Prince George–Omineca

Prince George–Omineca was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	39,109
Population change, 1996–2001	0.9%
Area (km2)	40,557
Pop. density	0.96

History

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

Prince George-Omineca
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Omineca
35th	1991–1996		Len Fox	Social Credit
36th	1996–2001		Paul Nettleton	Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009		John Rustad
Riding dissolved into Nechako Lakes, Prince George-Mackenzie and Prince George-Valemount

Election results

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Len Fox	6,656	52.05	$35,299
	New Democratic	John Ricketts	6,131	47.95	$27,257
Total valid votes			12,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			730	5.40
Turnout			13,517	70.04

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Nettleton	5,514	36.88	$48,025
	New Democratic	Chuck Fraser	5,206	34.82	$32,630
	Reform	Ron Ray	2,998	20.05	$6,226
	Progressive Democrat	Carole Fraser	1,023	6.84	$100
	Green	Todd Edward Romaine	209	1.40	$1,515
Total valid votes			14,950	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118	0.78
Turnout			15,068	67.79

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Nettleton	10,469	61.65	$58,110
	New Democratic	Edward John	3,156	18.58	$22,087
	Unity	Eldon Matte	1,685	9.92	$27,420
	Green	David Usher	1,026	6.04	$1,144
	Marijuana	Will DeWolf	646	3.81	$924
Total valid votes			16,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84	0.49
Turnout			17,066	73.70

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Rustad	8,622	51.71	$87,794
	New Democratic	Chuck Fraser	6,180	37.06	$64,805
	Green	Andrej J. DeWolf	1,393	8.35	$2,139
	Democratic Reform	Erle Martz	479	2.87	$983
Total valid votes			16,674	100
Total rejected ballots			91	0.55
Turnout			16,765	64.22

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