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Northwest voter turnout up and down By Shaun Thomas & Anna Killen THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
TERRACE - The final numbers from the 2013 provincial election are in, and while turnout increased slightly for the Skeena riding, far fewer people voted in the North Coast this year than in the 2009 provincial election. This year, Elections BC tallied 8,140 votes in the North Coast riding, down from 8,890 four years ago. While the total number of registered voters is still being calculated, voter turnout is already down based based on numbers from April 23. At the time there were 14,956 voters registered on the North Coast leading to a current voter turnout of 54.4 per cent compared to a final voter turnout of 57.1 per cent last election. Voter turnout has been dropping since the 2001 election, and is down more than 10 per cent
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from the 66 per cent seen in that election. MLA-elect Jennifer Rice said called the drop in voter turnout “unfortunate”. “My hope would be that people exercise their democratic rights and participate in the political process. North Coast wasn’t the only riding experiencing drops in voter turnout. I believe close to 20 other ridings experienced drops as well. While its great to see an overall increase provincially from the last election in 2009, I still think we could see better participation across the province,” she said, noting the key to turning the trend around is to make politics more interesting. With the final numbers, NDP MLA-elect Rice widened the gap reported on May14 between her and Liberal candidate Judy Fraser. Rice received a total of 4,617 votes, 276 more than the preliminary count, good for 56.7 per
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cent of the popular vote. Fraser’s vote count jumped by 152 when the absentee ballots were counted, leaving her with 33.1 per cent of the popular vote. Hondo Arendt’s tally rose from 787 to 831, a difference of 44, leaving him with 10.2 per cent. While voter turnout on the North Coast fell, across the province it rose by eight per cent from the record low of 51 per cent seen in 2009. Voter turnout for the Skeena riding has also increased, with final numbers from Elections BC showing 11,756 registered voters. There were 20,645 registered voters in Skeena as of April 23, according to Elections BC. Using those numbers, voter turnout is close to 57 per cent, just under the provincial average of 58 per cent, and two per cent higher than the 55 per cent that turned out in Skeena in 2009. The final numbers also solidified NDP candidate Robin
Austin’s re-election win over BC Liberal Carol Leclerc. The final tally marks Austin at 5,609 or 47.71 per cent of the vote – 522 votes over Leclerc’s 5,087 or 43.27 per cent of the vote. When comparing the 2013 results with those of 2009, Austin’s vote went down by 256 and Liberal challenger Carol Leclerc posted 759 more votes than Donny van Dyk did for the Liberal party in 2009. As a result, Austin’s majority was slashed from 1,537 in 2009 to just 522 this time. Premier Christy Clark will unveil her new cabinet today at a ceremony in Vancouver, a change in protocol because cabinets are traditionally sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor at Government House in Victoria. Clark lost her own seat May 14. Liberal MLA Ben Stewart is stepping aside from his Westside-Kelowna riding in order for Clark to run a by-election there.
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