Skip to the record

The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59026British Columbia

Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies is a federal riding in British Columbia. Bob Zimmer (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2011) represents Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies. Bob Zimmer (Conservative) held Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 30,411 votes (51.5 points), with 71.1% of the vote. Peter Njenga (Liberal) was second with 19.6%, on a turnout of 66.7% of 89,016 electors. Member as of .

Cariboo—Prince George—Omineca · ConservativeGrande Prairie · ConservativeKamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies · ConservativeKamloops—Thompson—Nicola · ConservativeNorthwest Territories · LiberalPeace River—Westlock · ConservativeSkeena—Bulkley Valley · ConservativeYellowhead · ConservativeYukon · LiberalPrince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
Fig. 1 — Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

CBob Zimmer
Bob Zimmer's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Bob Zimmer

Member of Parliament for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

Conservative

MP since · 5 terms

  • Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee

92 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, April 28, 2025Of the 58,992 valid votes, Bob Zimmer (Conservative) took 71.1%, Peter Njenga (Liberal) 19.6%, Cory Grizz Longley (New Democratic) 6.0%, Mary Forbes (Green) 2.1% and David Watson (People's Party) 1.2%.2025Turnout 66.7% of 89,016 electorsBob ZimmerConservative71.1% · 41,95630,411 votes ahead · 51.6 ptsPeter NjengaLiberal19.6% · 11,545Cory Grizz LongleyNew Democratic6.0% · 3,542Mary ForbesGreen2.1% · 1,259David WatsonPeople's Party1.2% · 690050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, April 28, 2025Of the 58,992 valid votes, Bob Zimmer (Conservative) took 71.1%, Peter Njenga (Liberal) 19.6%, Cory Grizz Longley (New Democratic) 6.0%, Mary Forbes (Green) 2.1% and David Watson (People's Party) 1.2%.2025Turnout 66.7% of 89,016 electorsBob ZimmerConservative71.1% · 41,95630,411 votes ahead · 51.6 ptsPeter NjengaLiberal19.6% · 11,545Cory Grizz LongleyNew Democratic6.0% · 3,542Mary ForbesGreen2.1% · 1,259David WatsonPeople's Party1.2% · 690050%100%
Shares of the 58,992 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob ZimmerConservative41,95671.1%
Peter NjengaLiberal11,54519.6%
Cory Grizz LongleyNew Democratic3,5426.0%
Mary ForbesGreen1,2592.1%
David WatsonPeople's Party6901.2%

Bob Zimmer (Conservative) won Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies on with 41,956 votes, 71.1% of the 58,992 valid votes. Peter Njenga (Liberal) was second with 11,545 (19.6%), 30,411 votes and 51.5 points behind.

Of the 58,992 valid votes, Bob Zimmer (Conservative) took 71.1%, Peter Njenga (Liberal) 19.6%, Cory Grizz Longley (New Democratic) 6.0%, Mary Forbes (Green) 2.1% and David Watson (People's Party) 1.2%. Turnout was 66.7% of 89,016 electors: 59,358 ballots cast, 58,992 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 12.3 (58.8% to 71.1%), the Liberals up 10.4 (9.2% to 19.6%), the New Democrats down 8.3 (14.3% to 6.0%), the Greens down 1.4 (3.5% to 2.1%) and the People's Party down 9.1 (10.3% to 1.2%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: a Conservative stronghold

The party first in Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative57.6%by 36.4 points over the New Democrats
  2. 2006Conservative58.5%by 40.9 points over the New Democrats
  3. 2008Conservative62.8%by 44.3 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011Conservative61.6%by 35.5 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative51.4%by 26.0 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Conservative68.6%by 56.4 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021Conservative58.8%by 44.6 points over the New Democrats
  8. 2025Conservative71.1%by 51.5 points over the Liberals
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Conservative57.6%New Democratic36.4carried, our estimate
2006Conservative58.5%New Democratic40.9carried, our estimate
2008Conservative62.8%New Democratic44.3carried, our estimate
2011Conservative61.6%New Democratic35.5carried, our estimate
2015Conservative51.4%Liberal26.0carried, our estimate
2019Conservative68.6%Liberal56.4carried, our estimate
2021Conservative58.8%New Democratic44.6transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative71.1%Liberal51.5official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 42.0 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 71.1% of the vote here, 11.2 points above their average of 59.9% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (57.6%), 2006 (58.5%), 2008 (62.8%), 2011 (61.6%), 2015 (51.4%), 2019 (68.6%), 2021 (58.8%) and 2025 (71.1%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Conservative · Bob Zimmer, by 23,235 votes (47.2 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Bob Zimmer, by 32,082 votes (58.2 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Bob Zimmer, by 14,324 votes (27.6 pts)

In the old Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies is

Population
116,9702021 census
Area
243,277km²
Density
0.48people per km²
Electors
89,016on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Widest margin in British Columbia: Won by 51.5 points (30,411 votes) · 1st of 43 in British Columbia · 19th of 343 in Canada1st
    Widest margin in British Columbia
    Won by 51.5 points (30,411 votes) · 1st of 43 in British Columbia · 19th of 343 in Canada
  • 2nd-largest by area in British Columbia: 243,277 km² · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 12th of 343 in Canada2nd
    2nd-largest by area in British Columbia
    243,277 km² · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 12th of 343 in Canada
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% — about 56 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest45th lowest of 343
  • Median age is 38.0 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest66th lowest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 8.6% — about 50 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest102nd lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $90,000 — a little higher than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest112th highest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.1% — about 69 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest112th lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 68.7% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest139th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 93% of the 2025 electors in today's Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies lived in the old Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies; by area, nearly all of the riding came from it.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
93.0%Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies 100.0% of the area
7.0%Cariboo—Prince George under 0.1% of the area · under 0.1% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Bob ZimmerConservative41,95671.1%58.8%+12.3
Peter NjengaLiberal11,54519.6%9.2%+10.4
Cory Grizz LongleyNew Democratic3,5426.0%14.3%−8.3
Mary ForbesGreen1,2592.1%3.5%−1.4
David WatsonPeople's6901.2%10.3%−9.1
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
3,542 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 30,411-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
6 of 214
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (207) · ■ won by another party (6) · ▨ tied (1).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 15,206 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 25.8% of the 58,992 valid votes, 25.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative41,956
Liberal11,545
Still Conservative by 30,411 votes. Actual margin: 30,411.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 51.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 71.5%, the Liberals 18.6%, the New Democrats 6.1%, the Greens 2.4% and the People's Party 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 70.7%, 20.6%, 5.9%, 1.9% and 0.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 71.5%, the Liberals 18.6%, the New Democrats 6.1%, the Greens 2.4% and the People's Party 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 70.7%, 20.6%, 5.9%, 1.9% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative71.5%70.7%−0.8 ptsLiberal18.6%20.6%+2.0 ptsNew Democratic6.1%5.9%−0.2 ptsGreen2.4%1.9%−0.5 ptsPeople's Party1.4%0.9%−0.5 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 71.5%, the Liberals 18.6%, the New Democrats 6.1%, the Greens 2.4% and the People's Party 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 70.7%, 20.6%, 5.9%, 1.9% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative71.5%70.7%−0.8 ptsLiberal18.6%20.6%+2.0 ptsNew Democratic6.1%5.9%−0.2 ptsGreen2.4%1.9%−0.5 ptsPeople's Party1.4%0.9%−0.5 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Conservative71.5%70.7%−0.8
Liberal18.6%20.6%+2.0
New Democratic6.1%5.9%−0.2
Green2.4%1.9%−0.5
People's Party1.4%0.9%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

loading basemap…
Fig. 3 — Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies and its 9 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/prince-george-peace-river-northern-rockies/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.