Nelson-Creston

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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).

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[edit] Demographics

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

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

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

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Nelson-Creston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     NDP Corky Evans 12,896 58.80%
     BC Liberal Blair F. Suffredine 5,862 26.73%
     Green Luke Crawford 2,724 12.42%
     Marijuana Philip McMillan 276 1.26%
     Bloc BC Brian Taylor 173 0.79%
Total 21,931 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Nelson-Creston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Blair F. 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 L. 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 L. 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%

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See also: List of British Columbia general elections | 2005 general election | Defunct districts