Nelson-Creston

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA

Michelle Mungall
New Democratic

First contested

1933

Last contested

2009

Demographics

Population (2001)

44,131

Area (km²)

21,795

Pop. density (per km²)

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 Liberals and the Coalition, while after 1952, Social Credit won every election until the NDP victory in 1972.

Since 1972, the NDP has won all but two elections: in 1986, 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 2005, the NDP has won the riding by wide margins.

Demographics

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The district has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:

Parliament	Years		Party
18th	1933-1937	Frank Putnam	Liberal
19th	1937-1941
20th	1941-1945
21st	1945-1949		Coalition
22nd	1949-1952	Walter Hendricks	Coalition
23rd	1952-1953	Wesley Drewett Black	Social Credit
24th	1953-1956
25th	1956-1960
26th	1960-1963
27th	1963-1966
28th	1966-1969
29th	1969-1972
30th	1972-1975	Lorne Nicholson	NDP
31st	1975-1979
32nd	1979-1983
33rd	1983-1986
34th	1986-1991	Howard Dirks	Social Credit
35th	1991–1996	Corky Evans	NDP
36th	1996–2001	Corky Evans	NDP
37th	2001–2005	Blair Suffredine	Liberal
38th	2005–2009	Corky Evans	NDP
39th	2009–2013	Michelle Mungall	NDP
40th	2013–present	Michelle Mungall	NDP

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michelle Mungall	7,576	50.32%	-4.68%
	Liberal	Greg Garbula	4,348	28.88%	-2.12%
	Green	Sjeng Derkx	3,133	20.81%	+13.81%
Total Valid Votes			15,057	100%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Michelle Mungall	9,060	55%	n/a	$52,366
	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%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	NDP	Corky Evans	12,896	58.80%	$59,942
	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	Brian Taylor	173	0.79%	$215
Total Valid Votes			21,931
Total Rejected Ballots			137	0.62%
Turnout			22,068	67.88%

B.C. General Election 2001: Nelson-Creston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	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
	Liberal	Howard Dirks	6,434	31.47%		$41,078
	Green	Andy Shadrack	2,282	11.16%	–	$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%

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
	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%
	Labor–Progressive	Mountford	70	0.9%
Total Valid Votes			8213	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			86	1.0%
Turnout			8299?	71.0%

British Columbia general election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final 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.

British Columbia general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final 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 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 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 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	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 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%

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.

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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

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

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

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet

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

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central	Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts

‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)

North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River Kamloops Kootenay Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke-Slocan Rossland-Trail South Okanagan Shuswap Yale-Lillooet

Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Chilliwack Coquitlam Delta Dewdney Langley New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Richmond Surrey Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands Victoria (2)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1966 general election 1969 general election 1972 general election 1975 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1956–1966)

North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River

Southern Interior	Columbia Cranbrook Fernie Grand Forks-Greenwood Kamloops Kaslo-Slocan Lillooet Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke Rossland-Trail Shuswap Similkameen South Okanagan Yale

Lower Mainland	Burnaby (2) Chilliwack Delta (2) Dewdney New Westminster North Vancouver (2) Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (3)

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Newcastle Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo and the Islands Oak Bay Saanich Victoria City (3)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1956 general election 1960 general election 1963 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1941–1956)

North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George Omineca Peace River Prince Rupert Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia Cranbrook Fernie Grand Forks-Greenwood Kamloops Kaslo-Slocan Lillooet Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke Rossland-Trail Shuswap Similkameen South Okanagan Yale

Lower Mainland	Burnaby Chilliwack Delta Dewdney New Westminster North Vancouver Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (3)

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Newcastle Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo and the Islands Oak Bay Saanich Victoria City (3)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1941 general election 1945 general election 1949 general election 1952 general election 1953 general election Defunct districts

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