West Kootenay was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia Canada. 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, 200138,503Population Change, 1996–20010.7%Area (km2)10,275Pop. 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:
West Kootenay (north riding) West Kootenay (south riding)
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
|Independent |James M. Kellie |align="right"|46 |align="right"|29.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|156 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
See also List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts List of electoral districts in the Kootenays
References
Elections BC Historical Returns 1871-1986