Stikine | |
Province: | British Columbia |
Prov-Status: | active |
Prov-Created: | 1991 |
Prov-Election-First: | 1991 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2020 |
Prov-Rep: | Nathan Cullen |
Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | British Columbia New Democratic Party |
Demo-Cd: | Kitimat-Stikine, Stikine |
Demo-Csd: | Atlin, Dease Lake, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smithers, Stewart, Stikine, Telkwa |
Stikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.
The riding was known as Bulkley Valley-Stikine 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 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Bulkley Valley-Stikine but will not undergo any boundary changes.[1]
As of the 2020 provincial election, Stikine comprises the entire Stikine Region, the northern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine and a small area of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako containing the communities of Smithers and Telkwa. 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, Stewart and Atlin.[2]
This electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: