Former Albertan Michelle Mungall has been nominated to run for the NDP in Nelson-Creston in the May 2009 British Columbia Provincial Election. Mungall carried the NDP banner during the 2001 Alberta provincial election in St. Albert, placing third behind PC MLA Mary O’Neill and former Liberal MLA Len Bracko. Mungall later moved to BC and was elected to Nelson City Council.
Mungall won the NDP nomination to replace retiring NDP MLA Corky Evans.
