Election Results
B.C. General Election 2009: Nelson-Creston |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
NDP |
Michelle Mungall |
9,060 |
55% |
n/a |
$52,366 |
|
BC 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% |
B.C. General Election 2005 Nelson-Creston |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
NDP |
Corky Evans |
12,896 |
58.80% |
|
$59,942 |
|
BC 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 BC |
Brian Taylor |
173 |
0.79% |
|
$215 |
Total Valid Votes |
21,931 |
100% |
Total Rejected Ballots |
137 |
0.62% |
Turnout |
22,068 |
67.88% |
B.C. General Election 2001: Nelson-Creston |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
BC 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 |
|
BC Liberal |
Howard 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 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% |
|
|
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% |
|
|
|
Labour Progressive |
Mountford |
70 |
0.9% |
|
|
Total Valid Votes |
8213 |
100.00% |
|
|
Total Rejected Ballots |
86 |
1.0% |
|
|
Turnout |
8299? |
71.0% |
|
|
24th British Columbia election, 1953 1 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
|
% |
Votes
|
% |
±% |
|
Social Credit |
Wesley Drewett Black |
3450 |
39.4% |
4199 |
55.2% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Simms |
2636 |
30.1% |
3404 |
44.8% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Tees |
1803 |
20.6% |
- |
-.-% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Shorthouse |
772 |
8.8% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
|
Labour Progressive Party |
Mountford |
99 |
1.1% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
8760 |
100.00% |
7603 |
|
|
Total rejected ballots |
455 |
|
|
|
|
Turnout |
88.1% |
|
|
|
|
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23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes
|
% |
Votes
|
% |
±% |
|
Social Credit |
Wesley Drewett Black |
2975 |
33.8% |
4265 |
56.0% |
|
unknown |
|
Liberal |
Walter Hendricks |
2572 |
29.2% |
3351 |
44.0% |
|
unknown |
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Simms |
2473 |
28.1% |
- |
-.-% |
|
unknown |
|
Progressive Conservative |
Stibbs |
774 |
8.8% |
- |
-.- % |
|
unknown |
Total valid votes |
8794 |
100.00% |
7616 |
|
|
Total rejected ballots |
413 |
4.5% |
|
|
|
Turnout |
75.2% |
|
|
|
|
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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 CCF |
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 League |
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 |
Fred W. Lister |
1302 |
25.7% |
|
|
|
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |
Walley |
1161 |
22.9% |
|
|
|
United Front |
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.