Nechako Lakes (provincial electoral district)

Nechako Lakes

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	John Rustad Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009

Nechako Lakes is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election. The district includes the northern communities of Burns Lake, Vanderhoof, Houston and surrounding areas. It will next be contested in the 2013 provincial election.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Nechako Lakes's MLA is John Rustad of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was initially elected to the Prince George-Omineca riding, a predecessor of Nechako Lakes.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013 Nechako Lakes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Rustad	5,324	53.79	-1.97	$75,052
	New Democratic	Sussanne Skidmore-Hewlett	2,737	27.65	-7.64	$56,108
	Conservative	Dan Brooks	1,253	12.66	n/a	$52,518
	Green	Colin Hamm	510	5.15	-1.15	$1,599
	Advocational	Beverly Bird	74	0.75	n/a	$3,009
Total Valid Votes			9,898	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			42	0.42%
Turnout			9,940	58.46%

British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011
Side		Votes	%
	No	4,141	53.32%
	Yes	3,626	46.68%

B.C. General Election 2009 Nechako Lakes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Rustad	4,949	55.76%	n/a	$60,522
	NDP	Byron Goerz	3,133	35.29%	n/a	$7,480
	Green	Gerard Riley	559	6.30%	n/a	$350
	Refederation	Mike Summers	235	2.65%	n/a	$1,110
Total Valid Votes			8,876	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			67	0.75%
Turnout			8,943	54.80%

References

• CBC results map