NELSON-CRESTON

'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).

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

External links

Demographics

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

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Corky Evans. He was first elected in 1991. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

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|NDP
|Corky Evans
|align="right"|12,896
|align="right"|58.80%
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|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Blair F. Suffredine
|align="right"|5,862
|align="right"|26.73%
|align="right"|
|Green
|Luke Crawford
|align="right"|2,724
|align="right"|12.42%
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|Marijuana
|Philip McMillan
|align="right"|276
|align="right"|1.26%
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|Bloc BC
|Brian Taylor
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|0.79%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|21,931
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Blair F. Suffredine
|align="right"|8,558
|align="right"|39.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$53,478
|-
|NDP
|Corky Evans
|align="right"|6,981
|align="right"|31.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,070
|Green
|Colleen McCrory
|align="right"|4,723
|align="right"|21.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,223
|Unity
|Stephen Cox
|align="right"|1,108
|align="right"|5.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,216
|Marijuana
|Dan Loehndorf
|align="right"|570
|align="right"|2.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,400
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|21,940
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|79
!align="right"|0.36%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|22,019
!align="right"|75.32%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Corky Evans
|align="right"|9,179
|align="right"|44.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$42,880
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Howard L. Dirks
|align="right"|6,434
|align="right"|31.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,078
|Green
|Andy Shadrack
|align="right"|2,282
|align="right"|11.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$18,611
|BC Reform
|Brian Dale Gaschnitz
|align="right"|2,114
|align="right"|10.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Family Coalition
|Brian John Zacharias
|align="right"|360
|align="right"|1.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,489
|Natural Law
|Ruth Anne Taves
|align="right"|73
|align="right"|0.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$398
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|20,442
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|82
!align="right"|0.40%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,524
!align="right"|75.20%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Corky Evans
|align="right"|8,583
|align="right"|46.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,620
|Social Credit
|Howard L. Dirks
|align="right"|5,739
|align="right"|31.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$52,253
|BC Liberal
|Barry L. Neufeld
|align="right"|3,510
|align="right"|19.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$863
|Green
|Andrea Wright
|align="right"|467
|align="right"|2.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,082
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,299
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|428
!align="right"|2.29%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,727
!align="right"|80.60%
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|}

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