West Kootenay

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West Kootenay was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Formed along with East Kootenay from a redistribution of the old Kootenay riding, which was one of the province's original twelve.

West Kootenay is also the name used for the region of Kootenay and Arrow Lakes, and the lower Columbia River area around the towns of Trail and Castlegar. Other cities and towns of the West Kootenay region are Nelson, Rossland, Salmo, Creston, Kaslo, and New Denver. Nakusp, on Upper Arrow Lake, is sometimes considered to be in the West Kootenay, as are also Christina Lake and Grand Forks (the latter two are usually considered part of the Boundary Country). For more on this region and its interesting culture and history, please see the article on the Kootenays

The West Kootenay riding appeared as such only in the 1890 election. In 1894 it was redistributed into West Kootenay (south riding) and West Kootenay (north riding).

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History

3.1 1999 Redistribution

4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 Source
7 External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	38,503
Population Change, 1996-2001	0.7%
Area (km²)	10,275
Pop. Density (people per km²)	3.7

Geography

History

1999 Redistribution

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

NOTE: Winners of each election are in bold

|- |- |bgcolor="#B8BFFE"| |Opposition |William M. Brown |align="right"|45 |align="right"|28.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="#8B94E7"| |Government |Arthur Stanhope Farwell |align="right"|40 |align="right"|25.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="#B8BFFE"| |Opposition |John Wesley Haskins |align="right"|25 |align="right"|16.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |James M. Kellie |align="right"|46 |align="right"|29.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|156 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

Source

[Elections British Columbia historical returns]

External links

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