Bill Belsey
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Bill Belsey | |
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MLA for North Coast | |
In office 2001–2005 | |
Preceded by | Dan Miller |
Succeeded by | Gary Coons |
Personal details | |
Political party | BC Liberal |
Residence | Prince Rupert, British Columbia |
Bill Belsey is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of North Coast in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. He sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party.[1]
Following his electoral defeat in 2005, Belsey was elected vice-president of the BC Liberal Party in 2011.[1] He was implicated in a potential conflict of interest in 2012, when he was directly involved in correspondence with cabinet minister Pat Bell about regulatory matters pertaining to Sun Wave Forest Products, Belsey's current employer.[1]
Electoral record[]
2001 British Columbia general election: North Coast | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Bill Belsey | 4,915 | 45.25 | +19.50 | $51,617 | |||
New Democratic | Colleen Fitzpatrick | 4,084 | 37.61 | −27.21 | $28,479 | |||
Marijuana | Kenneth Leonard Peerless | 623 | 5.74 | – | $1,840 | |||
Green | David Konsmo | 560 | 5.16 | +3.10 | $152 | |||
All Nations | Emsily Victor Bolton | 526 | 4.84 | – | $8,371 | |||
Unity | Clarence Hall | 152 | 1.40 | – | $730 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,860 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.42 | ||||||
Turnout | 10,906 | 66.27 | ||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +23.36 |
2005 British Columbia general election: North Coast | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Gary Coons | 5,845 | 53.77 | +16.16 | $55,751 | |||
Liberal | Bill Belsey | 4,185 | 38.50 | −6.75 | $138,287 | |||
Green | Hondo Arendt | 629 | 5.79 | +0.63 | $780 | |||
Marijuana | David Johns | 211 | 1.94 | −3.80 | $100 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,870 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 47 | 0.43 | ||||||
Turnout | 10,917 | 60.86 | ||||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.46 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Minister shared e-mails about Skeena Mill allegations with insider". The Globe and Mail, November 7, 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs
- Living people
- People from Prince Rupert, British Columbia
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- British Columbia MLA stubs