Revelstoke-Slocan
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Revelstoke-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. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.
For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 1966 | |
| Population change, 1966-1986 | |
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| Population density (people per km²) |
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
William Stewart King served as Minister of Labour in the 1972 NDP government.
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| 28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Burton Peter Campbell | 2,020 | 41.81% | unknown | ||
| Independent | David Roy Collier | 105 | 2.17% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Randolph Harding | 2,158 | 44.67% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | George Wilfred Laforme | 548 | 11.34% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,831 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Burton Peter Campbell | 3,103 | 50.62% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | William Stewart King | 2,611 | 42.59% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Douglas Charles Stewart | 416 | 6.79% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,130 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 44 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Burton Peter Campbell | 2,580 | 37.55% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Margaret Rose Illman | 158 | 2.30% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | William Stewart King | 3,748 | 54.56% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Bernard Charles Lavallee | 384 | 5.59% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,870 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 60 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Ronald Harvey Holoday | 428 | 5.76% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | William Stewart King | 3,988 | 53.68% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Sam Olynyk | 3,013 | 40.56% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,429 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 99 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
The riding was redistributed after the 1975 election. In 1979 the area was in the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding while the Slocan area became represented by Nelson-Creston.
