Skeena is a provincial

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for the

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, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election of 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.

Demographics

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Skeena comprises the southern portion of the

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, with the exception of the southern tip of the region which is part of the

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electoral district. It is located in western British Columbia, with the northwest bordering Alaska, United States. Communities in the electoral district consist of

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History

This electoral district has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly:

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Ellis Ross, the former Chief Councillor for the

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. He was first elected in 2017. He represents the

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. He briefly served as Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing in the Government of

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Election results

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, Robin Austin , align="right", 5,865 , align="right", 50.77 , align="right", +2.47 , align="right", $68,501 ,

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, Michael Brousseau , align="right", 893 , align="right", 7.73 , align="right", , align="right", $6,594 , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Valid Votes !align="right", 11,553 !align="right", 100% , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 64 !align="right", 0.7% , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Turnout !align="right", 11,617 !align="right", 55% , - ,

Robin Austin Robin Austin, is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Austin served as the New Democratic Party MLA for Skeena in the province of British Columbia. Austin was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election. Austin w ...

, align="right", 6,166 , align="right", 48.12% , align="right", , align="right", $56,311 , - , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Valid Votes !align="right", 12,813 !align="right", 100% , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 89 !align="right", 0.7% , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Turnout !align="right", 12,902 !align="right", 63% , - , - ,

Helmut Giesbrecht Helmut Giesbrecht (February 18, 1943 – October 9, 2020) was an educator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Skeena in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. ...

, align="right", 2,644 , align="right", 19.91% , align="right", , align="right", $16,230 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 13,281 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 68 !align="right", 0.51% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 13,349 !align="right", 72.13% !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 5,353 , align="right", 40.34% , align="right", , align="right", $29,298 , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 13,269 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 93 !align="right", 0.70% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 13,362 !align="right", 70.72% !align="right", , - ,

, Helmut Giesbrecht , align="right", 5,597 , align="right", 46.67% , align="right", , align="right", $31,137 , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 11,992 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 201 !align="right", 1.65% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 12,193 !align="right", 72.46% !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Frank Howard , align="right", 7,101 , align="right", 41.79% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , Sebastian Gordon , align="right", 793 , align="right", 4.66% , align="right", , align="right", $983 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 16,992 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 225 !align="right", 1.65% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Frank Howard , align="right", 9,682 , align="right", 51.12% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , Lionel Wayne Sears , align="right", 297 , align="right", 1.57% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 18,941 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 242 !align="right", 1.65% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Frank Howard , align="right", 7,561 , align="right", 50.29% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , David L. McCreery , align="right", 197 , align="right", 1.31% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , Arthur David Serry , align="right", 83 , align="right", 0.55% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 15,034 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 233 !align="right", 1.65% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

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, align="right", 6,145 , align="right", 44.77% , align="right", , align="right", ,

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, Ronald N. Gowe , align="right", 484 , align="right", 3.52% , align="right", , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Victor Charles George Jolliffe , align="right", 235 , align="right", 1.71% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 13,727 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 141 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 5,442 , align="right", 46.90% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, Ian Charles MacDonald , align="right", 1,441 , align="right", 12.42% , align="right", , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Richard William Sargent , align="right", 1,040 , align="right", 8.96% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , Lionel Wayne Sears , align="right", 76 , align="right", 0.65% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 11,604 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 206 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, James Harold Robertson , align="right", 4,059 , align="right", 41.20% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff , align="right", 748 , align="right", 7.59% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 9,851 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 180 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Ronald Douglas , align="right", 1,742 , align="right", 31.68% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, William Ivor Donald , align="right", 711 , align="right", 12.93% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 5,499 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 56 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Richard Mouat Toynbee , align="right", 1,975 , align="right", 33.48% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, William Ivor Donald , align="right", 961 , align="right", 16.29% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 5,899 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 65 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Monty Alton , align="right", 2,137 , align="right", 37.00% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, William Donald Stickney , align="right", 848 , align="right", 14.68% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, Guy Ronald Williams , align="right", 411 , align="right", 7.12% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 5,775 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 109 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frank Howard , align="right", 1,823 , align="right", 35.77% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, Paul Wilbur Hallman , align="right", 1,387 , align="right", 27.22% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 5,096 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 132 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", Total , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Frank Howard , align="right", 1,768 , align="right", 37.04% , align="right", 2,110 , align="right", 50.15% ,

, Lionel Charles Houle , align="right", 1,413 , align="right", 29.60% , align="right", 2,097 , align="right", 49.85% , Progressive Conservative , William John O'Neill , align="right", 220 , align="right", 4.61% , align="right", - , align="right", -% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,773 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 4,207 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 279 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", 5,933 (1952 list) !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 70.15% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Joseph Daney Denicola , align="right", 750 , align="right", 26.80% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 2,798 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 91 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Floyd Forester Frank , align="right", 634 , align="right", 41.30% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 1,535 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 47 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Edward Tourtellotte Kenney Edward Tourtellotte Kenney (July 19, 1888 – September 18, 1974) was a merchant, real estate and insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Skeena in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1933 to 1 ...

, align="right", 877 , align="right", 61.89% , align="right", , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , William John O'Neill , align="right", 540 , align="right", 38.11% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 1,417 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 61 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 1,006 , align="right", 59.74% , align="right", , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , John Doney , align="right", 678 , align="right", 40.26% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 1,684 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 68 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 902 , align="right", 56.34% , align="right", , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Joseph Edgar Panter , align="right", 451 , align="right", 28.17% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , Ralph Carmichael Bamford , align="right", 248 , align="right", 15.49% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 1,601 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 49 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Horace Cooper Wrinch Horace Cooper Wrinch (January 6, 1866 – October 19, 1939) was a pioneer physician on the Skeena River, British Columbia, medical missionary, a public health insurance advocate and political figure. He represented Skeena (provincial electo ...

, align="right", 910 , align="right", 54.33% , align="right", , align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Frank Maurice Dockrill , align="right", 765 , align="right", 45.67% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 1,675 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 36 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, align="right", 794 , align="right", 50.41% , align="right", , align="right", ,

, Richard Strong Sargent , align="right", 246 , align="right", 15.62% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 1,575 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right",

References

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)Results of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaElections BC historical returns
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