This week’s paper has a story about the potential list of candidates, but the paper went to press before the time frame for nominations closed.
Well, that time has come and gone, and there have been no last minute additions.
Five candidates have been confirmed: Conservative Incumbent Bob Zimmer, People’s Party of Canada’s parachute candidate Ron Vaillant, the Green Party’s Catharine Kendall, Mavis Erickson, running for the Liberal Party of Candidate and Marcia Luccock for the NDP.
Zimmer, as incumbent, was the first confirmed to be running in this election, followed by Ron Vaillant, a Leduc, AB based journeyman carpenter and pipefitter who put his name forward for his home riding of Red Deer – Leduc before being moved to the Prince George Peace River Northern Rockies ticket in July.
Catharine Kendall became the third candidate to put her name forward on September 8, when she was put forward by the Green Party. She has been working in community development for the last 20 years.
Mavis Erickson, a lawyer out of Prince George, and former Carrier Sekani tribal chief. She let her name stand for the position on September 25, after the writ had dropped.
The final candidate on the roster is Marcia Luccock, who was only confirmed as the candidate for this region on September 30.Luccock is another parachute candidate, from the Lower Mainland. She is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse and Registered Nurse who teaches Psychiatric Nursing and pathophysiology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
While the Rhino Party had listed a candidate, Jacob “Turkman” Stokes, he was not confirmed by Elections Candidate. While the Rhino party said the candidacy (and the person) was real, he will not be on the ballot on October 21.
| Candidate name | Party name | Candidate’s website * |
| Mavis Erickson | Liberal Party of Canada | Mavis Erickson |
| Catharine Kendall | Green Party of Canada | Catharine Kendall |
| Marcia Luccock | New Democratic Party | Maria Luccock |
| Ron Vaillant | People’s Party of Canada | Website Ron Vaillant |
| Bob Zimmer | Conservative Party of Canada | Bob Zimmer |
The riding was created in 1966, and elected a Liberal candidate in 1968. Since then, the riding has elected conservative candidates consistently, according to Wikipedia: Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle from 1972 to 1993, Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Jay Hill from 1993 until 2010.
In 2013, the riding boundaries shifted into their current form, and the new name—Prince George Peace River Northern Rockies—was made official.
Tumbler RidgeLines is running interviews with two candidates this issue and hope to have interviews with the rest for next issue.
We also encourage you to come meet the candidates at the Tumbler Ridge Chamber All Candidates Forum at Club 55 North on October 7.
So far, four of the candidates have confirmed they will be at the forum.
