Kootenay—Columbia

British Columbia electoral district

Kootenay—Columbia in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Wayne Stetski
New Democratic

District created

1996

First contested

1997

Last contested

2015

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

107,589

Electors (2015)

83,190

Area (km²)^[1]

64,336

Pop. density (per km²)

1.7

Census subdivisions

Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Kimberley, East Kootenay C, Creston, Central Kootenay B, Fernie, Golden, Sparwood, Columbia-Shuswap A, Nelson

Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

Consisting of:

(a) the Regional District of East Kootenay;
(b) that part of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising:
- the villages of Kaslo and Salmo;
- the Town of Creston;
- the City of Nelson;
- subdivisions A, B, C, D, E, F and G;
- Creston Indian Reserve No. 1;
(c) that part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising:
- the City of Revelstoke;
- the Town of Golden;
- subdivisions A and B; and
(d) Tobacco Plains Indian Reserve No. 2.

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History

This district was created in 1996 from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke ridings.

It was amended in 2003 to include a small part of Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kootenay—Columbia should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[3] The redefined Kootenay—Columbia gains the communities of Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo and their respective surrounding areas from the current electoral district of British Columbia Southern Interior, while losing Nakusp and area to the new district of South Okanagan—West Kootenay and Needles and area to the new district of North Okanagan—Shuswap. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Kootenay—Columbia Riding created from Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke
36th	1997–2000	Jim Abbott	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	David Wilks
42nd	2015–Present	Wayne Stetski	New Democratic

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Wayne Stetski, the former mayor of Cranbrook. Elected in 2015 as an NDP candidate.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Stetski	23,529	37.23	-1.62	–
	Conservative	David Wilks	23,247	36.78	-13.31	–
	Liberal	Don Johnston	12,315	19.48	+16.00	–
	Green	Bill Green	4,115	6.51	+0.08	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,206	100.00		$275,709.19
Total rejected ballots			197	0.31	–
Turnout			63,403	74.02	–
Eligible voters			85,653
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.84
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,447	50.09
	New Democratic	20,510	38.84
	Green	3,395	6.43
	Liberal	1,841	3.49
	Others	610	1.16

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	David Wilks	23,910	55.88	-3.71
	New Democratic	Mark Shmigelsky	14,199	33.18	+10.54
	Green	William Green	2,547	5.95	-4.06
	Liberal	Betty Aitchison	1,496	3.50	-4.25
	Independent	Brent Bush	636	1.49	–
Total valid votes			42,788	100.0
Total rejected ballots			142	0.33
Turnout			42,930	63.45	+3.69
Eligible voters			67,663
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.12

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	23,402	59.59	+5.24	$53,536
	New Democratic	Leon R. Pendleton	8,892	22.64	-3.23
	Green	Ralph Moore	3,933	10.01	+3.91	$1,084
	Liberal	Betty Aitchison	3,044	7.75	-5.98	$1,960
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,271	100.0		$99,498
Total rejected ballots			131	0.3
Turnout			39,402	59.76
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.24

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	22,181	54.35	+2.33	$76,689
	New Democratic	Brent Bush	10,560	25.87	+2.05	$20,927
	Liberal	Jhim Burwell	5,443	13.33	-4.59	$8,240
	Green	Clements Verhoeven	2,490	6.10	-0.13	$3,632
	Canadian Action	Thomas Frederick Sima	132	0.32	–	$0
Total valid votes			40,806	100.0
Total rejected ballots			129	0.3
Turnout			40,935	64.39	-0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.14

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	21,336	52.02	-21.48	$89,327
	New Democratic	Brent Bush	9,772	23.82	+15.11	$32,311
	Liberal	Ross Priest	7,351	17.92	+3.18	$36,595
	Green	Carmen Gustafson	2,558	6.23	+3.17
Total valid votes			41,017	100.0
Total rejected ballots			130	0.3
Turnout			41,147	65.1
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.30
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Jim Abbott	25,663	67.78	+5.87	$62,316
	Liberal	Delvin R. Chatterson	5,581	14.74	-2.89	$18,971
	New Democratic	Andrea Dunlop	3,297	8.71	-5.49	$3,732
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Pirie	2,165	5.72	+1.63	$340
	Green	Jubilee Rose Cacaci	1,158	3.06	+0.89
Total valid votes			37,864	100.0
Total rejected ballots			139	0.4
Turnout			38,003	65.2	+0.3
	Alliance hold		Swing		+4.38
Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jim Abbott	22,387	61.91	$49,956
	Liberal	Mark Shmigelsky	6,373	17.63	$28,560
	New Democratic	Greg Edwards	5,133	14.20	$29,778
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Palmer	1,479	4.09	$322
	Green	Anna Rowe	786	2.17
Total valid votes			36,158	100.0
Total rejected ballots			131	0.4
Turnout			36,289	64.9
This riding was created from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke, both of which elected Reform candidates in the previous election. Jim Abbott was the incumbent from Kootenay East.

Adjacent ridings

References

Notes

1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "Kootenay-Columbia". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
↑ Final Report – British Columbia
↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kootenay—Columbia, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Website of the Local Riding Association - Conservative Party of Canada

Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior

Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

New Democratic	Kootenay—Columbia Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Liberal	Kelowna—Lake Country

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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