Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district known as "Kootenay" in use from 1966 to 2001, see Kootenay East. For other provincial and federal ridings with this name, or which are or were in the same region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, 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 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.

Demographics

Election results 1871-1890

British Columbia general election, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Reform caucus	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	16	25.40%
	Reform caucus	Charles Gallagher	16	25.40%	Y
	Government	William Cosgrove Milby	15	23.80%
	Reform caucus	Arthur Wellesley Vowell	48	23.88%	Y
Total valid votes			63
To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875)

British Columbia general election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Opposition (?)	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	Accl.	Y
	Opposition (?)	Charles Gallagher	Accl.	Y
Total valid votes			187

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.

Sources

• Elections BC Historical Returns 1871-1986