Peace River South

Peace River South

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Larry Neufeld Conservative
District created	1955
First contested	1956
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2001)	28,097
Area (km²)	32,085
Pop. density (per km²)	0.88

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 BC election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Peace River South comprises the southern portion of the Peace River Regional District, located in eastern British Columbia. The electoral district is bordered by Alberta in the east. Communities in the electoral district consist of Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge and Pouce Coupe.

History

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
South Peace River prior to 1991
35th	1991–1995		Jack Weisgerber	Social Credit
	1995–1996			Reform
36th	1996–1997
	1997–2001			Independent
37th	2001–2005		Blair Lekstrom	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2010
	2010–2011			Independent
	2011–2013			Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Mike Bernier
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–present			BC United

Its current member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Mike Bernier. He was first elected in 2013 and represents BC United.

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Unaffiliated	Mike Bernier
	New Democratic	Marshall Bigsby
	Conservative	Larry Neufeld
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Bernier	3,862	51.19	−24.78	$11,466.78
	Conservative	Kathleen Connolly	2,303	30.53	–	$0.00
	New Democratic	Corey Grizz Longley	1,180	15.64	−8.39	$1,321.80
	Wexit	Dorothy Sharon Smith	199	2.84	–	$538.35
Total valid votes			7,544	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			42	0.56
Turnout			7,586	41.66
Registered voters			18,211
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Bernier	6,637	75.97	+29.24	$26,175
	New Democratic	Stephanie Goudie	2,099	24.03	+2.79	$8,179
Total valid votes			8,736	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	1.48
Turnout			8,867	49.97
Registered voters			17,746
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Bernier	4,373	46.73	-16.35	$107,254
	Conservative	Kurt Zane Peats	2,546	27.21	-	$26,829
	New Democratic	Darwin Wren	1,988	21.24	-5.79	$36,616
	Independent	Tyrel Andrew Pohl	451	4.82	-	$2,668
Total valid votes			9,358	100.00
Total rejected ballots			37	0.39
Turnout			9,395	49.89
	Liberal hold		Swing		–21.78
Source: Elections BC

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

2009 British Columbia general election
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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			44	0.57
Turnout			7,655	44.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.54

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

2005 British Columbia general election
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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			71	0.71
Turnout			10,133	56.3
	Liberal hold		Swing		–15.76

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

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Blair Lekstrom	6,393	64.20	+33.35	$58,198
	Social Credit	Grant Mitton	1,726	17.33	+13.64	$12,655
	New Democratic	Elmer Kabush	767	7.69	–23.19	$865
	Marijuana	Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek	444	4.45	–	$3,288
	Green	Stacey Dean Lajeunesse	407	4.08	+2.89	$100
	Unity	Garret Golhof	225	2.25	–	$1,540
Total valid votes			9,962	100.0
Total rejected ballots			34	0.34
Turnout			9,996	62.37
	Liberal gain from Reform		Swing		+9.86

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jack Weisgerber	3,901	31.89	–5.32	$15,351
	New Democratic	Patrick Michiel	3,778	30.88	–0.10	$19,349
	Liberal	Brian Haddow	3,774	30.85	+2.55	$22,822
	Social Credit	Aime Girard	452	3.69	–33.52	$7,548
	Progressive Democrat	Wade Alexander Allan	183	1.50	–	$100
	Green	Shane Hartnell	145	1.19	–2.32	$100
Total valid votes			12,233	100.0
Total rejected ballots			49	0.40
Turnout			12,282	62.60
	Reform gain from Social Credit		Swing		+16.00

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Jack 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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			308	2.42
Turnout			12,716	69.72

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