Nechako Lakes results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 57 of 57 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Diane Black leading by 3,804 votes (40.8 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Diane Black

Conservative

5,954

63.9%

Jesse Gervais

BC NDP

2,150

23.1%

Clint Lambert

No affiliation

1,219

13.1%

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

Past results

5 general elections since 2009

20242767Conservative gain40.263.4%20203452BC Liberal hold17.949.9%20173054BC Liberal hold24.659.1%2013285413BC Liberal hold26.158.5%20093556BC Liberal new seat20.554.8%

2024General election, October 19Conservative gain from BC United

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

John RustadConservative · elected · $33,284 spent7,85167.4%new$33,284$4.24 a vote

Murphy AbrahamBC NDP · $11,630 spent3,16727.2%−7.1$11,630$3.67 a vote

Douglas GookBC Green · $535 spent6225.3%new$535$0.86 a vote

Margin4,684votes, 40.2 points

Turnout63.4%+13.5 points

Ballots11,66525 rejected

Registered18,407voters

± and swing against the 2020 election. Spending limit $71,700 a candidate.

2020General election, October 24BC Liberal holdSwing 3.3 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

John RustadBC Liberal · elected · $17,424 spent4,61152.2%−2.2$17,424$3.78 a vote

Anne Marie SamBC NDP · $9,236 spent3,03134.3%+4.5$9,236$3.05 a vote

Dan StuartChristian Heritage · $992 spent4134.7%new$992$2.40 a vote

Jon RempelLibertarian4034.6%+0.1$0

Margo MaleyIndependent · $1,281 spent3684.2%$1,281$3.48 a vote

Margin1,580votes, 17.9 points

Turnout49.9%−9.1 points

Ballots8,88155 rejected

Registered17,794voters

± and swing against the 2017 election. Spending limit $66,124 a candidate.

2017General election, May 9BC Liberal holdSwing 0.8 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

John RustadBC Liberal · elected · $43,487 spent5,30754.4%+0.6$43,487$8.19 a vote

Anne Marie SamBC NDP · $14,578 spent2,90929.8%+2.1$14,578$5.01 a vote

Douglas Norman GookBC Green · $163 spent8789.0%+3.8$163$0.19 a vote

Jon RempelLibertarian · $3,100 spent4384.5%new$3,100$7.08 a vote

Al TrampuhIndependent2262.3%–

Margin2,398votes, 24.6 points

Turnout59.1%+0.6 points

Ballots9,82567 rejected

Registered16,636voters

± and swing against the 2013 election.

2013General election, May 14BC Liberal holdSwing 2.8 points to BC Liberal

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

John RustadBC Liberal · elected · $75,052 spent5,32453.8%−2.0$75,052$14 a vote

Sussanne Skidmore-HewlettBC NDP · $56,108 spent2,73727.7%−7.6$56,108$20 a vote

Dan BrooksConservative · $52,518 spent1,25312.7%new$52,518$42 a vote

Colin HammBC Green · $1,599 spent5105.2%−1.1$1,599$3.14 a vote

Beverly BirdAdvocational · $3,009 spent740.7%new$3,009$41 a vote

Margin2,587votes, 26.1 points

Turnout58.5%+3.7 points

Ballots9,94042 rejected

Registered17,002voters

± and swing against the 2009 election.

2009General election, May 12BC Liberal, the seat’s first election

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

John RustadBC Liberal · elected · $60,522 spent4,94955.8%$60,522$12 a vote

Byron GoerzBC NDP · $7,480 spent3,13335.3%$7,480$2.39 a vote

Gerard RileyBC Green · $350 spent5596.3%$350$0.63 a vote

Mike SummersRefederation · $1,110 spent2352.6%$1,110$4.72 a vote

Margin1,816votes, 20.5 points

Turnout54.8%

Ballots8,94367 rejected

Registered16,318voters

Held by

1991now

3 members since 1991

1991–1996Len FoxSocial Credit
1996–2005Paul NettletonBC Liberal
2005–2022John RustadBC Liberal
2022–2023John RustadIndependent
2023–John RustadConservative · Independent, September 18 to 21, 2026

Created from Omineca and Prince George South.

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending and members before 2024: Wikipedia’s Nechako Lakes article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record.

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Questions

Who won Nechako Lakes in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (57 of 57 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Diane Black (Conservative) leads Nechako Lakes with 5,954 votes (63.9%), 3,804 ahead of Jesse Gervais (BC NDP). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Nechako Lakes in 2024?

The Conservative candidate won Nechako Lakes in the 2024 BC election with 67.4% of the vote, a margin of 4,684 votes (40.2%).