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First contested
  
1933

Population (2001)
  
44,131

Province
  
British Columbia

Last contested
  
2009

Area (km²)
  
21,795

Legislature
  
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA
  
Michelle Mungall New Democratic

Census divisions
  
Regional District of Central Kootenay, Ainsworth, Creston, Kaslo, Nelson

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.

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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.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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.

References

Nelson-Creston Wikipedia