Prince Rupert (electoral district) 3478401 221309909 2008-06-23T23:33:47Z 199.60.112.10 /* 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]]