# Prince George-Valemount

Prince George-Valemount is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 out of most of Prince George-Mount Robson and small parts of Prince George North, Prince George-Omineca and Cariboo North. It was first contested in the 2009 provincial election.

## Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Prince George-Valemount comprises the southern portion of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, located in east-central British Columbia. The electoral district contains the communities of Valemount, McBride and the southeastern portion of Prince George. The boundary line within the city of Prince George comes from the east following along the Fraser, and then the Nechako River to the John Hart Bridge where it goes south along Highway 97, west along Massey Drive, south along Ospika Boulevard until Ferry Avenue. The boundary then cuts west to just south of the University of Northern British Columbia before traveling south down Tyner Boulevard, then follows Highway 16 out of the city to the west.

## History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Prince George-Valemount :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Prince George-Mount Robson |||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Shirley Bond | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Shirley Bond | Liberal |
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Shirley Bond | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2020–2023 | Shirley Bond | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2023–2024 | Shirley Bond | United |
| 43rd | 2024–present | Rosalyn Bird | Conservative |

## Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Rosalyn Bird from the BC Conservative Party since 2024. Before then it was Shirley Bond of BC United. Bond was initially elected to the district of Prince George-Mount Robson.

## Election results

vte2024 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rosalyn Bird | 9,015 | 55.2% |
| | New Democratic | Clay Pountney | 5,708 | 34.9% |
| | Green | Gwen Johansson | 1,612 | 9.9% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,329 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
2020 provincial election redistributed results :
| Party | % |
| Liberal | 52.1 |
| New Democratic | 29.0 |
| Green | 15.9 |
| Conservative | 0.1 |
vte2020 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Shirley Bond | 9,703 | 55.62 | −2.58 | $29,563.67 |
| | New Democratic | Laura Parent | 4,717 | 27.04 | −2.52 | $6,549.23 |
| | Green | MacKenzie Kerr | 2,597 | 14.89 | +2.65 | $5,375.30 |
| | Libertarian | Sean Robson | 428 | 2.45 | – | $46.95 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,445 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 110 | 0.63 | –0.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,555 | 47.42 | –9.33 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 37,020 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | –0.03 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2017 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Shirley Bond | 11,209 | 58.20 | +1.25 | $47,005 |
| | New Democratic | Natalie Fletcher | 5,694 | 29.56 | −6.33 | $36,872 |
| | Green | Nan Kendy | 2,356 | 12.24 | – | $2,925 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,259 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 154 | 0.79 | −0.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,413 | 56.75 | +0.19 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2013 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Shirley Bond | 11,291 | 56.95 | +6.34 | $168,786 |
| | New Democratic | Sherry Ogasawara | 7,116 | 35.89 | −1.69 | $103,073 |
| | Conservative | Nathan Giede | 1,105 | 5.57 | +1.26 | $7,665 |
| | Christian Heritage | Donald A. Roberts | 314 | 1.58 | - | $1,705 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,826 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 214 | 1.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,040 | 56.56 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
BC General Election 2009 Prince George-Valemount :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Shirley Bond | 9,072 | 50.61 | – | $128,833 |
| | NDP | Julie Carew | 6,737 | 37.58 | | $82,706 |
| | Green | Andrej De Wolfe | 1,225 | 6.83 | – | $1,375 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Dickie | 780 | 4.35 | | $5,426 |
| | Refederation | Don Roberts | 113 | 0.63 | – | $510 |
| Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | 17,927 | 100% |
| Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | 114 | 0.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,041 | 52% |