Bulkley Valley-Stikine is a provincial electoral district in

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, Canada. The riding was known as Bulkley Valley-Stikine from its first creation in 1991 until the 2009 election. Following the ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008'', which came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, the riding was renamed Stikine. Following the

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that took effect for the 2024 election, it returned to its original name but did not undergo any boundary changes.

Geography

As of the 2024 provincial election, Bulkley Valley-Stikine comprises the entire

Stikine Region The Stikine Region () is an unincorporated area in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the only area in the province that is not part of a regional district. The Stikine Region was left unincorporated following legislation that establi ...

, the northern portion of the

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and a small area of the

Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako The Regional District of Bulkley–Nechako (RDBN) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 census, the population was 37,737. The area is 73,419.01 square kilometres. The regional district off ...

containing the communities of

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and

Telkwa Telkwa is a village located along British Columbia Highway 16, nearly southeast of the town of Smithers and west of the city of Prince George, in northwest British Columbia, Canada. History Settlement in the area began around 1904 in a towns ...

. Located in northwestern British Columbia the electoral district is bordered by the Yukon to the north and Alaska, United States to the west. Other communities in the electoral district consist of

New Hazelton New Hazelton is a district municipality on the south side of the Bulkley River in the Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. On BC Highway 16, the locality is by road about northwest of Smithers and northeast of Terrace. Ne ...

, Stewart and Atlin.

History

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

Election results

Bulkley Valey-Stikine

Stikine

Bulkley Valley-Stikine

References

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)Results of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures (pdf)1996 Expenditures (pdf)
{{Authority control British Columbia provincial electoral districts Smithers, British Columbia