Nechako Lakes (provincial electoral district)

Nechako Lakes

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA

John Rustad
Liberal

District created

2008

First contested

2009

Nechako Lakes is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election. The district includes the northern communities of Burns Lake, Vanderhoof, Houston and surrounding areas. It will next be contested in the 2013 provincial election.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Nechako Lakes's MLA is John Rustad of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was initially elected to the Prince George-Omineca riding, a predecessor of Nechako Lakes.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013 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	n/a	$52,518
	Green	Colin Hamm	510	5.15	-1.15	$1,599
	Advocational	Beverly Bird	74	0.75	n/a	$3,009
Total Valid Votes			9,898	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			42	0.42%
Turnout			9,940	58.46%

British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011
Side		Votes	%
	No	4,141	53.32%
	Yes	3,626	46.68%

B.C. General Election 2009 Nechako Lakes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Rustad	4,949	55.76%	n/a	$60,522
	NDP	Byron Goerz	3,133	35.29%	n/a	$7,480
	Green	Gerard Riley	559	6.30%	n/a	$350
	Refederation	Mike Summers	235	2.65%	n/a	$1,110
Total Valid Votes			8,876	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			67	0.75%
Turnout			8,943	54.80%

References

CBC results map

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Hope Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

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