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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).
[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 2001: Nelson-Creston |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
Blair F. Suffredine |
8,558 |
39.00% |
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$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% |
|
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| Total Rejected Ballots |
79 |
0.36% |
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| Turnout |
22,019 |
75.32% |
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| 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% |
|
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| |
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% |
|
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| Total Rejected Ballots |
82 |
0.40% |
|
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| Turnout |
20,524 |
75.20% |
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| 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% |
|
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| Total Rejected Ballots |
428 |
2.29% |
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| Turnout |
18,727 |
80.60% |
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[edit] External links
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British Columbia provincial electoral districts |
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| Fraser Valley / South |
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