It consists of all of the province of British Columbia east of the Great Divide and some communities west of the divide. It contains large areas of uninhabited wilderness.

Communities include the oil-and-gas exploration centre of Fort St. John; Fort Nelson, with the province's biggest wood products plant; Dawson Creek; Large Coal Mining operations in Tumbler Ridge and the part of Prince George north of the Nechako River and east of the Fraser River.

This electoral district was originally created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fort Nelson—Peace River riding and a part of Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings. In 1978, Fort Nelson—Peace River was renamed "Prince George—Peace River". There were no elections during the period it was called "Fort Nelson—Peace River".

This riding has elected conservative candidates consistently since 1972: Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle from 1972 to 1993, and Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Jay Hill from 1993 until 2010. The district is currently represented by Bob Zimmer of the Conservatives.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Prince George—Peace River should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district will be contested in future elections. The redefined riding regains the community of Valemount and area that had been transferred to Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the previous redistribution. Although not directly related to this boundary adjustment, the riding was renamed as Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies to acknowledge the Northern Rockies Regional District, whose status in the riding is unchanged. These new boundaries and the new name were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Its current member of Parliament is Bob Zimmer. He was first elected in 2011. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.

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Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, 2015–present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Zimmer	29,882	60.7	-9.1	$71,706.36
	New Democratic	Cory Grizz Longley	6,647	13.5	+4.3	$6,918.81
	People's	Ryan Dyck	5,138	10.4	+7.2	$25,911.91
	Liberal	Amir Alavi	4,236	8.6	-3.0	$0.00
	Green	Catharine Kendall	1,661	3.4	-2.9	$7,821.16
	Maverick	David Jeffers	1,580	3.3	—	$25,911.91
	Canada's Fourth Front	Phil Hewkin	53	0.1	—	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,197	99.13	-0.46	$138,271.14
Total rejected ballots			430	0.87	+0.46
Turnout			49,627	62.1	-7.7
Eligible voters			79,952
	Conservative hold		Swing		-11.0
Source: Elections Canada

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	30,874	59.33
	New Democratic	7,479	14.37
	People's	5,410	10.40
	Liberal	4,815	9.25
	Green	1,812	3.48
	Others	1,648	3.17

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Zimmer	38,473	69.8	+17.30	$77,720.06
	Liberal	Mavis Erickson	6,391	11.6	-13.30	$15,885.38
	New Democratic	Marcia Luccock	5,069	9.2	-6.30	none listed
	Green	Catharine Kendall	3,448	6.3	+1.10	none listed
	People's	Ron Vaillant	1,748	3.2	-	$5,312.80
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,129	100.0
Total rejected ballots			283
Turnout			55,412	69.8
Eligible voters			79,397
	Conservative hold		Swing		+15.30
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Zimmer	27,237	52.52	-9.33	$94,031.80
	Liberal	Matt Shaw	12,913	24.90	+19.74	$4,485.98
	New Democratic	Kathi Dickie	8,014	15.45	-10.40	$3,712.11
	Green	Elizabeth Biggar	2,672	5.15	-0.91	$2,593.07
	Libertarian	W. Todd Keller	559	1.08	–	–
	Progressive Canadian	Barry Blackman	464	0.89	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,859	100.00	–	$260,780.28
Total rejected ballots			197	0.38	–
Turnout			52,056	68.21	–
Eligible voters			76,312
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.53
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,348	61.85
	New Democratic	10,177	25.85
	Green	2,386	6.06
	Liberal	2,033	5.16
	Others	421	1.07

Prince George—Peace River, 1968–2015

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Zimmer	23,946	62.12	−1.47	$81,669
	New Democratic	Lois Boone	9,876	25.62	+8.04	$38,397
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,301	5.97	−4.44	$11,625
	Liberal	Ben Levine	2,008	5.21	−3.20	$9,197
	Pirate	Jeremy Cote	415	1.08	–
Total valid votes			38,546	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.32	−0.03
Turnout			38,671	54.08	+5
Eligible voters			71,507
	Conservative hold		Swing		−4.76

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jay Hill	22,325	63.59	+3.71	$37,923
	New Democratic	Betty Bekkering	6,170	17.58	+0.58	$8,563
	Green	Hilary Crowley	3,656	10.41	+4.00	$7,222
	Liberal	Lindsay Gidney	2,954	8.41	-7.34
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,105	100.0		$102,073
Total rejected ballots			125	0.35	+0.06
Turnout			35,230	49
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.56

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jay Hill	22,409	59.88	+1.17	$62,176
	New Democratic	Malcolm Crockett	6,363	17.00	-3.69	$10,141
	Liberal	Nathan Bauder	5,895	15.75	+1.99	$3,983
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,400	6.41	+0.70	$4,838
	Independent	Donna Young	359	0.96	–	$589
Total valid votes			34,807	100.0
Total rejected ballots			103	0.30	-0.14
Turnout			34,807	53	-0.56
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.43

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jay Hill	21,281	58.71	-17.04	$53,326
	New Democratic	Michael Hunter	7,501	20.69	+16.03	$11,997
	Liberal	Arleene Thorpe	4,988	13.76	-1.77	$19,341
	Green	Hilary Crowley	2,073	5.71	+3.54	$1,252
	Canadian Action	Harley J. Harasym	301	0.83	-0.81	$1,028
	Marxist–Leninist	Tara Rimstad	101	0.27	+0.04
Total valid votes			36,245	100.0
Total rejected ballots			162	0.44	+0.10
Turnout			36,407	53.56	-3.09
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.54
Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Jay Hill	23,840	69.61	+2.70	$47,199
	Liberal	Arleene Thorpe	5,319	15.53	-1.54	$22,183
	Progressive Conservative	Jan Christiansen	2,103	6.14	+0.40	$4,980
	New Democratic	Lenart Nelson	1,597	4.66	-4.32	$4,329
	Green	Hilary Crowley	744	2.17	+0.89	$1,306
	Canadian Action	Henry A. Dunbar	562	1.64	–	$2,640
	Marxist–Leninist	Colby Nicholson	80	0.23	–	$8
Total valid votes			34,245	100.0
Total rejected ballots			118	0.34	+0.03
Turnout			34,363	56.65	-0.90
	Alliance hold		Swing		+2.12
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jay Hill	22,270	66.91	+10.60	$48,148
	Liberal	Barb Shirley	5,683	17.07	-2.38	$23,330
	New Democratic	Alex Michalos	2,989	8.98	-2.19	$14,819
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Lugosi	1,911	5.74	-5.44	$16,754
	Green	Julie Zammuto	429	1.28	–	$450
Total valid votes			33,282	100.0
Total rejected ballots			105	0.31
Turnout			33,387	57.55
	Reform hold		Swing		+6.49

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jay Hill	20,671	56.31	+41.85
	Liberal	Jacques Monlezun	7,140	19.45	+7.54
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Sandhu	4,104	11.18	-28.42
	New Democratic	Alan Timberlake	4,099	11.17	-22.12
	Natural Law	Robert Walker	292	0.80	–
	Christian Heritage	John Van der Woude	198	0.54	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Dorothy Folk	114	0.31	–
	Independent	Archie Tannock	89	0.24	–
Total valid votes			36,707	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+17.16

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle Sr.	13,903	39.60	-22.84
	New Democratic	Alan Timberlake	11,684	33.28	+9.17
	Reform	Jay Hill	5,077	14.46	–
	Liberal	Jacques Monlezun	4,183	11.92	+1.97
	Independent	Howard Karpes	169	0.48	–
	Confederation of Regions	Lorne W. Backus	89	0.25	-0.74
Total valid votes			35,105	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-16.00

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle Sr.	21,154	62.44	+10.34
	New Democratic	Jim Best	8,168	24.11	-2.09
	Liberal	Paul Bouey	3,368	9.94	-9.39
	Rhinoceros	J. Paul Ekering	385	1.14	–
	Social Credit	Richard J. Lawrence	342	1.01	-1.37
	Confederation of Regions	John F. Light	335	0.99	–
	Libertarian	Sid Schneider	127	0.37	–
Total valid votes			33,879	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.22

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle Sr.	13,593	52.10	-8.85
	New Democratic	Bob Simpson	6,835	26.20	+5.70
	Liberal	Jim McIntyre	5,044	19.33	+0.78
	Social Credit	Richard J. Lawrence	620	2.38	–
Total valid votes			26,092	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.28
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v t e 1979 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle Sr.	16,288	60.95	+14.11
	New Democratic	Bob Simpson	5,478	20.50	+5.83
	Liberal	Les Broddy	4,957	18.55	-15.79
Total valid votes			26,723	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.14

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle Sr.	18,769	46.84	+7.48
	Liberal	Allan Bate	13,759	34.33	+2.72
	New Democratic	Stuart Robert Steventon	5,880	14.67	-7.03
	Social Credit	Wendell Philip Smith	1,665	4.15	-3.17
Total valid votes			40,073	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.38

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Oberle Sr.	14,648	39.36	+9.66
	Liberal	Robert Borrie	11,766	31.62	-3.30
	New Democratic	Bill Close	8,076	21.70	-0.33
	Social Credit	Al Kruegar	2,726	7.32	-4.74
Total valid votes			37,216	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.48

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Borrie	10,926	34.92
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Runkle	9,293	29.70
	New Democratic	Erhart Regier	6,894	22.03
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	3,776	12.07
	Independent	John H. Powers	402	1.28
Total valid votes			31,291	100.0
This riding was created from Cariboo and Kamloops, which elected a Social Credit and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Bert Leboe was the incumbent from Cariboo.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies (Code 59022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1966–1976
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1978–2005
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

Notes

1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
2. ^ Final Report – British Columbia
3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
7. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
8. ^ "Electtion Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
9. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
10. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
11. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
12. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, 30 September 2015
13. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
14. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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