West Kootenay-Nelson was an electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

 in the Canadian province of British Columbia

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...

 from 1898 to 1903.

For other ridings named Kootenay or in the Kootenay region

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...

, please see Kootenay (electoral districts)

Kootenay (electoral districts)

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....

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Demographics

Population
Population Change,	%
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Election results

Note: Winner of election is in bold.

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|Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Frank Fletcher
|align="right"|508
|align="right"|32.82%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Independent Liberal ¹
|George Arthur Benjamin Hall
|align="right"|293
|align="right"|18.93%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive

Progressive Party of Canada

The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...

|John Houston

John Houston (newspaperman)

John Houston was born in November 1850 in Alton, Ontario.In British Columbia his career as a newspaper publisher and editor spanned twenty-two years, beginning in 1888 in the town of Donald. Later he would publish newspapers in New Westminster, Nelson, Rossland and Prince Rupert. His last paper...

|align="right"|747
|align="right"|48.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Samuel Augustus Rogers

Samuel Augustus Rogers

Samuel Augustus Rogers was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1890 to 1898 and from 1900 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia....

|align="right"|289
|align="right"|29.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,548
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right" colspan=7|¹ Also listed as a Government supporter.
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For the 1903 election this riding was renamed Nelson City.

Source

Elections BC historical returns

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