|28.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Dean Edward Smith
|align="right"|5,048
|align="right"|67.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,438
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|96
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!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...
|Joseph Mark Breti
|align="right"|2,081
|align="right"|23.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet
|align="right"|6,598
|align="right"|76.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,679
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|147
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet
|align="right"|8,528
|align="right"|76.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Elmer George Kabush
|align="right"|2,349
|align="right"|21.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|David Charles Parkinson
|align="right"|240
|align="right"|2.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,117
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|108
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|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...
|Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet
|align="right"|6,359
|align="right"|67.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Ian Bernard MacKenzie
|align="right"|511
|align="right"|5.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Jill C. Moore
|align="right"|277
|align="right"|2.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|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...
|Ken Platz
|align="right"|2,314
|align="right"|24.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,461
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|139
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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Redistribution in advance of the 1991 election
British Columbia general election, 1991
The British Columbia general election of 1991 was the 35th 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 September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991...
saw North Peace River adjusted and renamed Peace River North
Peace River North
Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C....
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