Dan Davies is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the 41st Parliament of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] He represented the riding of Peace River North as a member of the BC United caucus. In Opposition, he served as the critic for Education and as the critic for Social Development and Poverty Reduction.
Dan Davies | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Peace River North | |
| In office May 9, 2017 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Pimm |
| Succeeded by | Jordan Kealy |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | BC United |
| Residence | Fort St. John, British Columbia |
| Alma mater | Simon Fraser University (B.Ed.) Gonzaga University |
| Profession | Teacher |
Prior to his election to the legislature, Davies was a Fort St. John city councillor. He has a master's degree in Leadership from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser University. He was also an elementary school teacher at Duncan Cran and truck driver.[2]
In the 2024 British Columbia general election, he ran as an independent candidate but was unseated by Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate Jordan Kealy.[3]
Electoral record
edit| 2024 British Columbia general election: Peace River North | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jordan Kealy | 10,997 | 74.40 | +40.10 | ||||
| Independent | Dan Davies | 2,978 | 20.15 | −35.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ian McMahon | 806 | 5.45 | −4.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +37.86 | ||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Peace River North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dan Davies | 6,746 | 55.76 | −10.51 | $32,293.82 | |||
| Conservative | Trevor Bolin | 4,150 | 34.30 | – | $0.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Danielle Monroe | 1,202 | 9.94 | +3.37 | $739.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,098 | 99.29 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 86 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,184 | 46.48 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 26,216 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Peace River North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dan Davies | 9,707 | 66.27 | +7.33 | $53,883 | |||
| Independent | Bob Fedderly | 2,785 | 19.01 | – | $31,928 | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Dempsey | 962 | 6.57 | −3.27 | $1,739 | |||
| Independent | Rob Fraser | 917 | 6.27 | – | $25,354 | |||
| Independent | Jeff Richert | 275 | 1.88 | – | $1,064 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,646 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 65 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,711 | 56.74 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Dan Davies elected MLA in Peace River North". Alaska Highway News, May 9, 2017.
- ^ Dan Davies - Today's BC Liberals[permanent dead link]
- ^ "BC election 2024 results: Peace River North | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results" (PDF). Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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