Skeena—Bulkley_Valley

Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Skeena—Bulkley Valley is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the region, see Bulkley Valley. For the river, see Skeena River.

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Skeena—Bulkley Valley

British Columbia electoral district

Skeena—Bulkley Valley in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts

Coordinates:

57.481°N 130.4945°W / 57.481; -130.4945

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Taylor Bachrach
New Democratic

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2021

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

90,586

Electors (2015)

62,234

Area (km²)^[1]

327,275

Pop. density (per km²)

0.28

Census division(s)

Kitimat-Stikine, Skeena-Queen Charlotte, Stikine, Bulkley-Nechako, Central Coast

Census subdivision(s)

Bulkley-Nechako Electoral Areas A, B, C, D, E, & G, Burns Lake, Central Coast Electoral Areas A (Northern section), B, D & E, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, Granisle, Houston, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Smithers, Terrace, Telkwa

Geography

This is a mostly wilderness area comprising almost the entire northwestern quarter of British Columbia, including the islands of Haida Gwaii and the large region inland from the Alaska Panhandle.

This district includes the cities of Terrace and Prince Rupert, the town of Smithers, as well as the districts of Kitimat, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Stewart, Port Edward, Houston and the villages of Masset, Burns Lake, Granisle, Telkwa and Port Clements.

Demographics

More information Panethnic group, Pop. ...

Panethnic groups in Skeena—Bulkley Valley (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[2]		2016^[3]		2011^[4]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^{[lower-alpha 1]}	53,035	59.88%	53,500	60.85%	56,875	63.37%
Indigenous	29,905	33.76%	30,020	34.14%	29,220	32.56%
South Asian	1,935	2.18%	1,175	1.34%	1,225	1.36%
Southeast Asian^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1,660	1.87%	1,330	1.51%	1,170	1.3%
East Asian^{[lower-alpha 3]}	895	1.01%	940	1.07%	760	0.85%
African	500	0.56%	460	0.52%	235	0.26%
Latin American	225	0.25%	225	0.26%	115	0.13%
Middle Eastern^{[lower-alpha 4]}	195	0.22%	65	0.07%	50	0.06%
Other^{[lower-alpha 5]}	215	0.24%	210	0.24%	105	0.12%
Total responses	88,570	98.75%	87,920	98.88%	89,750	99.08%
Total population	89,689	100%	88,920	100%	90,586	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

This electoral district was created in 2003 from Skeena, some of Prince George—Bulkley Valley and a small part of Cariboo—Chilcotin riding.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Skeena—Bulkley Valley should be adjusted slightly, and a modified electoral district of the same name has been contested in elections thereafter.^[5] The redefined Skeena—Bulkley Valley gained a small portion of territory in the upper Bella Coola Valley from the district of Cariboo—Prince George but was otherwise unchanged. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came come into effect upon the call of the 2015 election.^[6]

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

More information Parliament, Years ...

Parliament	Years		Party
Skeena—Bulkley Valley Riding created from Skeena, Prince George—Bulkley Valley and Cariboo—Chilcotin
38th	2004–2006	Nathan Cullen	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021	Taylor Bachrach
44th	2021–present	Taylor Bachrach

Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is Taylor Bachrach, who was formerly the mayor of Smithers, British Columbia.

Election results

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Graph of election results in Skeena—Bulkley Valley (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Taylor Bachrach	15,921	42.58	+1.68	$63,480.61
	Conservative	Claire Rattée	13,513	36.14	+2.94	$70,700.48
	People's	Jody Craven	2,888	7.72	+5.42	$0.00
	Liberal	Lakhwinder Jhaj	2,866	7.66	–3.94	$3,828.51
	Green	Adeana Young	1,406	3.76	–4.14	$8,424.51
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	797	2.13	–1.17	$22,278.11
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,391	99.49	–	$131,940.03
Total rejected ballots			193	0.51	–0.10
Turnout			37,584	55.72	–6.98
Eligible voters			67,453
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–0.63
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Taylor Bachrach	16,944	40.9	-10.18	$95,825.47
	Conservative	Claire Rattée	13,756	33.2	+8.41	$58,121.59
	Liberal	Dave Birdi	4,793	11.6	-7.12	$33,859.91
	Green	Mike Sawyer	3,280	7.9	+4.26	$7,326.84
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	1,350	3.3	+1.53	$23,458.48
	People's	Jody Craven	940	2.3	–	$5,358.59
	Independent	Danny Nunes	164	0.4	–	none listed
	Independent	Merv Ritchie	157	0.4	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,384	100.0
Total rejected ballots			267	0.61
Turnout			41,651	62.7
Eligible voters			66,421
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-9.30
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nathan Cullen	22,531	51.08	-4.14	$64,149.53
	Conservative	Tyler Nesbitt	10,936	24.79	-9.77	$57,890.26
	Liberal	Brad Layton	8,257	18.72	+15.11	$8,887.53
	Green	Jeannie Parnell	1,605	3.64	+0.44	–
	Christian Heritage	Don Spratt	780	1.77	-1.19	$20,710.97
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,109	100.00		$247,884.67
Total rejected ballots			157	0.35	–
Turnout			44,266	69.76	–
Eligible voters			63,459
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.81
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

More information 2011 federal election redistributed results, Party ...

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	19,550	55.22
	Conservative	12,236	34.56
	Liberal	1,278	3.60
	Others	1,208	3.41
	Green	1,131	3.19

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Nathan Cullen	19,431	55.33	+5.49
	Conservative	Clay Harmon	12,117	34.50	-1.86
	Liberal	Kyle Warwick	1,268	3.61	-1.93
	Green	Roger Benham	1,102	3.14	-1.52
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	1,038	2.96	-0.29
	Canadian Action	Maggie Braun	165	0.47	+0.15
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,121	100.0
Total rejected ballots			116	0.33	+0.02
Turnout			35,237	58.86	+2.35
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.68

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nathan Cullen	17,219	49.84	+1.51	$68,962
	Conservative	Sharon Smith	12,561	36.36	+3.36	$78,636
	Liberal	Corinna Morhart	1,916	5.54	-7.12	$11,687
	Green	Hondo Arendt	1,613	4.66	+1.88	$511
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	1,125	3.25	+0.03	$28,231
	Canadian Action	Mary-Etta Goodacre	112	0.32	–	$120
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,546	100.0		$97,941
Total rejected ballots			106	0.31	-0.01
Turnout			34,652	56.51	-6.62
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.92

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nathan Cullen	18,496	48.33	+11.19	$90,144
	Conservative	Michael Scott	12,630	33.00	-0.70	$71,817
	Liberal	Gordon Stamp-Vincent	4,845	12.66	-8.93	$19,599
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	1,235	3.22	-0.60	$23,835
	Green	Phil Brienesse	1,064	2.78	-0.54	$7,533
Total valid votes			38,270	100.0
Total rejected ballots			122	0.32	-0.06
Turnout			38,392	63.13
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.25

More information Party, Candidate ...

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Nathan Cullen	13,706	37.14
	Conservative	Andy Burton	12,434	33.70
	Liberal	Miles Richardson	7,965	21.59
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	1,408	3.82
	Green	Roger Colin Benham	1,225	3.32
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Martin	161	0.44
Total valid votes			36,899	100.00
Total rejected ballots			140	0.38
Turnout			37,039
This riding was created from Skeena, Prince George—Bulkley Valley and Cariboo—Chilcotin, which each elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the last election. Andy Burton was the incumbent from Skeena.

References

"Skeena—Bulkley Valley (Code 59025) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Expenditures - 2004

Notes

Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

[1]
Statistics Canada: 2012
[2]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
[3]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
[4]
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
[5]
Final Report – British Columbia
[6]
Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
[7]
"Election Night Results — Skeena—Bulkley Valley". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
[8]
"Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates — 44th Canadian Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
[9]
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
[10]
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
[11]
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Skeena—Bulkley Valley, 30 September 2015
[12]
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
[13]
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

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Skeena—Bulkley_Valley

Geography

Demographics

History

Member of Parliament

Current member of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

Notes

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