West Kootenay-Boundary

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West Kootenay-Boundary is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Its predecessor was the Okanagan-Boundary riding (1991-1996) and prior to that the Boundary-Similkameen riding.

For other historical and current ridings in the Kootenay and Boundary Countries please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

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[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001 44,794
Population Change, 1996-2001 -2.6%
Area (km²) 9,926
Pop. Density (people per km²) 4.5

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Katrine Conroy. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     NDP Katrine Conroy 13,318 60.26%
     BC Liberal Pam Lewin 6,180 27.96%
     Green Donald Pharand 1,561 7.06%
     Conservative Barry Edward Chilton 802 3.63%
     No Affiliation Glen David Millar 180 0.81%
     Bloc BC A.J. van Leur 59 0.27%
Total 22,100 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: West Kootenay-Boundary
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Sandy Santori 10,784 49.74% $48,035
     NDP Ed Conroy 6,915 31.89% $26,686
     Green Patricia Pépé 2,004 9.24% $961
     Unity Mark McLaren 1,139 5.25% $3,582
     Marijuana Brian Taylor 840 3.88% $100
Total Valid Votes 21,682 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 71 0.33%
Turnout 21,753 74.42%

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