Kootenay (provincial electoral district)
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Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the province
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, from 1871 to 1890. It was originally a two-member riding until the 1875 election; from 1878, it was a one-member seat until its partition for the 1890 election 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. For the 1966 election, the riding-name was re-established, but the area described was only the East Kootenay and included none of the West Kootenay
West Kootenay
West Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was formed along with East Kootenay from a redistribution of the old Kootenay riding, which was one of the province's original twelve.- Demographics :...

.

Demographics

Population
Population Change, %
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Election results 1871-1890

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|Independent
|John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....


|align="right"|17
|align="right"|43.59%
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|Independent
|William Cosgrove Milby
|align="right"|9
|align="right"|23.08%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent
|Charles Todd
|align="right"|13
|align="right"|13.33%
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|align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|39
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|Reform caucus
|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
|align="right"|16
|align="right"|25.40%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Reform caucus
|Charles Gallagher
|align="right"|16
|align="right"|25.40%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|William Cosgrove Milby
|align="right"|15
|align="right"|23.80%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Reform caucus
|Arthur Wellesley Vowell
Arthur Wellesley Vowell
Arthur Wellesley Vowell was an Irish-born civil servant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1876....


|align="right"|48
|align="right"|23.88%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=6|To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875)
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|Opposition (?)
|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas "R.L.T." Galbraith was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1877 to 1886....


|align="right"|Accl.
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|Opposition (?)
|Charles Gallagher
|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"|--%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|187
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|Government
|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas "R.L.T." Galbraith was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1877 to 1886....


|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"|--%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|--
!align="right"|--%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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!align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat reduced to one member from two.
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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"|111
|align="right"|60.00%
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|Opposition
|William M. Brown
|align="right"|74
|align="right"|40.00%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|185
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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The riding was partitioned for the 1894 election.

Election results 1966-1986

The riding-name was re-established in time for the 1966 election, but covered only the East Kootenay region rather than the entire Kootenays as had been the case in its first incarnation.
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|Social Credit
|Robert Owen Jones
|align="right"|3,070
|align="right"|34.89%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
|Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
|align="right"|2,123
|align="right"|24.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.He was born in Rossland,...


|align="right"|3,605
|align="right"|40.98%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8.798
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|Social Credit
|J. Harry Broadhurst
|align="right"|4,267
|align="right"|38.26%
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|Liberal
|Henry Nelson
|align="right"|2,604
|align="right"|23.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.He was born in Rossland,...


|align="right"|4,282
|align="right"|38.39%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,712
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|Liberal
|Harry Edwards Caldwell
|align="right"|1,872
|align="right"|13.64%
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|align="right"|unknown

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.He was born in Rossland,...


|align="right"|6,065
|align="right"|44.20%
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|Social Credit
|Ronald Powell
|align="right"|1,615
|align="right"|11.77%
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|align="right"|unknown

|PC
|David John Reeves
|align="right"|4,169
|align="right"|30.38%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,721
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|Social Credit
|George Wayne Haddad
|align="right"|7,915
|align="right"|52.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.He was born in Rossland,...


|align="right"|7,223
|align="right"|47.71%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,138
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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|PC
|Roy Wilburn Paul
|align="right"|975
|align="right"|7.80%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
|Terence Patrick Segarty
|align="right"|6,167
|align="right"|49.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Douglas Wayne Right
|align="right"|5,350
|align="right"|42.83%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,492
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Harry Edwin Mathias
|align="right"|8,245
|align="right"|47.36%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
|Kory Palmer
|align="right"|975
|align="right"|7.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
|Terence Patrick Segarty
|align="right"|8,819
|align="right"|50.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,492
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Kathleen Anne Edwards
Anne Edwards (politician)
Kathleen Anne Edwards is a former Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Kootenay riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Edwards served as British Columbia's first female Minister for Energy Mines...


|align="right"|8,000
|align="right"|47.94%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
|Paul R. Kershaw
|align="right"|539
|align="right"|3.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
|Terence Patrick Segarty
|align="right"|7,649
|align="right"|45.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
|James G. Smith
|align="right"|499
|align="right"|2.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|16,687
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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