Prince George-Mackenzie

Prince George-Mackenzie

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike Morris Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2006)	45,379
Area (km²)	20,361.32
Pop. density (per km²)	2.2
Census division(s)	Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Census subdivision(s)	Prince George, Mackenzie

Prince George-Mackenzie is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Prince George-Mackenzie comprises the northern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the community of Mackenzie and the northwestern portion of Prince George. The boundary line within the city of Prince George comes from the east following along the Fraser, and then the Nechako River to the John Hart Bridge where it goes south along Highway 97, west along Massey Drive, south along Ospika Boulevard until Ferry Avenue. The boundary then cuts west to just south of the University of Northern British Columbia before traveling south down Tyner Boulevard, then follows Highway 16 out of the city to the west.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prince George North prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Pat Bell	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Mike Morris
41st	2017–present

Election results

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Morris	8,543	50.8	−6.32	$30,276.67
	New Democratic	Joan Atkinson	5,717	33.99	+2.34	$4,085.37
	Green	Catharine Kendall	1,935	11.51	+0.28	$3,692.23
	Christian Heritage	Dee Kranz	336	2.00	–	$1,193.15
	Libertarian	Raymond Rodgers	287	1.71	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			16,818	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			150	0.89
Turnout			16,968	49.06
Registered voters			34,587
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Morris	10,725	57.12	+1.54	$49,947
	New Democratic	Bobby Deepak	5,942	31.65	-2.62	$53,121
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,109	11.23	+5.54	$1,433
Total valid votes			18,776	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146	0.77
Turnout			18,922	57.44
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Morris	10,524	55.58	-0.47	$168,600
	New Democratic	Bobby Deepak	6,488	34.27	-2.57	$138,631
	Green	Karen McDowell	1,077	5.69	-1.42	$3,465
	Conservative	Terry Rysz	845	4.46	-	$21,364
Total valid votes			18,934	100.00
Total rejected ballots			165	0.86
Turnout			19,099	56.86
Source: Elections BC

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Bell	9,816	56.05	$99,560
	New Democratic	Tobias Lawrence	6,452	36.84	$111,514
	Green	Kevin Creamore	1,245	7.11	$1,230
Total valid votes			17,513	100
Total rejected ballots			158	0.9
Turnout			17,671	54