Peace River South

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Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

Demographics

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

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Blair Lekstrom, a former mayor of Dawson Creek. He was first elected in 2001 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Blair Lekstrom |align="right"|5,810 |align="right"|57.74% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Pat Shaw |align="right"|3,296 |align="right"|32.76% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Ariel Lade |align="right"|956 |align="right"|9.50% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|10,062 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Blair Lekstrom |align="right"|6,393 |align="right"|64.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|$58,198 |- |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Grant Mitton |align="right"|1,726 |align="right"|17.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|$12,655 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Elmer Kabush |align="right"|767 |align="right"|7.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|$865 |- |bgcolor="tan"| |Marijuana |Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek |align="right"|444 |align="right"|4.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|$3,288 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Stacey Dean Lajeunesse |align="right"|407 |align="right"|4.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|$100 |- |bgcolor="mediumturquoise"| |Unity |Garret Golhof |align="right"|225 |align="right"|2.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|$1,540 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|9,962 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|34 !align="right"|0.34% !align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|9,996 !align="right"|62.37% !align="right"| |align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="deepskyblue"| |BC Reform |Jack S. Weisgerber |align="right"|3,901 |align="right"|31.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|$15,351 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Patrick Michiel |align="right"|3,778 |align="right"|30.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|$19,349 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Brian Haddow |align="right"|3,774 |align="right"|30.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|$22,822 |- |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Aime Girard |align="right"|452 |align="right"|3.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|$7,548 |- |bgcolor="#AA99CC"| |Progressive Democrat |Wade Alexander Allan |align="right"|183 |align="right"|1.50% |align="right"| |align="right"|$100 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Shane Hartnell |align="right"|145 |align="right"|1.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|$100 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,233 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|49 !align="right"|0.40% !align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|12,282 !align="right"|62.60% !align="right"| |align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Jack S. Weisgerber |align="right"|4,617 |align="right"|37.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|$24,824 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Anne Matheson |align="right"|3,844 |align="right"|30.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|$16,578 |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Marcheta D. N. Leoppky |align="right"|3,512 |align="right"|28.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|$3,345 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Hermann E. Bruns |align="right"|435 |align="right"|3.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|$1,394 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,408 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|308 !align="right"|2.42% !align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|12,716 !align="right"|69.72% !align="right"| |align="right"| |}

External links

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