Nelson-Creston

Nelson-Creston

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Michelle Mungall NDP
District created
First contested	1933
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2001)	44,131
Electors
Area (km²)	21,795
Pop. density (per km²)		Census divisions
Census subdivisions

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.

For other current and historical ridings in the Kootenay region please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 2001	44,131
Population Change, 1996–2001	-2.2%
Area (km²)	21,795
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2.0

History

MLAs

1. Frank Putnam, Liberal/Coalition (1933–1949)
2. Walter Hendricks, Coalition (1949–1952)
3. Wesley Drewett Black, Social Credit (1952–1972)
4. Lorne Nicolson, NDP (1972–1986)
5. Howard Dirks, Social Credit (1986–1991)
6. Corky Evans, NDP (1991–2001)
7. Blair Suffredine, Liberal (2001–2005)
8. Corky Evans, NDP (2005–2009)
9. Michelle Mungall, NDP (2009–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Michelle Mungall	9,060	55%	n/a	$52,366
	BC Liberal	Josh Smienk	5,191	31%	n/a	$77,586
	Green	Sean Kubara	1,189	7%	n/a	$3,800
	Conservative	David Duncan	1,083	7%	n/a	$2,676
Total Valid Votes			16,523	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			98	0.6%
Turnout			16,621	60%

B.C. General Election 2005 Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Corky Evans	12,896	58.80%		$59,942
	BC Liberal	Blair Suffredine	5,862	26.73%		$52,434
	Green	Luke Crawford	2,724	12.42%		$10,212
	Marijuana	Philip McMillan	276	1.26%		$100
	Bloc BC	Brian Taylor	173	0.79%		$215
Total Valid Votes			21,931	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			137	0.62%
Turnout			22,068	67.88%

B.C. General Election 2001: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Blair Suffredine	8,558	39.00%		$53,478
	NDP	Corky Evans	6,981	31.82%		$46,070
	Green	Colleen McCrory	4,723	21.53%		$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%

B.C. General Election 1996: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Corky Evans	9,179	44.90%		$42,880
	BC Liberal	Howard Dirks	6,434	31.47%		$41,078
	Green	Andy Shadrack	2,282	11.16%		$18,611
	BC 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%

B.C. 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
	BC 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 B.C. General Election 1966: Nelson-Creston
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 B.C. 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 B.C. 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%

25th B.C. General Election 1956: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Wesley Drewett Black	4190	51.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Affleck	2331	28.4%
	Liberal	White	1622	19.7%
	Labour Progressive	Mountford	70	0.9%
Total Valid Votes			8213	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			86	1.0%
Turnout			8299?	71.0%

24th British Columbia election, 1953 1
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Wesley Drewett Black	3450	39.4%	4199	55.2%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Simms	2636	30.1%	3404	44.8%		unknown
	Liberal	Tees	1803	20.6%	-	-.-%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Shorthouse	772	8.8%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Labour Progressive Party	Mountford	99	1.1%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			8760	100.00%	7603
Total rejected ballots			455
Turnout			88.1%
1 Preferential ballot. First and last counts only shown.

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	Wesley Drewett Black	2975	33.8%	4265	56.0%		unknown
	Liberal	Walter Hendricks	2572	29.2%	3351	44.0%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Simms	2473	28.1%	-	-.-%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Stibbs	774	8.8%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			8794	100.00%	7616
Total rejected ballots			413	4.5%
Turnout			75.2%
2 Preferential ballot. First and last counts only shown.

22nd B.C. 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 B.C. 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 CCF	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 B.C. 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 B.C. 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 League	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 B.C. General Election 1933: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Frank Putnam	2489	49.2%
	Non-Partisan	Fred W. Lister	1302	25.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Walley	1161	22.9%
	United Front	Mountford	108	2.1%
Total Valid Votes			5060	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			102	2.0%
Turnout			5162	74.0%

Sources:

1. SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969.By: BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, Published: 1969, McMaster University Government Publications.

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia