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{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Hudson's Hope
 | official_name            = District of Hudson's Hope<ref name=BCmunis>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls |title=British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address |publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development |type=[[Microsoft Excel|XLS]] |access-date=November 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713004716/http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls |archive-date=July 13, 2014 }}</ref>
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 | subdivision_name2        = [[Peace River Regional District|Peace River]]
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 | leader_name              = Travous Quibell
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 | leader_name2             = [[Bob Zimmer]]
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 | leader_name3             = [[Pat Pimm]]
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 | established_date2        = 1965
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 | postal_code              = VOC 1VO
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 | website                  = [https://hudsonshope.ca/ Official website]
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'''Hudson's Hope''' is a [[district municipality]] in northeastern [[British Columbia]], Canada, in the [[Peace River Regional District, British Columbia|Peace River Regional District]]. Having been first settled along the Peace River in 1805, it is the third-oldest European-Canadian community in the province, although it was not incorporated until 1965. Most jobs in the economy are associated with the nearby [[W. A. C. Bennett Dam]] and [[Peace Canyon Dam]], and [[timber]] [[logging]].

There is debate about the origin of Hudson's Hope's name. One theory derives the word "Hudson's" from the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] and "Hope" from the Scottish word "hope" meaning a "small enclosed valley".<ref>District of Hudson's Hope. [https://web.archive.org/web/19990129004645/http://dist.hudsons-hope.bc.ca/html/history.html "Hudson's Hope History Fascinating Facts"]. Retrieved 12 March 2006.</ref> Another theory has the name derived from a prospector named Hudson who came to the area searching for gold.<ref name=PLEDA>Peace Liard Employment Development Association. (October 1985). ''Peace Liard Economic Profile''. page 53.</ref> The District of Hudson's Hope slogan is the "Playground of the Peace".

==History==
Nomadic [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|aboriginal]] [[Dene zaa]] tribes originally occupied the area. [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] and his team of [[voyageurs]] became the first Europeans to travel through as they canoed westward along the Peace River in 1793. [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]] followed in 1805 and established a [[North West Company]] fur-trading outpost, the Rocky Mountain Portage House, at the foot of the canyon directly across the river from the current townsite.<ref>{{Cite journal |last =Bowes |first =Gordon |year =1963 |title =Peace River Chronicles |edition =3rd |place =Vancouver |publisher =Prescott Publishing |page =28 }}</ref> This was the only significant portage site on the Peace River between [[Fort Chipewyan]] and [[McLeod Lake, British Columbia|Fort McLeod]].<ref>Eric F. Morse, "Fur Trade Routes of Canada/ Then and Now', 1971, page 99</ref>

The [[Hudson's Bay Company]] took control of the fort after merging with the North West Company in 1821 but abandoned it in 1823 after a massacre in the nearby [[Fort St. John, British Columbia|Fort St. John]] outpost.{{sfn|Kyllo|1973|p=H5}} The HBC opened a new trading post on the southern river banks in 1866 to compete against free traders coming in from the west. (Hudson's Bay Company Archives B.39/b/18 p.&nbsp;57) Though its origins are unclear, the name ''Hudson's Hope'' was first recorded in 1868. Theories on its origin include an explorer named Hudson searching for the Northwest Passage, or a prospector named Henry Hudson searching for gold, or the use of the English and Scottish word ''hope'', meaning a small enclosed valley.{{sfn|Kyllo|1973|p=H4}} In 1899 the fort was moved to the townsite's present-day location on the north bank to better serve those [[portage|portaging]] northwestwards.

Much of the area was explored by prospectors and surveying crews as the [[Peace River Block]] was opened to mineral staking in 1908 and homestead claims in 1912. A permanent settlement was established in 1912 by a police officer, who was previously stationed in Fort St. John, and a friend from Victoria, who staked the first homestead. Others joined them as they <!--the two unnamed guys?  -->travelled through Edmonton, Dunvegan, and Fort St. John to found the communities of Beryl Prairie and Lynx Creek.{{sfn|Kyllo|1973|p=H13}} Soon, as other settlers came, they built a post office, hotel, and church around the trading post. In 1923 settlers opened the first school. Coal was discovered a few years earlier and used locally. Commercial coal mining, attempted in 1923, was not successful due to the isolation and high transportation costs to other markets. Construction of the [[Alaska Highway]] in 1942 created a high local demand and stimulated commercial coal mining.{{sfn|Kyllo|1973|pp=H52–H54}}

Major development came to the rural area in the 1960s, when the provincial government planned and constructed the [[W. A. C. Bennett Dam]] and its associated [[Gordon M. Shrum Generating Station]] for hydroelectric power. Its construction involved thousands of workers; the project was served by the distant highway and railway {{convert|85|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the south at [[Chetwynd, British Columbia|Chetwynd]]. To help organize and finance the project, the Hudson's Hope Improvement District was incorporated in 1962 and the District Municipality of Hudson's Hope was incorporated 2 years later. The two incorporated areas merged in 1967 after construction was completed. As the reservoir was filled and the dam went online in 1968, most of the thousands of workers left for other areas.

Soon afterwards a second dam, the [[Peace Canyon Dam]], was planned and constructed, several kilometers downstream from the first. The second dam went online in 1980. The town has remained geographically isolated and is economically dependent on [[BC Hydro]] as its single major employer. It has marketed its isolation and extensive outdoor recreational opportunities as a benefit to living in the area.<ref>District of Hudson's Hope. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822184944/http://www.dist.hudsons-hope.bc.ca/economic.html Economic Development.] Retrieved on May 30, 2007.</ref>

==Geography and climate==
[[File:Hudson's Hope BC outline.png|thumb|right|The District of Hudson's Hope is centered around a townsite on the north side of the Peace River along [[British Columbia Highway 29|Highway 29]]. The rural communities of Lynx Creek and Farrell Creek, and the farming community of Beryl Prairie, are located north of the main townsite.]]
The main townsite is {{convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} wide, {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long flat along the north bank of the Peace River, and the rural communities of Beryl Prairie, Lynx Creek, and Farrell Creek. The [[Peace River (Canada)|Peace River]] originates at the W.A.C. Bennett Dam from the Peace Reach Arm of [[Williston Lake]] and flows around the {{convert|1427|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall Portage Mountain<ref>''Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia''. [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=13213 Portage Mountain.] Retrieved on May 30, 2007.</ref> and through Dinosaur Lake. The water is retained here for three days<ref name=bchydro>Blackman, B.G. and D.M. Cowie (January 2005), [https://web.archive.org/web/20060809164257/http://www.bchydro.com/pwcp/pdfs/reports/pwfwcp_report_no_299.pdf Introduction] 2004 Assessment of Habitat Improvements in Dinosaur Reservoir,] BC Hydro. pg 1.</ref> before being released to the Peace Canyon Dam. It flows northeastward past the townsite, and the rural communities of Lynx Creek and Farrell Creek, and eventually into the [[Arctic Ocean]]. The Hudson's Hope Suspension Bridge provides passage over the river near the town. The forested foothills of the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Johnson and the {{convert|1230|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} Two Ridge Mountain, dominate the area south of the Peace River.<ref>''Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia''. [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=12074 Two Ridge Mountain.] Retrieved on May 30, 2007.</ref> The foothills continue north of the river, passing into prairie land at Beryl Prairie.

Dinosaur Lake is the deeply entrenched<!-- word choice? meaning what here? That it filled a deep ravine? --> reservoir of the Peace Canyon Dam, having a surface area of {{convert|805|ha|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} and a volume of {{convert|0.216|km3|mi3|abbr=on}}.<ref name=bchydro1>Pattenden, R. and G. Ash (April 1993) [https://web.archive.org/web/20060316222757/http://www.bchydro.com/pwcp/pdfs/reports/pwfwcp_report_no_072.pdf "Fisheries Enhancement Options for Dinosaur Lake, A Review"], p4., British Columbia Hydropower</ref> The [[oligotroph]]ic lake is fed by Williston Lake and 5 tributaries (Gething, Johnson, Moosebar, Starfish and Mogul creeks).<ref name=bchydro1/>

Most of the municipality is forested by aspen and poplar trees. Animals common to the area include moose, bear, deer, sheep, goats and elk. A hatchery annually releases sportsfish, mainly rainbow trout, into the lakes.<ref name=bchydro1/> Dinosaur tracks and fossils have been discovered in the municipality, including deposits that were later covered by the filling of Dinosaur Lake. The [[Ichthyosauria|ichthyosaur]] [[Hudsonelpidia]] was named after the community after being discovered there in the 1960s.

{{Historical populations
| title       = Census population:<br/>Hudson's Hope
| type        = Canada
| align       = right
| width       =
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| percentages =
|1966|3068
|1971|1741
|1976|1330
|1981|1365
|1986|1158
|1991|985
|1996|1122
|2001|1039
|2006|1012
|2011|970
|2016|1015
|2021|841
| footnote    =
| source      = [[Statistics Canada]]<br/>
<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-702-1971.pdf |page=119 (2–116)| title=1971 Census (1921–1971 |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-805-1976.pdf |page=26 (3–44)| title=1976 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf |page=40 (1–30)| title=1981 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf |page=63 (2–39)| title=1986 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf |page=125 (117)| title=1991 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf |page=168 (154)| title=1996 Census |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&PR=59&SR=301&S=1&O=A | title=2001 Census |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=59 | title=2006 Census |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5955025&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=hudson%27s%20hope&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 | title=2011 Census |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca| date=8 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5955025&Geo2=CD&Code2=5955&SearchText=hudson%27s%20hope&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0| title=2016 Census |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=hudsons%20hope&DGUIDlist=2021A00055955025&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0| title=2021 Census |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
}}

Historically, winters have been very cold and snowy. However, since the filling of Williston Lake, the largest man-made lake in North America, the winters have been milder with an average January temperature of {{convert|-15|°C|°F|0|abbr=on}} and annual snowfall of {{convert|194|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=PLEDA/> The municipality has an average growing season of 135 days, the longest in northern BC, with an average July temperature of {{convert|15|°C|°F|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=PLEDA/> With the dams, both the lakes and the river are isothermal at about {{convert|2|to|10|C|F}}.<ref name=bchydro/>

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Hudson's Hope had a population of 841 living in 378 of its 460 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:841-1015}}|1015|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,015. With a land area of {{cvt|826.7|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|841|826.7|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000259 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 20, 2022}}</ref>

While the community is one of the province's oldest, the first census that included it as a defined subdivision was that of 1966, which recorded 3,068 people.<ref>BC Stats. [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/pop/pop/mun/Mun1921_2006.asp British Columbia Municipal Census Populations, 1921–2006] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20090511012545/http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/DATA/pop/pop/mun/Mun1921_2006.asp |date=2009-05-11 }} British Columbia. Retrieved on 30 May 2007.</ref> An earlier report put the population at less than 100 in 1954.<ref>District of Hudson's Hope. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822184741/http://www.dist.hudsons-hope.bc.ca/history.html Hudson's Hope History]. Retrieved May 26, 2007.</ref> The 1960s peak was due to workers coming to the area for the planning and construction of the hydroelectric dam.

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Hudson's Hope BC map.PNG|thumb|The road network of Hudson's Hope.]]
The town is located along [[British Columbia Highway 29|Highway 29]], between Chetwynd and Fort St. John. The highway crosses the Peace River via the Hudson's Hope Suspension Bridge<!---http://www.bridgemeister.com/pic.php?pid=57---> and runs eastward along the north bank of the Peace River through the townsite, Lynx Creek, and Farrel Creek. From the townsite, the W.A.C. Bennett Dam is {{convert|22|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west. In total, the district maintains {{convert|33|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of paved and {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of unpaved roads<ref name=redbook>Reed Construction (2005). ''Municipal Redbook: An Authoritative Reference Guide to Local Government in British Columbia'', Burnaby, BC, 23. {{ISSN|0068-161X}}</ref> with most of the businesses located along the Beattie Road portion of Highway 29. Community facilities and some residential areas are located between Beattie Road and the Peace River, and more residential areas are located on hills north of the downtown area.

The [[Hudson's Hope Airport]], {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of town, is a small airport with a {{convert|1585|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}}-long paved runway that handles private and chartered flights. The closest commercial airport, with regularly scheduled flights, is approximately {{convert|86|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the east, near Fort St. John. The closest regional bus stop and rail station is about {{convert|60|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the south, in Chetwynd.

The town draws its [[water supply|drinking water]] from the Peace River, and chlorinates and distributes it through {{convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of watermains.<ref name=redbook/> [[Sewage]] is collected through {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of [[sanitary sewers]] and [[Sewage treatment|processed]] in a two-cell [[Aerated lagoon|lagoon]] system.<ref name=redbook/> The municipality funds weekly garbage collection from households in the townsite and transfer stations in the rural communities. Electrical power is supplied by the provincially owned [[BC Hydro]] and natural gas by the privately owned Pacific Natural Gas.

==Economy and education==
Hudson's Hope has a predominantly resource-based economy. The community was founded as a trading post along a portage trail but with sternwheelers and steamships navigating the Peace River in the 1800s resource extraction, such as logging and farming, began. The town's economy turned towards construction starting in the 1960s with the Bennett Dam followed by the Peace Canyon Dam. Additional staff have been employed with the dams’ museums and tour-related activities.<ref name=BCStats>BC Stats (February 8, 2006). [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/dd/facsheet/CF264.pdf "Hudson's Hope District Municipality" (pdf)], ''Community Facts'', Retrieved 12 March 2006.</ref>

The only school in the municipality is the Hudson's Hope Elementary-Secondary School, administered by [[School District 60 Peace River North]]. The school, constructed in 1993, teaches students from [[kindergarten]] to [[Twelfth grade|grade 12]] and has an enrollment of about 220 students.<ref>School District 60 (Peace River North (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714115527/http://www.prn.bc.ca/default.taf?lookup=SD_Dir&loc=14 Hudson's Hope Elem/Jr Secondary.] Retrieved on 30 May 2007.</ref> [[Northern Lights College]] offers courses at the Hudson's Hope Learning Centre that focus on the oil and gas industry, as well as adult basic, [[continuing education|continuing]], and [[vocational education]].

==Culture and recreation==
[[File:Hudson's Hope Memorial Park.jpg|thumb|left|Chainsaw carvings in Stegge Park]]
The Hudson's Hope Museum is located in the old Hudson's Bay Store, built in 1942. It has exhibits on the area's prehistory (i.e. dinosaur fossils, bones and tracks), frontier times (i.e. aboriginal, North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company artifacts), and boom times (i.e. construction of Bennett and Peace Canyon dams). Both dams have museums and offer tours. The museum at the Bennett Dam focuses on the massive engineering and construction programs to build the reservoir and world's largest earth-filled dam. The museum at the Peace Canyon Dam focuses on the natural history of the area, especially the dinosaur finds that were discovered during construction of the dam.

The town maintains a library, skating arena, curling rink, and an outdoor heated swimming pool. The Hudson's Hope Community Hall is used for theatrical performances, dances, and public meetings. Annual events include a rodeo in June, a fall fair in August, and a torchlight parade in December. The district operates three public parks: Beattie Park with a playground and visitor information centre, Centennial Park with its chainsaw carvings and totem poles, and Memorial Park with tennis courts, swimming pool and toboggan hill. Outside the townsite, the district helps maintain the Beryl Prairie Community Park, and Jamieson Woods Nature Preserve.<ref>North Peace Profile, 42</ref><ref>HH, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822184412/http://www.dist.hudsons-hope.bc.ca/community.html Our community]</ref>

Williston Lake, Dinosaur Lake, Cameron Lake and the Peace River are used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and fishing. In addition to private campgrounds, the district operates four campgrounds. King Gething Park and Alwin Holland Park, both named after 1920s–30s pioneers, are fully serviced campgrounds and RV parks on the north bank of the Peace River, west of the townsite. Dinosaur Lake Campground near the Peace Canyon dam and Cameron Lake Campground near North Cameron Lake were both taken over by the district in 1989 from the province.<ref>North Peace Profile, 43–44</ref>

==Government and politics==
[[File:Hudson's Hope Municipal Office.jpg|thumb|Dual purpose building: town hall and fire station]]
The District of Hudson's Hope has a [[council-manager]] form of [[municipal government]]. A mayor and six councillors are elected [[at-large]] every three years, along with one trustee to the [[School District 60 Peace River North|school district]]. Such a system results in candidates who appeal to the majority of voters. In a December 2, 2012 by-election, Gwen Johansson was elected as the mayor of Hudson's Hope, replacing Karen Anderson. In November 2011 Karen Anderson had been elected mayor. She had first been elected mayor in 2008, defeating former mayor Lenore Harwood.<ref>Reaburn, Adam. [http://www.fsjnow.com/?action=nc&qn=FSJN-Main_Page&idnews=2960 "Municipal Election Results"], ''Fort St. John Now!'', 2005-11-19, Retrieved on 29 May 2007.</ref> The mayor is appointed by the council as the District's representative on the board of directors of the [[Peace River Regional District, British Columbia|Peace River Regional District]].<ref>Peace River Regional District. [https://web.archive.org/web/20040427043338/http://www.pris.bc.ca/prrd/Board.html Board of Directors], ''PRRD Board of Directors''. Retrieved 26 May 2007.</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Hudson's Hope federal election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 639)|publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 8, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 8%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''50''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''64%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''421''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 9%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''63''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 6%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''37''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 12%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''65''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''66%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''365''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 7%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''40''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 11%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''63''
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Hudson's Hope provincial election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935 |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 639)|publisher=Elections BC |access-date=March 8, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of British Columbia|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Independent politician#Canada|Independent]]
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative}}|
! [[2020 British Columbia general election|2020]]
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}} | 24%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''77''
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}} |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 32%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#A51B12;"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> ''102''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Green|background}} | 0%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''0''
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|background}} |<span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''43%'''</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#004AAD;"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">''138''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|XX|Independent|background}} | 0%
| style="text-align:right; background:#DCDCDC;"| ''0''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|XX|Independent}}|
! [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017]]
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}} | 12%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''59''
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}} |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 40%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#A51B12;"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> ''201''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Green|background}} | 0%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''0''
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">0%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#004AAD;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''0''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|XX|Independent|background}} | '''48%'''
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Hudson's Hope is situated in the [[Peace River North]] provincial electoral district and is represented by [[Pat Pimm]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]. Prior to Pimm, the town was represented by [[Richard Neufeld]] who was first elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] in the [[1991 British Columbia general election|1991 provincial election]] with the [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit Party]] taking 31% of votes cast at the Hudson's Hope polls<ref>Elections BC (1991). [https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200704/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-68.html Peace River North Electoral District Poll-by-Poll Results], ''Statement of Votes, 1991''. Retrieved on February 22, 2006.</ref> and re-elected with the [[Reform Party of British Columbia|Reform Party of BC]] in [[1996 British Columbia general election|1996]] with 44% support,<ref>Elections BC (1996). [https://web.archive.org/web/20010121212200/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_pcn.htm Peace River North Electoral District], ''Statement of Votes, 1996''. Retrieved on February 22, 2006.</ref> with the [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal Party]] in [[2001 British Columbia general election|2001]] and [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005]] with 57%<ref>Elections BC (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20030526155941/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/pcn.pdf Peace River North Electoral District: Statement of Votes, 2001]. Retrieved on February 22, 2006.</ref> and 41%<ref name=2005prov>Elections BC (2005). [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov05/pcs.pdf Peace River South Electoral District (pdf)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927035548/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov05/pcs.pdf |date=2006-09-27 }}, ''Statement of Votes, 2005''. Retrieved on November 18, 2005.</ref> from Hudson's Hope polls, respectively.

Federally, Hudson's Hope is located in the [[Prince George—Peace River]] riding, which is represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] by [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] [[Bob Zimmer]]. Prior to Zimmer, the town was represented by [[Jay Hill (politician)|Jay Hill]] who was first elected in 1993, then re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2006 with 79%,<ref name=97-00fed>Elections Canada. [http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=gen&document=index&dir=rep/37d&lang=e&textonly=false 36th and 37th General Elections: Official Voting Results: Poll-by-poll Results], ''Elections Canada On-Line|General Information''. Retrieved on January 22, 2006. (Requires user to download database.)</ref> 75%,<ref name=97-00fed/> 64%,<ref name=04federal>Elections Canada (2004). [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2004/default.html Thirty-eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll results], ''Official Voting Results/Résultats officiels du scrutin''. Retrieved on November 18, 2005. (Requires navigation to Prince George—Peace River)</ref> and 66%.<ref name=06fed>Elections Canada (2006). [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/data/59022.pdf Prince George—Peace River] ''Thirty-ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll results, Official Voting Results''. British Columbia. Retrieved on 12 February 2007.</ref> support from Hudson's Hope polls, respectively. Before Hill the riding was represented by [[Frank Oberle, Sr.|Frank Oberle]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] from 1972 to 1993. Oberle served as Minister of State for Science and Technology from 1985 to 1989 and Minister of Forestry from 1990 to 1993.<ref>Library of Parliament (2006). [https://archive.today/20071229063440/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=1486&s= Oberle, The Hon. Frank, P.C.], ''Federal Political Experience''. Retrieved on January 22, 2006.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Beryl Prairie, British Columbia]]

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Kyllo |first=Edith |title=The Peacemakers of North Peace |publisher=Davies, Ventress and Kyllo |year=1973}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hudson's Hope
|Northwest = [[Graham-Laurier Provincial Park]]
|North = [[Fort Nelson, British Columbia|Fort Nelson]]
|Northeast = [[Fort St. John, British Columbia|Fort St. John]]
|East = [[Taylor, British Columbia|Taylor]]
|Southeast = [[Dawson Creek, British Columbia|Dawson Creek]]
|South = [[Chetwynd, British Columbia|Chetwynd]]
|Southwest = [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]]
|West = [[Williston Lake]]
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{{Subdivisions of British Columbia|district=yes}}

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[[Category:Populated places in the Peace River Regional District]]
[[Category:Hudson's Bay Company trading posts]]
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[[Category:1805 establishments in the British Empire]]