Bob Zimmer easily won his seat back in the riding of Prince George – Peace River – Northern Rockies.
With 52 percent of the vote Zimmer was declared the winner of the riding early on in the night.
During his victory speech that was skyped into Todd Doherty’s headquarters from Fort St John, Zimmer thanked his supporters, volunteers and family for the continued support. In particular his mother, who ran his campaign for the second time this year.
He says he is looking forward to working with the party to improve the outcome for the Conservatives in the next federal election.
Liberal candidate Matt Shaw finished in second with 25 percent of the vote, the NDP’s Kathie Dicke in third with 15 percent.
Matt Shaw’s strong showing is a big improvement over the 2011 numbers where just 5 percent of the riding voted Liberal.
Full result listed below:
Green Party
Elizabeth Biggar
2,664
5.2 %
PC Party
Barry Blackman
461
0.9 %
NDP-New Democratic Party
Kathi Dickie
7,972
15.6 %
Libertarian
W. Todd Keller
558
1.1 %
Liberal
Matt Shaw
12,796
25.0 %
Conservative
Bob Zimmer
26,690
52.2 %