B.C. municipal election 2018: McBride

Candidates

To be announced.

Boundary

McBride is located in central eastern B.C., along the Yellowhead Highway and the Fraser River. It’s just over 200 kilometres from Prince George.

Population (2016)

616

History

The McBride area was home to the Secwepemc and the Lheidli T’enneh before a railway was built through the Yellowhead Pass in 1872.

It would be the early 20th century before McBride started to grow, as the Grand Trunk Railway was built through the Robson Valley.

Rail and shipping would become early industries for McBride alongside agriculture and forestry.

McBride became a village in the 1930s, and the Yellowhead Highway would arrive in 1970.

McBride residents have included draft dodgers, forestry workers, Mennonites, farmers and artists.

Median total income of couple economic families with children (2015)/B.C. median

$101,632/$111,736

Political representation

Federal

Bob Zimmer (Conservative)

Provincial

Shirley Bond (BC Liberal)