West Kootenay (provincial electoral district)


West Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 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

Geography

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:
In 1898, the West Kootenay north and south ridings were further redistributed into four ridings:

Election results

NOTE: Winners of each election are in bold
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
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