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{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Kootenay Central
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = BC 2015 Nelson-Creston.png
| caption             = 
| prov-status         = active
| prov-created        = 
| prov-abolished      = 
| prov-election-first = 1933
| prov-election-last  = 2024
| prov-rep            = [[Brittny Anderson]]
| prov-rep-link       = 
| prov-rep-party      = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link = British Columbia New Democratic Party
| demo-census-date    = 2001
| demo-pop            = 44131
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 21795
| demo-cd             = [[Regional District of Central Kootenay]]
| demo-csd            = [[Ainsworth Hot Springs]], [[Creston, British Columbia|Creston]], [[Kaslo, British Columbia|Kaslo]], [[Nelson, British Columbia|Nelson]]
}}

'''Kootenay Central''' is a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada. 

It made its first appearance under the name '''Nelson-Creston''' in the [[1933 British Columbia general election|general election of 1933]] following a redistribution of the earlier [[Nelson (provincial electoral district)|Nelson]] and [[Creston (electoral district)|Creston]] ridings.

Historically, the riding was consistently held by the "free enterprise" party of the era. Until 1952, this alternated between the [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberals]] and the Coalition, while after [[1952 British Columbia general election|the election in 1952]], [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] won every election until the [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|BC NDP]] victory in [[1972 British Columbia general election|1972]].

Since 1972, the NDP has won all but two elections: in [[1986 British Columbia general election|the 1986 election]], [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] won the riding along with many others in the [[British Columbia Interior|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 British Columbia general election|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 British Columbia general election|2024 election]], which implemented the results of the [[2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution|2021 redistribution]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=Report keeps Nelson-Creston boundary and name changes |url=https://www.mynelsonnow.com/52795/featured/report-keeps-nelson-creston-boundary-and-name-changes/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=My Nelson Now |language=en-CA}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|44,131
|-
|Population change, 1996–2001
| −2.2%
|-
|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|21,795
|-
|Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)
|2.0
|}

==Geography==
As of the 2024 provincial election, Kootenay Central comprises the eastern portion of the [[Regional District of Central Kootenay]]. It is located in southeastern British Columbia and is bordered by the United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of [[Nelson, British Columbia|Nelson]], [[Creston, British Columbia|Creston]], [[Salmo, British Columbia|Salmo]], and [[Kaslo, British Columbia|Kaslo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nelson-Creston Electoral District|url=https://elections.bc.ca/docs/map/redis17/ED/NEL_ED.pdf|access-date=5 October 2020|publisher=Elections BC }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

{{BC-MLA|}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Nelson-Creston}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Riding created from [[Creston (electoral district)|Creston]]  and [[Nelson (provincial electoral district)|Nelson]]}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1933
| ToYr = 1937
| Assembly# = 18
| RepName = Frank Putnam
| RepLink = Frank Putnam (politician)
| BCParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1937
| ToYr = 1941
| Assembly# = 19
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1941
| ToYr = 1945
| Assembly# = 20
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1945
| ToYr = 1949
| Assembly# = 21
| BCParty = Coalition
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1949
| ToYr = 1952
| Assembly# = 22
| RepName = Walter Hendricks
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1952
| ToYr = 1953
| Assembly# = 23
| RepName = Wesley Drewett Black
| BCParty = Social Credit
| RepTerms# = 7
| PartyTerms# = 7
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1953
| ToYr = 1956
| Assembly# = 24
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1956
| ToYr = 1960
| Assembly# = 25
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1960
| ToYr = 1963
| Assembly# = 26
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1963
| ToYr = 1966
| Assembly# = 27
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1966
| ToYr = 1969
| Assembly# = 28
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1969
| ToYr = 1972
| Assembly# = 29
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1972
| ToYr = 1975
| Assembly# = 30
| RepName = Lorne Nicolson
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1975
| ToYr = 1979
| Assembly# = 31
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1979
| ToYr = 1983
| Assembly# = 32
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1983
| ToYr = 1986
| Assembly# = 33
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1986
| ToYr = 1991
| Assembly# = 34
| RepName = Howard Dirks
| BCParty = Social Credit
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1991
| ToYr = 1996
| Assembly# = 35
| RepName = Corky Evans
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 2001
| Assembly# = 36
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
| RepName = Blair Suffredine
| BCParty = Liberal}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
| RepName = Corky Evans
| BCParty = NDP
| PartyTerms# = 5
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 39
|RepName = Michelle Mungall
| RepTerms# = 3
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 42
| RepName = Brittny Anderson
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Kootenay Central}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr = present
| Assembly# = 43
| RepName = Brittny Anderson
| BCParty = NDP
}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

== Election results ==

===Kootenay Central===
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Kootenay Central}}

===Nelson-Creston===
{{2020 British Columbia general election/Nelson-Creston}}
{{2017 British Columbia general election/Nelson-Creston}}
{{2013 British Columbia general election/Nelson-Creston}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2009 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 2009]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Michelle Mungall
|align="right"|9,060
|align="right"|55.83%
|align="center"|−3.97
|align="right"|$52,366
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal |Josh Smienk |5,191 |31.42% |+4.69 |$77,586}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Sean Kubara |1,189 |7.20% |−5.22 |$3,800}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|David Duncan|1,083|6.55%|+6.55|$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%
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 2005]]: Nelson-Creston}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Corky Evans]]
|align="right"|12,896
|align="right"|58.80%
|align="right"|+26.98
|align="right"|$59,942
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Blair Suffredine]] |5,862 |26.73%|−12.27 |$52,434}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Luke Crawford |2,724 |12.42%|−9.11 |$10,212}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Philip McMillan|276|1.26%|–|$100}}
{{CANelec|BC|Bloc|Brian Taylor|173|–|0.79%|$215}}
|- 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%
{{end}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 2001]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Blair Suffredine]] |8,558 |39.00% |+7.53|$53,478}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Corky Evans]]
|align="right"|6,981
|align="right"|31.82%
|align="right"|−13.08
|align="right"|$46,070
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Colleen McCrory |4,723 |21.53% |+10.37|$33,223}}
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Stephen Cox |1,108 |5.05% | |$3,216}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Dan Loehndorf|570|2.60%||$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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 1996]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Corky Evans]]
|align="right"|9,179
|align="right"|44.90%
|align="right"|−2.01
|align="right"|$42,880
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Howard Dirks]] |6,434 |31.47% |+12.29 |$41,078}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Andy Shadrack |2,282 |11.16% |+8.61 |$18,611}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Brian Dale Gaschnitz |2,114 |10.34% | |}}
{{CANelec |BC |Family Coalition |Brian John Zacharias |360 |1.76% |&ndash; |$4,489}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Natural Law|row}}
|[[Natural Law Party of Canada|Natural Law]]
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 1991]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Corky Evans]]
|align="right"|8,583
|align="right"|46.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,620
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |[[Howard Dirks]] |5,739 |31.36% |&ndash; |$52,253}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Barry L. Neufeld |3,510 |19.18% | |$863}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Andrea Wright |467 |2.55% |&ndash; |$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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1966 British Columbia general election|28th BC General Election 1966]]: Nelson-Creston<ref>{{Cite book|title=SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969|author=British Columbia Chief Electoral Officer|date=1969|publisher=McMaster University Government Publications}}</ref>}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Wesley Drewett Black]]''' |'''4683''' |'''59.3%''' |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Munro
|align="right"|2324
|align="right"|29.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |A. M. M. Vogel |892 |11.3% | |}}
|- 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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1963 British Columbia general election|27th BC General Election 1963]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Wesley Drewett Black]]''' |'''4047''' |'''44.6%''' |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Askevold
|align="right"|1943
|align="right"|21.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |A. M. M. Vogel |1600 |17.7% | |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row-name}}
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1960 British Columbia general election|26th BC General Election 1960]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Wesley Drewett Black]]''' |'''4501''' |'''49.4%''' |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|McNevin
|align="right"|2664
|align="right"|29.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Oliver |1222 |13.4% | |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row-name}}
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1956 British Columbia general election|25th BC General Election 1956]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Wesley Drewett Black]]''' |'''4190''' |'''51.0%''' |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Affleck
|align="right"|2331
|align="right"|28.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |White |1622 |19.7% | |}}
{{CANelec|BC|Labor-Progressive|Mountford|70|0.9%}}
|- 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"|
|}
{{1953 British Columbia general election/Nelson-Creston}}
{{1952 British Columbia general election/Nelson-Creston}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1949 British Columbia general election|22nd BC General Election 1949]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Coalition |'''[[Walter Hendricks]]''' |'''4783''' |'''60.0%''' |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Drew
|align="right"|2675
|align="right"|33.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Horne |508 |6.4% |&ndash; |}}
|- 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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1945 British Columbia general election|21st BC General Election 1945]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Coalition |'''Frank Putnam''' |'''3055''' |'''58.6%''' |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Phillips
|align="right"|1249
|align="right"|24.0%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |[[People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|People's Co-operative Commonwealth]] |Peter Stuart Beatt |726 |13.9% | |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1941 British Columbia general election|20th BC General Election 1941]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''Frank Putnam'''
|align="right"|'''2144'''
|align="right"|'''33.5%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Donaldson|2140|33.4%||}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1937 British Columbia general election|19th BC General Election 1937]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''Frank Putnam'''
|align="right"|'''2149'''
|align="right"|'''39.2%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Horswill|1901|34.6%||}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Bayliss
|align="right"|1121
|align="right"|20.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Howe |177 |3.2% |&ndash; |}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1933 British Columbia general election|18th BC General Election 1933]]: Nelson-Creston}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''Frank Putnam'''
|align="right"|'''2489'''
|align="right"|'''49.2%'''
{{CANelec |BC |NPIG |[[Fred W. Lister]] |1302 |25.7%}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Walley
|align="right"|1161
|align="right"|22.9%
{{CANelec |BC |UFWF |Mountford |108 |2.1%}}
|- 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"|
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of electoral districts in the Kootenays]]
* [[List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_32.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/nel.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_nel.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025221610/http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-55.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071004234457/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

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