Kootenay West—Revelstoke

Kootenay West—Revelstoke
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 1996
First contested 1988
Last contested 1993

Kootenay West—Revelstoke was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from Kootenay West riding. It was eliminated in 1996 when it was merged into the new riding of West Kootenay—Okanagan.

It consisted of Electoral Area B of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, the city of Revelstoke, the northwest part of the Central Kootenay Regional District, and the eastern part of the Kootenay Boundary Regional District.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Kootenay West
34th  1988–1993     Lyle Kristiansen New Democratic
35th  1993–1997     Jim Gouk Reform
Riding dissolved into West Kootenay—Okanagan

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ReformJim Gouk 11,348 32.49
LiberalGarry Jenkins 10,620 30.41 +14.85
New DemocraticHeather Suggitt 5,443 15.58 −30.96
Progressive ConservativeBlair Suffredine 3,109 8.90 −27.08
NationalBev Collins 2,983 8.54
GreenJack Ross 809 2.32 +0.41
Christian HeritageBrian Zacharias 346 0.99
Natural LawMichèle Roy 191 0.55
Canada PartyGreg Eyolfson 79 0.23
Total valid votes 34,928100.0  
Reform gain from New Democratic Swing +8.82
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticLyle Kristiansen 16,381 46.54
Progressive ConservativeBob Brisco 12,667 35.98
LiberalGarry R. Jenkins 5,479 15.56
GreenMichael Brown 674 1.91
Total valid votes 35,201100.0  
This riding was created from part of Kootenay West, where Progressive Conservative Robert Brisco was the incumbent.

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