Bill Belsey
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Bill Belsey | |
|---|---|
| MLA for North Coast | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Miller |
| Succeeded by | Gary Coons |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Residence(s) | 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 employer at the time.[1]
Electoral record[edit]
| 2001 British Columbia general election: North Coast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- ^ a b c "Minister shared e-mails about Skeena Mill allegations with insider". The Globe and Mail, November 7, 2012.
External links[edit]
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