East Kootenay South was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 in the 1898 and 1900 elections. Its official name was East Kootenay (South Riding). It was created by the partition of the old East Kootenay

East Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

Kootenay East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada...

 riding which also created its sibling, East Kootenay (North Riding)

East Kootenay North

East Kootenay North was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1898 and 1900 elections only. Its official name was East Kootenay . It was created by a partition of the old East Kootenay riding which also created its sibling, East Kootenay...

. Successor ridings in the East Kootenay region were Cranbrook

Cranbrook (electoral district)

Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench....

, Fernie

Fernie (electoral district)

Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903...

, and Columbia

Columbia (electoral district)

Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was renamed Columbia River...

.

Election results

Election winners are in bold.

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|Opposition
|William Baillie
|align="right"|144
|align="right"|47.52%
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|Government
|James Baker

James Baker (Canadian politician)

James Baker was an English-born soldier and British Columbia political figure. He represented Kootenay from 1886 to 1890, East Kootenay from 1890 to 1898 and East Kootenay South from 1898 to 1900 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in London, the son of Samuel Baker, and...

|align="right"|159
|align="right"|52.48%
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|align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|303
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|John Ryan Costigan
|align="right"|171
|align="right"|17.41%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent
|William Fernie
|align="right"|383
|align="right"|39.00%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|Edwin Clarke Smith

Edwin C. Smith

Edwin Cleghorn Smith was a miner, rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented East Kootenay South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1900 to 1903. His name also appears as Edwin Clarke Smith.He was born in Michigan and educated at Ashswamp Academy there....

|align="right"|428
|align="right"|43.58%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|982
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|55.37%
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