Kootenay (electoral districts)
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Kootenay is a name found in various provincial and federal electoral districts in the Canadian province of British Columbia
. This page lists ridings with the name Kootenay in them, and also other ridings within the Kootenay
region.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. This page lists ridings with the name Kootenay in them, and also other ridings within the Kootenay
Kootenays
The Kootenay Region comprises the southeastern portion of British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Ktunaxa First Nation first encountered by explorer David Thompson.-Boundaries:The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land...
region.
Current federal electoral districts
- Kootenay—ColumbiaKootenay—ColumbiaKootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:Consisting of:* the Regional District of East Kootenay;...
(East Kootenay-Revelstoke region) - British Columbia Southern InteriorBritish Columbia Southern InteriorBritish Columbia Southern Interior is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Description:...
(mostly Okanagan, includes Trail-Castlegar-Nelson corridor)
Defunct federal electoral districts
Note: indentations indicate rough historical succession of historical ridings- KootenayKootenay (electoral district)Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917.This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Yale—Cariboo riding....
(1903–1914)- Kootenay EastKootenay EastKootenay East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968 and from 1979 to 1997....
(1914–1966)- Okanagan—KootenayOkanagan—KootenayOkanagan—Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke ridings....
(1966–1976)- Kootenay EastKootenay EastKootenay East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968 and from 1979 to 1997....
(1976–1977)- Kootenay East—Revelstoke (1977–1987)
- Kootenay EastKootenay EastKootenay East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968 and from 1979 to 1997....
(1987–1996)- Kootenay—Columbia (1996 - )
- Kootenay East
- Kootenay East—Revelstoke (1977–1987)
- Kootenay East
- Okanagan—Kootenay
- Kootenay WestKootenay WestKootenay West was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1988.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Kootenay riding....
(1914–1987)- Kootenay West—RevelstokeKootenay West—RevelstokeKootenay 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...
(1987–1996)- West Kootenay—Okanagan/Kootenay—Boundary—OkanaganKootenay—Boundary—OkanaganKootenay—Boundary—Okanagan formerly known as West Kootenay—Okanagan) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.- History :...
(1996–1998, 1998–2003)- British Columbia Southern Interior (2003 -)
- West Kootenay—Okanagan/Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan
- Kootenay West—Revelstoke
- Kootenay East
Current provincial electoral districts
- Columbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
- Kootenay East
- Kootenay WestKootenay West (provincial electoral district)Kootenay West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect in the ensuing election.- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
- Nelson-CrestonNelson-CrestonNelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding....
Defunct provincial electoral districts
Note: indentations indicate rough historical succession of historical ridings.- KootenayKootenay (provincial electoral district)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...
(1871–1886)- East KootenayEast Kootenay (provincial electoral district)Kootenay East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada...
(1890–1894)- East Kootenay (north riding)East Kootenay NorthEast Kootenay North was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1898 and 1900 elections only. Its official name was East Kootenay . It was created by a partition of the old East Kootenay riding which also created its sibling, East Kootenay...
(1894–1900)- ColumbiaColumbia (electoral district)Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was renamed Columbia River...
(1903–1928)- Columbia-RevelstokeColumbia-RevelstokeColumbia-Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its only appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933....
(1933 only)- ColumbiaColumbia (electoral district)Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was renamed Columbia River...
(1937–1963)- Columbia RiverColumbia River (electoral district)Columbia River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding's predecessor, which was named Columbia, appeared on the hustings from 1903 to 1963...
(1966–1986)- Columbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
(current riding since 1991)
- Columbia River-Revelstoke
- Columbia River
- Columbia
- Columbia-Revelstoke
- Columbia
- East Kootenay (south riding)East Kootenay SouthEast Kootenay South was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1898 and 1900 elections. Its official name was East Kootenay . It was created by the partition of the old East Kootenay riding which also created its sibling, East Kootenay...
(1894–1903)- FernieFernie (electoral district)Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903...
(1903–1963) - CranbrookCranbrook (electoral district)Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench....
(1903–1963)- Kootenay/East Kootenay/Kootenay East (current riding since 1966)
- Fernie
- East Kootenay (north riding)
- West Kootenay (1890–1894)
- West Kootenay (north riding)West Kootenay NorthWest Kootenay North was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay...
(1894–1898)- West Kootenay-SlocanWest Kootenay-SlocanWest Kootenay-Slocan was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1898 to 1903.- Demographics :-References:*...
(1900 only)- SlocanSlocan (electoral district)Slocan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920...
(1903–1920) - KasloKaslo (electoral district)Kaslo was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1920...
(1903–1920)- Kaslo-SlocanKaslo-SlocanKaslo-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Kaslo on Kootenay Lake as well as the mining towns of the "Silvery Slocan"...
(1924–1963)
- Kaslo-Slocan
- Slocan
- West Kootenay-RevelstokeWest Kootenay-RevelstokeWest Kootenay-Revelstoke was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1898 to 1903.- Demographics :- References :*...
(1900 only)- RevelstokeRevelstoke (electoral district)Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan...
(1903–1928)- Columbia-RevelstokeColumbia-RevelstokeColumbia-Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its only appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933....
(1933–1963)- Revelstoke-SlocanRevelstoke-SlocanRevelstoke-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding was formed from a merger of the Revelstoke riding with the Slocan riding...
(1966–1975)- Shuswap-RevelstokeShuswap-RevelstokeShuswap-Revelstoke was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1991. The riding was formed by merging the northern portions of the Revelstoke-Slocan riding with the Shuswap riding...
(1979–1986) - Columbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
(current riding since 1991)
- Shuswap-Revelstoke
- Revelstoke-Slocan
- Columbia-Revelstoke
- Revelstoke
- West Kootenay-Slocan
- West Kootenay (south riding)West Kootenay SouthWest Kootenay South was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay "...
(1894–1898)- West Kootenay-NelsonWest Kootenay-NelsonWest Kootenay-Nelson was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1898 to 1903.For other ridings named Kootenay or in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay .- Demographics :- Election results :...
(1900 only)- YmirYmir (electoral district)Ymir was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after Ymir, a village east of Trail, B.C. and south of Nelson, B.C....
(1903–1912) - Nelson City (1903–1912)
- NelsonNelson (provincial electoral district)Nelson was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916 in place of the former riding of Nelson City. Its last appearance was in the 1928 election...
(1916–1928) - CrestonCreston (electoral district)Creston was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1924 and its last appearance was in the 1928 election...
(1924–1928)- Nelson-CrestonNelson-CrestonNelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding....
(current riding since 1933)
- Nelson-Creston
- Nelson
- Ymir
- West Kootenay-RosslandWest Kootenay-RosslandWest Kootenay-Rossland was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1898 to 1903.- Demographics :- References :*...
(1900 only)- Rossland CityRossland CityRossland City was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after the town of Rossland, near Trail, B.C...
(1903–1912)- RosslandRossland (electoral district)Rossland was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after the town of Rossland, near Trail, B.C.. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916...
(1916–1920) - TrailTrail (electoral district)Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after the town of Trail, B.C.. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916...
(1916–1920)- Rossland-TrailRossland-TrailRossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail, in the West Kootenay. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of Greenwood and...
(1924–1996)- West Kootenay-BoundaryWest Kootenay-BoundaryWest Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area that had previously been in Rossland-Trail with the Boundary Country, which had been in the Okanagan-Boundary...
(2001–2009)- Kootenay WestKootenay West (provincial electoral district)Kootenay West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect in the ensuing election.- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
(2009-)
- Kootenay West
- West Kootenay-Boundary
- Rossland-Trail
- Rossland
- GreenwoodGreenwood (provincial electoral district)Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was located in the Boundary Country west of Grand Forks around the city of Greenwood. It first appeared on the hustings in the large redistribution prior to the 1903 election...
(1903–1920) - Grand ForksGrand Forks (electoral district)Grand Forks was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries...
(1903–1920)- Grand Forks-GreenwoodGrand Forks-GreenwoodGrand Forks-Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of...
(1924–1963)- Boundary-SimilkameenBoundary-SimilkameenBoundary-Similkameen is a new riding which was formed in 2008 assembled together with populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet...
(1966–1988)- Okanagan-BoundaryOkanagan-BoundaryOkanagan-Boundary was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia spanning the area from the Similkameen towns of Kaleden and Keremeos to Grand Forks and Christina Lake, and including the southern Okanagan towns of Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Rock Creek and...
(1991–1996)- West Kootenay-BoundaryWest Kootenay-BoundaryWest Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area that had previously been in Rossland-Trail with the Boundary Country, which had been in the Okanagan-Boundary...
(2001–2009)- Boundary-SimilkameenBoundary-SimilkameenBoundary-Similkameen is a new riding which was formed in 2008 assembled together with populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet...
(2009-)
- Boundary-Similkameen
- West Kootenay-Boundary
- Okanagan-Boundary
- Boundary-Similkameen
- Grand Forks-Greenwood
- Rossland City
- West Kootenay-Nelson
- West Kootenay (north riding)
- East Kootenay
See also
- Okanagan (electoral districts)Okanagan (electoral districts)This page lists Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts with the name Okanagan, or in the Okanagan region.-Current federal electoral districts:* Okanagan—Shuswap * Okanagan—Coquihalla * British Columbia Southern Interior...
- Kamloops (electoral districts)
- Vancouver (electoral districts)Vancouver (electoral districts)This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts located in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, and for ridings which include the name Vancouver in their title, including those on Vancouver Island among which was the original first-use of the riding-name Vancouver...
- Victoria (electoral districts)Victoria (electoral districts)This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts and senate divisions in Canada using the name of Victoria, or located in, the area of the city of Victoria.-Current federal electoral districts:...
- Nanaimo (electoral districts)Nanaimo (electoral districts)Nanaimo is the same of several Canadian federal and British Columbia provincial electoral districts, both historical and current, in and around the Vancouver Island city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.-Current:...
- New Westminster (electoral districts)New Westminster (electoral districts)New Westminster was the name, or part of the name, of several Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts. All provincial and federal ridings in the area of the Lower Mainland were part of the original New Westminster ridings...