Kootenay Central is a

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for the

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, Canada. It made its first appearance under the name Nelson-Creston in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier

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and Creston ridings. Historically, the riding was consistently held by the "free enterprise" party of the era. Until 1952, this alternated between the

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and the Coalition, while after the election in 1952,

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won every election until the

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victory in

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. Since 1972, the NDP has won all but two elections: in the 1986 election,

won the riding along with many others in the

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and in 2001, prominent NDP Cabinet minister

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was defeated in an election that saw all but two NDP MLAs suffer defeat. Since the 2005 election, the NDP has won the riding by wide margins. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.

Demographics

Geography

As of the 2024 provincial election, Kootenay Central comprises the eastern portion of the

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. It is located in southeastern British Columbia and is bordered by the United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of

, Creston,

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, and

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Kootenay Central

Nelson-Creston

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, Michelle Mungall , align="right", 9,060 , align="right", 55.83% , align="center", −3.97 , align="right", $52,366 , - 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% ,

, align="right", 12,896 , align="right", 58.80% , align="right", +26.98 , align="right", $59,942 , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total valid votes !align="right", 21,931 , - 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% , - , - ,

, align="right", 6,981 , align="right", 31.82% , align="right", −13.08 , align="right", $46,070 , - 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", , - ,

, align="right", 9,179 , align="right", 44.90% , align="right", −2.01 , align="right", $42,880 , - ,

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, 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", , - ,

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

, Munro , align="right", 2324 , align="right", 29.4% , 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", , - ,

, Askevold , align="right", 1943 , align="right", 21.4% , align="right", , align="right", , 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", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , McNevin , align="right", 2664 , align="right", 29.2% , align="right", , align="right", , 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", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Affleck , align="right", 2331 , align="right", 28.4% , 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", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Drew , align="right", 2675 , align="right", 33.6% , 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", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Phillips , align="right", 1249 , align="right", 24.0% , 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", , - ,

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, Frank Putnam , align="right", 2144 , align="right", 33.5% , align="right", , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , 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", , - ,

, Frank Putnam , align="right", 2149 , align="right", 39.2% , align="right", , align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Bayliss , align="right", 1121 , align="right", 20.4% , 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", , - ,

, Frank Putnam , align="right", 2489 , align="right", 49.2% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Walley , align="right", 1161 , align="right", 22.9% , - 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",

References

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)Results of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts, 1941, 2024 British Columbia provincial electoral districts Nelson, British Columbia