Skeena (provincial electoral district)

Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 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.

Geography
As of the 2020 provincial election, Skeena comprises the southern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, with the exception of the southern tip of the region which is part of the North Coast electoral district. It is located in western British Columbia, with the northwest bordering Alaska, United States. Communities in the electoral district consist of Terrace and Kitimat.

History
This electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Member of the Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Ellis Ross, the former Chief Councillor for the Haisla Nation. He was first elected in 2017. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. He briefly served as Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing in the Government of Christy Clark.

Election results

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


 * Conservative
 * Michael Brousseau
 * align="right"|893
 * align="right"|7.73
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 * align="right"|$6,594

! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,553 !align="right"|100% ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|64 !align="right"|0.7% ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout !align="right"|11,617 !align="right"|55%
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 * NDP
 * Robin Austin
 * align="right"|6,166
 * align="right"|48.12%
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 * align="right"|$56,311



! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|12,813 !align="right"|100% ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|89 !align="right"|0.7% ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout !align="right"|12,902 !align="right"|63%
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 * NDP
 * Helmut Giesbrecht
 * align="right"|2,644
 * align="right"|19.91%
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 * align="right"|$16,230

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|13,281 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|68 !align="right"|0.51% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|13,349 !align="right"|72.13% !align="right"|
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 * NDP
 * Helmut Giesbrecht
 * align="right"|5,353
 * align="right"|40.34%
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 * align="right"|$29,298

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|13,269 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|93 !align="right"|0.70% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|13,362 !align="right"|70.72% !align="right"|
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 * NDP
 * Helmut Giesbrecht
 * align="right"|5,597
 * align="right"|46.67%
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 * align="right"|$31,137

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,992 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|201 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|12,193 !align="right"|72.46% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * NDP
 * Frank Howard
 * align="right"|7,101
 * align="right"|41.79%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|16,992 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|225 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Independent
 * Sebastian Gordon
 * align="right"|793
 * align="right"|4.66%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|$983
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 * NDP
 * Frank Howard
 * align="right"|9,682
 * align="right"|51.12%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|18,941 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|242 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Independent
 * Lionel Wayne Sears
 * align="right"|297
 * align="right"|1.57%
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 * NDP
 * Frank Howard
 * align="right"|7,561
 * align="right"|50.29%
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 * Independent
 * David L. McCreery
 * align="right"|197
 * align="right"|1.31%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|15,034 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|233 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Independent
 * Arthur David Serry
 * align="right"|83
 * align="right"|0.55%
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 * NDP
 * Hartley Douglas Dent
 * align="right"|6,145
 * align="right"|44.77%
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 * Liberal
 * Ronald N. Gowe
 * align="right"|484
 * align="right"|3.52%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|13,727 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|141 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Victor Charles George Jolliffe
 * align="right"|235
 * align="right"|1.71%
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 * NDP
 * Hartley Douglas Dent
 * align="right"|5,442
 * align="right"|46.90%
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 * Liberal
 * Ian Charles MacDonald
 * align="right"|1,441
 * align="right"|12.42%
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * Richard William Sargent
 * align="right"|1,040
 * align="right"|8.96%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,604 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|206 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Independent
 * Lionel Wayne Sears
 * align="right"|76
 * align="right"|0.65%
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 * NDP
 * James Harold Robertson
 * align="right"|4,059
 * align="right"|41.20%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|9,851 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|180 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff
 * align="right"|748
 * align="right"|7.59%
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 * NDP
 * Ronald Douglas
 * align="right"|1,742
 * align="right"|31.68%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,499 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|56 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * William Ivor Donald
 * align="right"|711
 * align="right"|12.93%
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 * NDP
 * Richard Mouat Toynbee
 * align="right"|1,975
 * align="right"|33.48%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,899 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|65 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * William Ivor Donald
 * align="right"|961
 * align="right"|16.29%
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Monty Alton
 * align="right"|2,137
 * align="right"|37.00%
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 * Liberal
 * William Donald Stickney
 * align="right"|848
 * align="right"|14.68%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,775 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|109 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Conservative
 * Guy Ronald Williams
 * align="right"|411
 * align="right"|7.12%
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Frank Howard
 * align="right"|1,823
 * align="right"|35.77%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,096 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|132 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Paul Wilbur Hallman
 * align="right"|1,387
 * align="right"|27.22%
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Total




 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Frank Howard
 * align="right"|1,768
 * align="right"|37.04%
 * align="right"|2,110
 * align="right"|50.15%


 * Liberal
 * Lionel Charles Houle
 * align="right"|1,413
 * align="right"|29.60%
 * align="right"|2,097
 * align="right"|49.85%

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,773 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|4,207 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|279 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"|5,933 (1952 list) !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|70.15% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
 * Progressive Conservative
 * William John O'Neill
 * align="right"|220
 * align="right"|4.61%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|2,798 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|91 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Joseph Daney Denicola
 * align="right"|750
 * align="right"|26.80%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|1,535 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|47 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !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%
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 * Liberal
 * Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
 * align="right"|877
 * align="right"|61.89%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|1,417 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|61 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * William John O'Neill
 * align="right"|540
 * align="right"|38.11%
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 * Liberal
 * Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
 * align="right"|1,006
 * align="right"|59.74%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|1,684 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|68 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * John Doney
 * align="right"|678
 * align="right"|40.26%
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 * Liberal
 * Edward Tourtellotte Kenney
 * align="right"|902
 * align="right"|56.34%
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Joseph Edgar Panter
 * align="right"|451
 * align="right"|28.17%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|1,601 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|49 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Independent
 * Ralph Carmichael Bamford
 * align="right"|248
 * align="right"|15.49%
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 * Liberal
 * Horace Cooper Wrinch
 * align="right"|910
 * align="right"|54.33%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|1,675 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|36 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Frank Maurice Dockrill
 * align="right"|765
 * align="right"|45.67%
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 * Liberal
 * Horace Cooper Wrinch
 * align="right"|794
 * align="right"|50.41%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|1,575 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Conservative
 * Richard Strong Sargent
 * align="right"|246
 * align="right"|15.62%
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