Kootenay Central results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 73 of 73 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Brittny Anderson leading by 465 votes (2.4 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Brittny Anderson

BC NDP

7,616

39.5%

Gordon Skulnec

Conservative

7,151

37.1%

Nicole Charlwood

BC Green

3,781

19.6%

Hunter Corrigal

OneBC

730

3.8%

2024: BC NDP. Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026. All 93 ridings

Past results

First contested in 2024

2024401932BC NDP hold7.964.3%2020est.423124BC NDP ahead10.7–

2024General election, October 19BC NDP holdSwing 16.6 points to Conservative

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Brittny AndersonBC NDP · elected · $45,586 spent8,71639.6%−2.4$45,586$5.23 a vote

Kelly VandenbergheConservative · $9,921 spent6,96731.7%+30.9$9,921$1.42 a vote

Nicole CharlwoodBC Green · $68,360 spent4,12318.7%−12.6$68,360$17 a vote

Corinne MoriIndependent · $10,033 spent2,19010.0%$10,033$4.58 a vote

Margin1,749votes, 7.9 points

Turnout64.3%

Ballots22,03438 rejected

Registered34,278voters

± and swing against 338Canada’s estimate of the 2020 vote on the 2024 boundaries. Spending limit $71,700 a candidate.

2020, on the 2024 boundariesan estimate

PartyShare

BC NDP42.0%

BC Green31.3%

BC Liberal23.7%

Others2.2%

Conservative0.8%

Kootenay Central was first contested in 2024. This is 338Canada’s estimate of how the area voted in 2020, when it was part of Creston and Nelson. 338Canada

Held by

1933now

9 members since 1933

1933–1945Frank PutnamLiberal
1945–1949Frank PutnamCoalition
1949–1952Walter HendricksCoalition
1952–1972Wesley Drewett BlackSocial Credit
1972–1986Lorne NicolsonBC NDP
1986–1991Howard DirksSocial Credit
1991–2001Corky EvansBC NDP
2001–2005Blair SuffredineBC Liberal
2005–2009Corky EvansBC NDP
2009–2020Michelle MungallBC NDP
2020–Brittny AndersonBC NDP

Created from Creston and Nelson.

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending and members before 2024: Wikipedia’s Kootenay Central article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record. 2020 on the 2024 boundaries: 338Canada.

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Who won Kootenay Central in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (73 of 73 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Brittny Anderson (BC NDP) leads Kootenay Central with 7,616 votes (39.5%), 465 ahead of Gordon Skulnec (Conservative). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Kootenay Central in 2024?

The BC NDP candidate won Kootenay Central in the 2024 BC election with 39.6% of the vote, a margin of 1,749 votes (8.0%).