Kootenay was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in 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...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1904 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Yale—Cariboo

Yale—Cariboo

Yale—Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1917....

 riding.

It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into East Kootenay

East Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

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

 and West Kootenay  ridings.

It consisted of the provincial electoral districts of Cranbrook, Columbia, Fernie, Kaslo, Nelson, Revelstoke, Rossland, Slocan and Ymir.

Election results

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|GALLIHER, William A.

William Alfred Galliher

William Alfred Galliher was a Canadian lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. Gallier was born in Bruce County, Canada West. In 1885, he served as part of the British Nile contingent under General Wolselsey....

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|MACKINTOSH, Chas.H. ||align=right|1,784
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|BAKER, James A. ||align=right|622
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|GOODEVE, Arthur Samuel

Arthur Samuel Goodeve

Arthur Samuel Goodeve was a Canadian pharmacist and Conservative politician. After a turn as mayor of Rossland, British Columbia from 1889 to 1890, he was appointed BC's Provincial Secretary in 1903...

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|CURTIS, Smith ||align=right|2,173
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|DAVIDSON, William ||align=right|1,337
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|GOODEVE, Arthur Samuel

Arthur Samuel Goodeve

Arthur Samuel Goodeve was a Canadian pharmacist and Conservative politician. After a turn as mayor of Rossland, British Columbia from 1889 to 1890, he was appointed BC's Provincial Secretary in 1903...

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|KING, James Horace ||align=right|3,039
By-election: On Mr. Goodeve being appointed Railway Commissioner for Canada, 4 May 1912
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|GREEN, R.F.

Robert Francis Green

Robert Francis Green was a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician, born in Peterborough, Canada West. From 1893 to 1897, Green served three terms as mayor of Kaslo, British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1898 to 1907, representing the...

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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