West Kootenay (provincial electoral district)
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
| Population, 2001 | 38,503 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 0.7% |
| Area (km²) | 10,275 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) | 3.7 |
History
The West Kootenay riding appeared as such only in the 1890 election. In 1894, due to a surge in population related to the "silver rush" in the Kootenays, the riding was redistributed into:
In 1898, the West Kootenay north and south ridings were further redistributed into four ridings:
- West Kootenay-Nelson, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903
- West Kootenay-Revelstoke, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903
- West Kootenay-Rossland, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903
- West Kootenay-Slocan, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903
Election results
NOTE: Winners of each election are in bold
| 6th British Columbia election, 1890 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
| Opposition | William M. Brown | 45 | 28.85% | – | unknown | |
| Government | Arthur Stanhope Farwell | 40 | 25.64% | – | unknown | |
| Opposition | John Wesley Haskins | 25 | 16.03% | – | unknown | |
| Independent | James M. Kellie | 46 | 29.49% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 156 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
Sources
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