Prince Rupert (electoral district)
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/* Election results */ 1975 elections results were incorrectly displayed twice. The first set of 1975 results were posted under "1972" (even though 1972 was listed twice).
{{dablink|For other uses, see [[Prince Rupert (disambiguation)]].}}
'''Prince Rupert''' was a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It made its first appearance on the [[hustings]] in the [[British Columbia general election, 1916|election of 1916]] and its last in the [[British Columbia general election, 1916|1986]] election. Its main successor ridings are [[North Coast (provincial electoral district)|North Coast]] and [[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena]].
==Notable MLAs==
The first electoral race in this riding is its most significant - the electoral debut of [[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo|Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo]], 22nd [[Premier of British Columbia]], [[1933]]-[[1941]].
==Political geography==
==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
== Election results ==
''Note: Winners of each election are in ''<b>bold</b>.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|William Manson
|align="right"|946
|align="right"|47.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>1,062
|align="right"|<b>52.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,008
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]] <sup>1</sup>
|John Henry Burrough
|align="right"|676
|align="right"|19.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Charles B. Formby]]
|align="right"|561
|align="right"|16.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}}
|Independent Conservative
|Seville Martineau Newton
|align="right"|697
|align="right"|20.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>1,501
|align="right"|<b>43.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,435
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}}
|[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]]
|John Henry Burrough
|align="right"|61
|align="right"|3.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}}
|Independent Conservative <sup>2</sup>
|Seville Martineau Newton
|align="right"|665
|align="right"|40.40
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>920
|align="right"|<b>55.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,646
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>2</sup> <small>Endorsed by Conservative Party.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>1,370
|align="right"|<b>51.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|James Henry Thompson
|align="right"|1,276
|align="right"|48.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,646
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|60
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|80.28%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFWF/row}}
|United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party
|Charles Chapman
|align="right"|268
|align="right"|10.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>1,725
|align="right"|<b>64.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|George Weston Rudderham
|align="right"|665
|align="right"|25.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,658
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|70
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|66.29%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|[[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|BC Social Credit League]]
|Robert Purvis Armstrong
|align="right"|14
|align="right"|0.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Charles Vernon Evitt
|align="right"|662
|align="right"|22.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>1,446
|align="right"|<b>49.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|George William Weaver
|align="right"|796
|align="right"|27.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,918
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|83
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]]
|align="right"|<b>1,681
|align="right"|<b>51.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|George William Weaver
|align="right"|1,563
|align="right"|48.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,244
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|96
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|21st British Columbia election, 1945]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[William Henry Brett (British Columbia politician)|William Henry Brett]]
|align="right"|<b>1,873
|align="right"|<b>49.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]]
|Bruce Edmon Mickleburgh
|align="right"|538
|align="right"|14.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|[[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]] <sup>3</sup>
|align="right"|1,348
|align="right"|35.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,759
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|52
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>3</sup> <small>T.D. Pattullo (Prince Rupert) former premier and Liberal Party leader ran as a straight Independent and is included as such.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[William Henry Brett (British Columbia politician)|William Henry Brett]]
|align="right"|2,296
|align="right"|43.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[John Duncan McRae]]
|align="right"|<b>2,971
|align="right"|<b>56.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,267
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]]<sup>4</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Thomas Melbourne Christie
|align="right"|687
|align="right"|11.29%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[George Edwin Hills]]
|align="right"|<b>2,292
|align="right"|<b>37.67%
|align="right"|<b>2,903
|align="right"|<b>51.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[John Duncan McRae]]
|align="right"|2,001
|align="right"|32.89%
|align="right"|2,754
|align="right"|48.68
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit League]]
|Arthur Murray
|align="right"|1,104
|align="right"|18.15%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,084
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|5,657
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|153
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|<sup>4</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.</small>
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>5</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Arthur Bruce Brown]]
|align="right"|<b>1,864
|align="right"|<b>32.88%
|align="right"|<b>2,611
|align="right"|<b>50.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Gordon Hudson Dowding
|align="right"|2,074
|align="right"|36.59%
|align="right"|2,578
|align="right"|49.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|1,731
|align="right"|30.53%
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,669
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|5,189
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|299
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|<sup>5</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Arthur Bruce Brown]]
|align="right"|1,664
|align="right"|32.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|George Edwin Hills
|align="right"|1,259
|align="right"|24.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>2,151
|align="right"|<b>42.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,074
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|83
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Arthur Bruce Brown]]
|align="right"|1,087
|align="right"|18.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Horace L.G. Kelly
|align="right"|199
|align="right"|3.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Angus MacPhee
|align="right"|2,139
|align="right"|36.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>2,367
|align="right"|<b>40.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,792
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|134
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Neil Fergus MacDonald
|align="right"|1,328
|align="right"|23.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>2,357
|align="right"|<b>42.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|William (Bill) Toderas
|align="right"|1,918
|align="right"|34.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,603
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|59
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1966|28th British Columbia election, 1966]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|John E. Lennox
|align="right"|1,813
|align="right"|36.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Neil Fergus MacDonald
|align="right"|544
|align="right"|10.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>2,647
|align="right"|<b>52.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,004
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|34
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Roderick Douglas Falconer
|align="right"|64
|align="right"|0.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Peter James Lester
|align="right"|1,488
|align="right"|19.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|[[James Douglas Manly]]
|align="right"|2,853
|align="right"|37.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>3,114
|align="right"|<b>41.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,519
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|94
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1972|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Odd Inge Eidsvik
|align="right"|1,416
|align="right"|18.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|[[Graham Richard Lea]]
|align="right"|3,152
|align="right"|41.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[William Harvey Murray]]
|align="right"|<b>2,715
|align="right"|<b>35.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Robert Graham Porter
|align="right"|287
|align="right"|3.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,570
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|103
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Charles Michael Emes
|align="right"|428
|align="right"|5.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Roy Barclay Last
|align="right"|3,527
|align="right"|42.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Graham Richard Lea]]
|align="right"|<b>4,412
|align="right"|<b>52.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,367
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|78
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1979|32nd British Columbia election, 1979]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Graham Richard Lea]]
|align="right"|<b>5,129
|align="right"|<b>61.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Hugh John Robins
|align="right"|3,171
|align="right"|38.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,300
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|147
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1983|33rd British Columbia election, 1983]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|James Grant Carr
|align="right"|745
|align="right"|7.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Graham Richard Lea]]
|align="right"|<b>5,890
|align="right"|<b>56.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Roy Arne Clarence Webber
|align="right"|3,718
|align="right"|35.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,353
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|160
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align=";right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1986|33rd British Columbia election, 1986]]}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Roy Arne Clarence Webber
|align="right"|3,844
|align="right"|38.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Arthur Daniel Miller]]
|align="right"|<b>5,697
|align="right"|<b>57.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John D. Whyte
|align="right"|320
|align="right"|3.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,861
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|214
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
The Prince Rupert riding was redistributed after the [[British Columbia general election, 1986|1986 election]]. Successor ridings are:
* [[North Coast (provincial electoral district)|North Coast]]
* [[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena]]
* [[Bulkley Valley-Stikine]]
==Sources==
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]
[[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]