Nelson-Creston electoral district Provincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia MLA Brittny Anderson First contested 1933 Last contested 2017 Demographics Population (2001) 44,131 Area (km²) 21,795 Pop. density (per km²) 2 Census division(s) Regional District of Central Kootenay Census subdivision(s) Ainsworth Hot Springs, Creston , Kaslo , Nelson
Nelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia , Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding .
Historically, the riding was consistently held by the "free enterprise" party of the era. Until 1952, this alternated between the BC Liberals and the Coalition, while after the election in 1952, Social Credit won every election until the BC NDP victory in 1972.
Since 1972, the NDP has won all but two elections: in the 1986 election, Social Credit won the riding along with many others in the Interior and in 2001, prominent NDP Cabinet minister Corky Evans was defeated in an election that saw all but two NDP MLAs suffer defeat. Since the 2005 election, the NDP has won the riding by wide margins.
Demographics Population, 2001 44,131 Population change, 1996–2001 −2.2% Area (km2 ) 21,795 Population density (people per km2 ) 2.0
Geography As of the 2020 provincial election, Nelson-Creston comprises the eastern portion of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. It is located in southeastern British Columbia and is bordered by the United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of Nelson , Creston , Salmo , and Kaslo .[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly Assembly Years Member Party 18th 1933–1937 Frank Putnam Liberal 19th 1937–1941 20th 1941–1945 21st 1945–1949 Coalition 22nd 1949–1952 Walter Hendricks 23rd 1952–1953 Wesley Drewett Black Social Credit 24th 1953–1956 25th 1956–1960 26th 1960–1963 27th 1963–1966 28th 1966–1969 29th 1969–1972 30th 1972–1975 Lorne Nicolson New Democratic 31st 1975–1979 32nd 1979–1983 33rd 1983–1986 34th 1986–1991 Howard Dirks Social Credit 35th 1991–1996 Corky Evans New Democratic 36th 1996–2001 37th 2001–2005 Blair Suffredine Liberal 38th 2005–2009 Corky Evans New Democratic 39th 2009–2013 Michelle Mungall 40th 2013–2017 41st 2017–2020 42nd 2020–present Brittny Anderson
Election results
2020 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures New Democratic Brittny Anderson 7,296 41.78 −0.41 $33,391.05 Green Nicole Charlwood 5,611 32.13 +3.97 $41,086.42 Liberal Tanya Finley 4,171 23.89 −4.04 $13,163.07 Libertarian Terry Tiessen 384 2.20 – $0.00 Total valid votes 17,462 100.00 – Total rejected ballots Turnout Registered voters Source: Elections BC [2] [3]
2017 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures New Democratic Michelle Mungall 7,685 42.19 −8.54 $26,935 Green Kim Charlesworth 5,130 28.16 +7.21 $7,119 Liberal Tanya Rae Wall 5,087 27.93 −0.39 $51,781 Independent Jesse O'Leary 164 0.90 – $1,332 Independent Tom Prior 149 0.82 – $402 Total valid votes 18,215 100.00 Total rejected ballots 67 0.37 Turnout 18,282 64.20 Source: Elections BC [4]
2013 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures New Democratic Michelle Mungall 8,200 50.73 -4.68 $58,838 Liberal Greg Garbula 4,577 28.32 -2.12 $47,428 Green Sjeng Derkx 3,387 20.95 +13.81 $18,928 Total valid votes 16,164 100.00 Total rejected ballots 122 0.75 Turnout 16,286 57.63 Source: Elections BC [5]
BC General Election 2009: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures NDP Michelle Mungall 9,060 55.83% −3.97 $52,366 Liberal Josh Smienk 5,191 31.42% +4.69 $77,586 Green Sean Kubara 1,189 7.20% −5.22 $3,800 Conservative David Duncan 1,083 6.55% +6.55 $2,676 Total valid votes 16,523 100% Total rejected ballots 98 0.6% Turnout 16,621 60%
BC General Election 2005: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures NDP Corky Evans 12,896 58.80% +26.98 $59,942 Liberal Blair Suffredine 5,862 26.73% −12.27 $52,434 Green Luke Crawford 2,724 12.42% −9.11 $10,212 Marijuana Philip McMillan 276 1.26% – $100 Bloc Brian Taylor 173 – 0.79% $215 Total valid votes 21,931 Total rejected ballots 137 0.62% Turnout 22,068 67.88%
BC General Election 2001: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Blair Suffredine 8,558 39.00% +7.53 $53,478 NDP Corky Evans 6,981 31.82% −13.08 $46,070 Green Colleen McCrory 4,723 21.53% +10.37 $33,223 Unity Stephen Cox 1,108 5.05% $3,216 Marijuana Dan Loehndorf 570 2.60% $1,400 Total valid votes 21,940 100.00% Total rejected ballots 79 0.36% Turnout 22,019 75.32%
BC General Election 1996: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures NDP Corky Evans 9,179 44.90% −2.01 $42,880 Liberal Howard Dirks 6,434 31.47% +12.29 $41,078 Green Andy Shadrack 2,282 11.16% +8.61 $18,611 Reform Brian Dale Gaschnitz 2,114 10.34% Family Coalition Brian John Zacharias 360 1.76% – $4,489 Natural Law Ruth Anne Taves 73 0.36% $398 Total valid votes 20,442 100.00% Total rejected ballots 82 0.40% Turnout 20,524 75.20%
BC General Election 1991: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures NDP Corky Evans 8,583 46.91% $33,620 Social Credit Howard Dirks 5,739 31.36% – $52,253 Liberal Barry L. Neufeld 3,510 19.18% $863 Green Andrea Wright 467 2.55% – $1,082 Total valid votes 18,299 100.00% Total rejected ballots 428 2.29% Turnout 18,727 80.60%
28th BC General Election 1966: Nelson-Creston[6] Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Wesley Drewett Black 4683 59.3% – NDP Munro 2324 29.4% Liberal A. M. M. Vogel 892 11.3% Total valid votes 7899 100.00% Total rejected ballots 91 1.1% Turnout 7990 69.2%
27th BC General Election 1963: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Social Credit Wesley Drewett Black 4047 44.6% – NDP Askevold 1943 21.4% Liberal A. M. M. Vogel 1600 17.7% Progressive Conservative Shorthouse 1474 16.3% Total valid votes 9064 100.00% Total rejected ballots 53 0.6% Turnout 9117 75.2%
1953 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % Social Credit Wesley Drewett Black 3,450 39.4 4,199 55.2 Co-operative Commonwealth Simms 2,636 30.1 3,404 44.8 Liberal Tees 1,803 20.6 Progressive Conservative Shorthouse 772 8.8 Labor–Progressive Mountford 99 1.1 Total valid votes 8,760 100.00 7,603 100 Total rejected ballots 455 Turnout 88.1 Note: Preferential ballot. First and last counts only shown.
1952 British Columbia general election Party Candidate Votes1st count % Votesfinal count % Social Credit Wesley Drewett Black 2,975 33.8 4,265 56.0 Liberal Walter Hendricks 2,572 29.2 3,351 44.0 Co-operative Commonwealth Simms 2,473 28.1 Progressive Conservative Stibbs 774 8.8 Total valid votes 8,794 100.00 7,616 100.00 Total rejected ballots 413 4.5 Turnout 75.2 Note: Preferential ballot. First and last counts only shown.
22nd BC General Election 1949: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Coalition Walter Hendricks 4783 60.0% – Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Drew 2675 33.6% Social Credit Horne 508 6.4% – Total valid votes 7966 100.00% Total rejected ballots 151 1.9% Turnout 8117 79.6%
20th BC General Election 1941: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Frank Putnam 2144 33.5% Conservative Donaldson 2140 33.4% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Frisby 2124 33.1% Total valid votes 6408 100.00% Total rejected ballots 89 1.4% Turnout 6497 76.9%
19th BC General Election 1937: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Frank Putnam 2149 39.2% Conservative Horswill 1901 34.6% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Bayliss 1121 20.4% Social Credit Howe 177 3.2% – Independent Mulholland 139 2.5% Total valid votes 5487 100.00% Total rejected ballots 61 1.1% Turnout 5548 74.5%
18th BC General Election 1933: Nelson-Creston Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures Liberal Frank Putnam 2489 49.2% Non-Partisan Independent Group Fred W. Lister 1302 25.7% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Walley 1161 22.9% United Front (Workers and Farmers) Mountford 108 2.1% Total valid votes 5060 100.00% Total rejected ballots 102 2.0% Turnout 5162 74.0%
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