Peace River South

Peace River South (1991–)
South Peace River (1956–1991)

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike Bernier Liberal
District created	1955
First contested	1956
Last contested	2013

Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name South 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. election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.

Demographics

Population, 2001	28,097
Population change, 1996–2001	-9.2%
Area (km²)	32,085
Population density (people per km²)	0.94

Member of Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
40th	2013–present		Mike Bernier	BC Liberal
39th	2011–2013	Blair Lekstrom
	2010–2011			Independent
	2009–2010			BC Liberal
38th	2005–2009
37th	2001–2005
36th	1997–2001		Jack Weisgerber	Independent
	1996–1997			Reform BC
35th	1995–1996
	1991–1995			Social Credit
34th	1986–1991
33rd	1983–1986		Don Phillips	Social Credit
32nd	1979–1983
31st	1975–1979
30th	1972–1975
29th	1972		Don Marshall	Progressive Conservative
	1969–1972			Social Credit
28th	1966–1969		Don Phillips	Social Credit
27th	1963–1966		Stan Carnell	Social Credit
26th	1960–1963
25th	1956–1960
Peace River prior to 1956

Its most recent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Mike Bernier. He was first elected in 2013 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Peace River South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Bernier	4,373	46.73	-16.35	$107,254
	Conservative	Kurt Peats	2,546	27.21	n/a	$26,829
	New Democratic	Darwin Wren	1,988	21.24	-5.79	$36,616
	Independent	Tyrel Pohl	451	4.82	n/a	$2,668
Total Valid Votes			9,358	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			37	0.39%
Turnout			9,395	49.89%

British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	4,073	58.82%
	No	2,852	41.18%

B.C. General Election 2009 Peace River South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Blair Lekstrom	4,801	63.08	+5.34	$83,241
	New Democratic	Pat Shaw	2,057	27.03	-5.73	$13,686
	Green	Grant Fraser	553	7.00	-2.50	$350
	Independent	Donna Young	220	2.89		$1,976
Total valid votes			7,611	100%
Total rejected ballots			44	0.57%
Turnout			7,655	44.0%

British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009
Side		Votes	%
	FPTP	4,884	66.31%
	BC-STV	2,481	33.69%

B.C. General Election 2005 Peace River South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Blair Lekstrom	5,810	57.74%	-6.46	$67,507
	New Democratic	Pat Shaw	3,296	32.76%	+25.07	$19,318
	Green	Ariel Lade	956	9.50%	+5.42	$200
Total valid votes			10,062	100%
Total rejected ballots			71	0.71%
Turnout			10,133	56.3%

British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	5,279	54.24%
	No	4,453	45.76%

B.C. General Election 2001: Peace River South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Blair Lekstrom	6,393	64.20%		$58,198
	Social Credit	Grant Mitton	1,726	17.33%	–	$12,655
	New Democratic	Elmer Kabush	767	7.69%		$865
	Marijuana	Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek	444	4.45%		$3,288
	Green	Stacey Dean Lajeunesse	407	4.08%	–	$100
	Unity	Garret Golhof	225	2.25%		$1,540
Total valid votes			9,962	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			34	0.34%
Turnout			9,996	62.37%

B.C. General Election 1996: Peace River South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Reform	Jack S. Weisgerber	3,901	31.89%		$15,351
	New Democratic	Patrick Michiel	3,778	30.88%		$19,349
	Liberal	Brian Haddow	3,774	30.85%		$22,822
	Social Credit	Aime Girard	452	3.69%	–	$7,548
	Progressive Democrat	Wade Alexander Allan	183	1.50%	–	$100
	Green	Shane Hartnell	145	1.19%	–	$100
Total valid votes			12,233	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			49	0.40%
Turnout			12,282	62.60%

B.C. General Election 1991: Peace River South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Jack S. Weisgerber	4,617	37.21%	–	$24,824
	New Democratic	Anne Matheson	3,844	30.98%		$16,578
	Liberal	Marcheta D. N. Leoppky	3,512	28.30%		$3,345
	Green	Hermann E. Bruns	435	3.51%	–	$1,394
Total valid votes			12,408	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			308	2.42%
Turnout			12,716	69.72%

1991 Recall and Initiative Referendum

Question A: Recall
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	9,706	86.15%
	No	1,561	13.85%

Question B: Ballot Initiatives
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	9,759	88.86%
	No	1,223	11.14%

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