Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Nelson-Creston British Columbia electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia MLA Brittny Anderson New Democratic First contested 1933 Last contested 2020 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]
History [ ]
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Members of the Legislative Assembly [ ]
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%
26th BC General Election 1960 : Nelson-Creston
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Social Credit
Wesley Drewett Black
4501
49.4%
–
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
McNevin
2664
29.2%
Liberal
Oliver
1222
13.4%
Progressive Conservative
Taylor
730
8.0%
Total valid votes
9117
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
106
1.1%
Turnout
9223
76.0%
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%
21st BC General Election 1945 : Nelson-Creston
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Coalition
Frank Putnam
3055
58.6%
–
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Phillips
1249
24.0%
People's Co-operative Commonwealth
Peter Stuart Beatt
726
13.9%
Independent
Frisby
184
3.5%
Total valid votes
5214
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
39
0.7%
Turnout
5253
65.0%
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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