Nelson-Creston
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Nelson-Creston is a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

 for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

 of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933
British Columbia general election, 1933
The British Columbia general election of 1933 was the eighteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 13, 1933, and held on November 2, 1933...

 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding
Nelson (provincial electoral district)
Nelson was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916 in place of the former riding of Nelson City. Its last appearance was in the 1928 election...

.

For other current and historical ridings in the Kootenay region
Kootenays
The Kootenay Region comprises the southeastern portion of British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Ktunaxa First Nation first encountered by explorer David Thompson.-Boundaries:The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land...

 please see Kootenay (electoral districts)
Kootenay (electoral districts)
Kootenay is a name found in various provincial and federal electoral districts in the Canadian province of British Columbia. This page lists ridings with the name Kootenay in them, and also other ridings within the Kootenay region....

.

Demographics

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

MLAs

  1. Frank Putnam, Liberal/Coalition (1933–1949)
  2. Walter Hendricks, Coalition (1949–1952)
  3. Wesley Drewett Black, Social Credit (1952–1972)
  4. Lorne Nicholson, NDP (1972–1986)
  5. Howard Dirks, Social Credit (1986–1991)
  6. Corky Evans
    Corky Evans
    Corky Evans was a prominent provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party formed the government of BC and its leader became Premier of British Columbia...

    , NDP (1991–2001)
  7. Blair Suffredine
    Blair Suffredine
    Blair Suffredine is a Canadian politician. He served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Nelson-Creston from 2001 to 2005....

    , Liberal (2001–2005)
  8. Corky Evans, NDP (2005–2009)
  9. Michelle Mungall
    Michelle Mungall
    Michelle Mungall is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Nelson-Creston. She was born and raised in St. Albert, Alberta where she attended Paul Kane High...

    , NDP (2009–present)

Election results

|-

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Michelle Mungall
|align="right"|9,060
|align="right"|55%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$52,366

|style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Josh Smienk
|align="right"|5,191
|align="right"|31%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$77,586

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Sean Kubara
|align="right"|1,189
|align="right"|7%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$3,800

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|David Duncan
|align="right"|1,083
|align="right"|7%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$2,676
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"| 16,523
!align="right"|100%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|98
!align="right"|0.6%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|16,621
!align="right"|60%
|}
|-

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Corky Evans
Corky Evans
Corky Evans was a prominent provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party formed the government of BC and its leader became Premier of British Columbia...


|align="right"|12,896
|align="right"|58.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$59,942
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Blair Suffredine
Blair Suffredine
Blair Suffredine is a Canadian politician. He served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Nelson-Creston from 2001 to 2005....


|align="right"|5,862
|align="right"|26.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$52,434

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Luke Crawford
|align="right"|2,724
|align="right"|12.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$10,212

|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....


|Philip McMillan
|align="right"|276
|align="right"|1.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100

|Bloc BC
|Brian Taylor
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|0.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$215
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|21,931
!align="right"|100%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|137
!align="right"|0.62%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|22,068
!align="right"|67.88%
|}
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Blair Suffredine
Blair Suffredine
Blair Suffredine is a Canadian politician. He served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Nelson-Creston from 2001 to 2005....


|align="right"|8,558
|align="right"|39.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$53,478
|-

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Corky Evans
Corky Evans
Corky Evans was a prominent provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party formed the government of BC and its leader became Premier of British Columbia...


|align="right"|6,981
|align="right"|31.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,070

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|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
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....


|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
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Corky Evans
Corky Evans
Corky Evans was a prominent provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party formed the government of BC and its leader became Premier of British Columbia...


|align="right"|9,179
|align="right"|44.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$42,880
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Howard Dirks
|align="right"|6,434
|align="right"|31.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,078

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|Andy Shadrack
|align="right"|2,282
|align="right"|11.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$18,611

|BC Reform
Reform Party of British Columbia
The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...


|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
Natural Law Party of Canada
The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....


|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
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Corky Evans
Corky Evans
Corky Evans was a prominent provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party formed the government of BC and its leader became Premier of British Columbia...


|align="right"|8,583
|align="right"|46.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,620

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Howard Dirks
|align="right"|5,739
|align="right"|31.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$52,253

|BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Barry L. Neufeld
|align="right"|3,510
|align="right"|19.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$863

|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...


|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%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="right"|4683
|align="right"|59.3%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Munro
|align="right"|2324
|align="right"|29.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|A. M. M. Vogel
|align="right"|892
|align="right"|11.3%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|7899
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|91
!align="right"|1.1%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|7990
!align="right"|69.2%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="right"|4047
|align="right"|44.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Askevold
|align="right"|1943
|align="right"|21.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|A. M. M. Vogel
|align="right"|1600
|align="right"|17.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Shorthouse
|align="right"|1474
|align="right"|16.3%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|9064
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|0.6%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|9117
!align="right"|75.2%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="right"|4501
|align="right"|49.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|McNevin
|align="right"|2664
|align="right"|29.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Oliver
|align="right"|1222
|align="right"|13.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Taylor
|align="right"|730
|align="right"|8.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|9117
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|106
!align="right"|1.1%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|9223
!align="right"|76.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="right"|4190
|align="right"|51.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Affleck
|align="right"|2331
|align="right"|28.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|White
|align="right"|1622
|align="right"|19.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Labour Progressive
Communist Party of British Columbia
The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....


|Mountford
|align="right"|70
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|8213
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|86
!align="right"|1.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|8299?
!align="right"|71.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="right"|3450
|align="right"|39.4%
|align="right"|4199
|align="right"|55.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Simms
|align="right"|2636
|align="right"|30.1%
|align="right"|3404
|align="right"|44.8%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Tees
|align="right"|1803
|align="right"|20.6%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Shorthouse
|align="right"|772
|align="right"|8.8%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Labour Progressive Party
Communist Party of British Columbia
The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....


|Mountford
|align="right"|99
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8760
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|7603
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|455
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|88.1%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Preferential ballot. First and last counts only shown.
|- bgcolor="white"
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="right"|2975
|align="right"|33.8%
|align="right"|4265
|align="right"|56.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Walter Hendricks
|align="right"|2572
|align="right"|29.2%
|align="right"|3351
|align="right"|44.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Simms
|align="right"|2473
|align="right"|28.1%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Stibbs
|align="right"|774
|align="right"|8.8%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8794
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|7616
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|413
!align="right"|4.5%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|75.2%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Preferential ballot. First and last counts only shown.
|- bgcolor="white"
|}

|-

|Coalition
|Walter Hendricks
|align="right"|4783
|align="right"|60.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Drew
|align="right"|2675
|align="right"|33.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Horne
|align="right"|508
|align="right"|6.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|7966
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|151
!align="right"|1.9%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|8117
!align="right"|79.6%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Coalition
|Frank Putnam
|align="right"|3055
|align="right"|58.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Phillips
|align="right"|1249
|align="right"|24.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|People's CCF
People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a label used by candidates in elections in the Canadian province of British Columbia who were not endorsed by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, but who were supportive of its policies....


|Peter Stuart Beatt
|align="right"|726
|align="right"|13.9%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Frisby
|align="right"|184
|align="right"|3.5%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5214
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|39
!align="right"|0.7%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|5253
!align="right"|65.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Frank Putnam
|align="right"|2144
|align="right"|33.5%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Donaldson
|align="right"|2140
|align="right"|33.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Frisby
|align="right"|2124
|align="right"|33.1%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|6408
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|89
!align="right"|1.4%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|6497
!align="right"|76.9%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Frank Putnam
|align="right"|2149
|align="right"|39.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Horswill
|align="right"|1901
|align="right"|34.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Bayliss
|align="right"|1121
|align="right"|20.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Social Credit League
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Howe
|align="right"|177
|align="right"|3.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Mulholland
|align="right"|139
|align="right"|2.5%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5487
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|61
!align="right"|1.1%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|5548
!align="right"|74.5%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Frank Putnam
|align="right"|2489
|align="right"|49.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Non-Partisan
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Fred W. Lister
Fred W. Lister
Fred W. Lister was an English-born fruit rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kaslo from 1920 to 1924 and Creston from 1924 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.Born in Wigtoft, the son of Frederick Lister and Elizabeth Bower, he was...


|align="right"|1302
|align="right"|25.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Walley
|align="right"|1161
|align="right"|22.9%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|United Front
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Mountford
|align="right"|108
|align="right"|2.1%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|5060
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|102
!align="right"|2.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|5162
!align="right"|74.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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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