SKEENA — Canadian Federal Election Results

SKEENA was won by Canadian Alliance at the 2000 general election, with a margin of 4,073 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in SKEENA from 1917 to 2000.

Full Election History, 1917–2000

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1917 Unionist Unionist 2,806 57.1% Opposition (2,111) 695 (14.1 pts)
1921 Liberal Liberal 3,261 50.3% Conservative (3,223) 38 (0.6 pts)
1925 Liberal Liberal 3,633 49.5% Conservative (2,940) 693 (9.4 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 4,170 52.0% Liberal (3,849) 321 (4.0 pts)
1930 Liberal Liberal 5,351 55.3% Conservative (4,327) 1,024 (10.6 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 3,898 47.2% Conservative (2,611) 1,287 (15.6 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 4,980 52.7% CCF (2,845) 2,135 (22.6 pts)
1945 CCF CCF 4,079 36.8% Liberal (3,333) 746 (6.7 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 5,847 58.3% CCF (4,183) 1,664 (16.6 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 5,332 43.6% CCF (3,724) 1,608 (13.1 pts)
1957 CCF CCF 5,517 39.1% Liberal (5,035) 482 (3.4 pts)
1958 CCF CCF 6,647 39.8% Progressive Conservative (5,028) 1,619 (9.7 pts)
1962 NDP NDP 10,946 59.8% Progressive Conservative (4,338) 6,608 (36.1 pts)
1963 NDP NDP 10,743 53.1% Liberal (4,860) 5,883 (29.1 pts)
1965 NDP NDP 11,477 54.0% Liberal (6,433) 5,044 (23.7 pts)
1968 NDP NDP 12,471 52.2% Liberal (7,874) 4,597 (19.2 pts)
1972 NDP NDP 13,100 47.8% Progressive Conservative (8,234) 4,866 (17.7 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 12,218 40.2% NDP (9,358) 2,860 (9.4 pts)
1979 NDP NDP 10,996 42.0% Liberal (10,381) 615 (2.3 pts)
1980 NDP NDP 13,280 49.5% Liberal (7,141) 6,139 (22.9 pts)
1984 NDP NDP 14,174 45.8% Progressive Conservative (11,209) 2,965 (9.6 pts)
1988 NDP NDP 16,815 52.7% Progressive Conservative (9,023) 7,792 (24.4 pts)
1993 Reform Reform 11,994 37.9% Liberal (7,586) 4,408 (13.9 pts)
1997 Reform Reform 13,402 42.4% NDP (9,863) 3,539 (11.2 pts)
2000 Canadian Alliance Canadian Alliance 12,787 42.7% Liberal (8,714) 4,073 (13.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist2,80657.1%
Opposition2,11142.9%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,26150.3%
Conservative3,22349.7%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,63349.5%
Conservative2,94040.1%
Progressive76510.4%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative4,17052.0%
Liberal3,84948.0%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Liberal5,35155.3%
Conservative4,32744.7%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,89847.2%
Conservative2,61131.6%
Reconstruction1,75121.2%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal4,98052.7%
CCF2,84530.1%
National Government1,47215.6%
Independent Liberal1451.5%

1945

PartyVotesShare
CCF4,07936.8%
Liberal3,33330.1%
Progressive Conservative2,18419.7%
Labor-Progressive1,47913.4%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal5,84758.3%
CCF4,18341.7%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal5,33243.6%
CCF3,72430.4%
Social Credit2,88023.5%
Labor-Progressive3012.5%

1957

PartyVotesShare
CCF5,51739.1%
Liberal5,03535.6%
Progressive Conservative3,57525.3%

1958

PartyVotesShare
CCF6,64739.8%
Progressive Conservative5,02830.1%
Liberal4,14824.8%
Social Credit8765.2%

1962

PartyVotesShare
NDP10,94659.8%
Progressive Conservative4,33823.7%
Social Credit3,03116.5%

1963

PartyVotesShare
NDP10,74353.1%
Liberal4,86024.0%
Social Credit2,35311.6%
Progressive Conservative2,27011.2%

1965

PartyVotesShare
NDP11,47754.0%
Liberal6,43330.3%
Social Credit2,36811.1%
Progressive Conservative9824.6%

1968

PartyVotesShare
NDP12,47152.2%
Liberal7,87432.9%
Progressive Conservative3,55214.9%

1972

PartyVotesShare
NDP13,10047.8%
Progressive Conservative8,23430.0%
Liberal6,09122.2%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,21840.2%
NDP9,35830.8%
Progressive Conservative8,80629.0%

1979

PartyVotesShare
NDP10,99642.0%
Liberal10,38139.6%
Progressive Conservative4,43716.9%
Independent3841.5%

1980

PartyVotesShare
NDP13,28049.5%
Liberal7,14126.6%
Progressive Conservative6,19123.1%
Independent2050.8%

1984

PartyVotesShare
NDP14,17445.8%
Progressive Conservative11,20936.2%
Liberal5,13016.6%
Rhinoceros4431.4%

1988

PartyVotesShare
NDP16,81552.7%
Progressive Conservative9,02328.3%
Liberal4,64614.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,1423.6%
Reform2840.9%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Reform11,99437.9%
Liberal7,58624.0%
NDP6,53520.6%
National Party of Canada2,4207.6%
Progressive Conservative2,1376.8%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada6472.0%
Green1780.6%
Natural Law Party of Canada1500.5%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Reform13,40242.4%
NDP9,86331.2%
Liberal6,40820.3%
Progressive Conservative1,1063.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada8642.7%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Canadian Alliance12,78742.7%
Liberal8,71429.1%
NDP6,27321.0%
Progressive Conservative9653.2%
Green6882.3%
Independent3611.2%
Natural Law Party of Canada1400.5%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1917: Unionist margin 14.1 pts 1921: Liberal margin 0.6 pts 1925: Liberal margin 9.4 pts 1926: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1930: Liberal margin 10.6 pts 1935: Liberal margin 15.6 pts 1940: Liberal margin 22.6 pts 1945: CCF margin 6.7 pts 1949: Liberal margin 16.6 pts 1953: Liberal margin 13.1 pts 1957: CCF margin 3.4 pts 1958: CCF margin 9.7 pts 1962: NDP margin 36.1 pts 1963: NDP margin 29.1 pts 1965: NDP margin 23.7 pts 1968: NDP margin 19.2 pts 1972: NDP margin 17.7 pts 1974: Liberal margin 9.4 pts 1979: NDP margin 2.3 pts 1980: NDP margin 22.9 pts 1984: NDP margin 9.6 pts 1988: NDP margin 24.4 pts 1993: Reform margin 13.9 pts 1997: Reform margin 11.2 pts 2000: Canadian Alliance margin 13.6 pts 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000

Trend

SKEENA has been contested at 25 general elections on record since 1917. Winning parties over that span: Unionist, Liberal, Conservative, CCF, NDP, Reform, Canadian Alliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won SKEENA in the 2000 general election?

Canadian Alliance won SKEENA in 2000 with 12,787 votes (42.7%), a margin of 4,073 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won SKEENA since 1917?

Since 1917, SKEENA has been won by: CCF, Canadian Alliance, Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Reform, Unionist.

What was the closest result in SKEENA?

The closest contested result on record for SKEENA was 1921, when Liberal beat Conservative by 38 votes (0.6 percentage points).

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