John Rustad

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John Rustad
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Nechako Lakes
Prince George-Omineca (2005-2009)
Assumed office
May 17, 2005
Preceded byPaul Nettleton
Personal details
Born1962/1963 (age 58–59)
Prince George, British Columbia[1]
Political partyBC Liberal
OccupationB.C. Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation

John Rustad (born 1963) is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia.[2] He currently represents the constituency of Nechako Lakes, which he has held since the 2009 election.[3]

He was first elected in 2005 representing the riding of Prince George-Omineca, which was dissolved in 2009 and replaced by the current Nechako Lakes riding.[3] Rustad was re-elected to represent the riding in 2013 and was appointed Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation on June 10, 2013 by Premier Christy Clark. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Forestry to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and as a member of the Environment and Land Use Committee, Legislative Review Committee, Treasury Board, Select Standing Committee on Education, Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Select Standing Committee on Health.

Rustad was born and raised in Prince George and has lived all of his life in northern B.C. He grew up enjoying fishing and hunting. In 2009, he and his wife Kim moved to Cluculz Lake.

Electoral record[]

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2020 British Columbia general election: Nechako Lakes
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Rustad 4,611 52.24 −2.15 $17,423.82
New Democratic Anne Marie Sam 3,031 34.34 +4.53 $9,236.20
Christian Heritage Dan Stuart 413 4.68 – $991.53
Libertarian Jon Rempel 403 4.57 +0.32 $0.00
Independent Margo Maley 368 4.17 – $1,280.76
Total valid votes 8,826 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots    
Turnout    
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[4][5]
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2017 British Columbia general election: Nechako Lakes
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Rustad 5,307 54.39 +0.6 $43,487
New Democratic Anne Marie Sam 2,909 29.81 +2.16 $14,578
Green Douglas Norman Gook 878 9.00 +3.85 $163
Libertarian Jon Rempel 438 4.49 – $3,100
Independent Al Trampuh 226 2.31 –
Total valid votes 9,758 100.00
Total rejected ballots 67 0.68
Turnout 9,825 59.06
Registered voters 16,636
Source: Elections BC[6]
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2013 British Columbia general election: Nechako Lakes
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Rustad 5,324 53.79 –1.97 $75,052
New Democratic Sussanne Skidmore-Hewlett 2,737 27.65 –7.64 $56,108
Conservative Dan Brooks 1,253 12.66 – $52,518
Green Colin Hamm 510 5.15 –1.15 $1,599
Advocational Beverly Bird 74 0.75 – $3,009
Total valid votes 9,898 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 42 0.42
Turnout 9,940 58.46
Liberal hold Swing +2.84
Source: Elections BC[7]
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2009 British Columbia general election: Nechako Lakes
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Liberal John Rustad 4,949 55.76 $60,522
New Democratic Byron Goerz 3,133 35.29 $7,480
Green Gerard Riley 559 6.30 $350
Refederation Mike Summers 235 2.65 $1,110
Total valid votes 8,876 99.25
Total rejected ballots 67 0.75
Turnout 8,943 54.80
Source: Elections BC[8]

References[]

  1. ^ John Rustad to run in Nechako Lakes riding Anonymous. The Caledonia Courier [Fort St. James, B.C] 09 Apr 2008: 3.
  2. ^ Rustad making another effort to sit as school board trustee: [Final Edition] Prince George Citizen [Prince George, B.C] 27 Sep 2002: 3.
  3. ^ a b John Rustad Official Website
  4. ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Nechako Lakes - 2009 Voting results by voting area" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 16 June 2017.


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