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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
'''Prince George North''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], [[Canada]] from 1979 to 2009.

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|36,696
|-
|Population change, 1996–2001
| -4.5%
|-
|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|56,431
|-
|Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)
|0.65
|}

== Geography ==

{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

== History ==
*[[John Heinrich]], Social Credit (1979–1986)
*[[Lois Boone]], NDP (1986–1991)
*[[Paul Ramsey (Canadian politician)|Paul Ramsey]], NDP (1991–2001)
*[[Pat Bell]], Liberal (2001–2009)

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==

Its [[member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) is the Hon. [[Pat Bell]], former owner of a trucking company and co-owner of a logging company. He owns two Wendy's Restaurants in [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]]. He was first elected in [[2001 British Columbia general election|2001]]. He represents the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]]. Mr. Bell was appointed Minister of State for Mining on January 26, 2004, and on June 16, 2005, after the [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005 election]], was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

== Election results ==
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Prince George North}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Paul Ramsey|5,468|38.74%||$19,464}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |John Mangan |4,506 |31.93% | |$4,028}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Keith Thompson |4,139 |29.33% |&ndash; |$28,770}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |14,113 |100%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |218 |1.52%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |14,331 |71.58%}}
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Prince George North}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Paul Ramsey
|align="right"|5,837
|align="right"|39.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$32,817
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Bob Viergever |4,923 |33.38% | |$47,977}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Ron Hirvi |2,430 |16.48% | |$15,529}}
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Adele Graber |891 |6.04% |&ndash; |$1,199}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Ken Benham
|align="right"|495
|align="right"|3.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$868
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Carolyn Linden |173 |1.17% |&ndash; |$100}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |14,749 |100%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |117 |0.79%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |14,866 |66.75%}}
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Prince George North}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Pat Bell]] |9,215 |61.02% | |$43,559}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Bryan Llewellyn|2,148|14.22%||$6,552}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Hilary Crowley |1,137 |7.53% |&ndash; |$2,866}}
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |David G. Low |838 |5.55% | |$267}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|[[Western Reform]]
|Lisa Maskell
|align="right"|621
|align="right"|4.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,195
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Robert Grimsrud|588|3.89%||$500}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Fred McLeod
|align="right"|478
|align="right"|3.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$854
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Leif Jensen
|align="right"|76
|align="right"|0.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |15,101 |100%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |68 |0.45%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |15,169 |71.77%}}
|}

{{2005 British Columbia general election/Prince George North}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_48.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050226131903/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/prn1.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050414175428/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_prn.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025221610/http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050421011151/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-74.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071004234457/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts|1979|2009}}

[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Politics of Prince George, British Columbia]]