Kootenay East (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kootenay East (1917-1968, 1979-1997) or provincial district of East Kootenay (1890-1898), which encompassed a somewhat larger area

Kootenay East (name in effect from 2009 onwards, called Kootenay from 1966 to 2001 and East Kootenay from 2001 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created before the 1966 election by the merger of Cranbrook and Fernie ridings, and despite its long period under the "Kootenay" moniker, never extended to cover more than a fraction of the whole "Kootenay" region.

For other historical or current ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 2008 Redistribution
- 3.2 1999 Redistribution
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	38,503
Population Change, 1996–2001	0.7%
Area (km²)	10,275
Pop. Density (people per km²)	3.7

Geography

History

2008 Redistribution

Addition of St. Mary's Indian Reserve. Change name from East Kootenay to Kootenay East

1999 Redistribution

Small addition to western border. Change name from Kootenay to East Kootenay

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Bill Bennett, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005 and 2009. This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years		Party
39th	2009-	Bill Bennett	BC Liberal
38th	2005–2009
37th	2001–2005
36th	1996–2001	Erda Walsh	NDP
35th	1991–1996	Anne Edwards	NDP
34th	1986–1991	Anne Edwards	NDP
33rd	1983–1986	Terry Segarty	Social Credit
32nd	1979–1983	Terry Segarty	Social Credit
31st	1975–1979	George Haddad	Social Credit
30th	1972–1975	Leo Nimsick	NDP
29th	1969–1972
28th	1966–1969
Cranbrook and Fernie prior to 1966

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009 East Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Bill Bennett	8,404	51.21%		$159,218
	NDP	Troy Sebastian	5,844	35.62%		$92,272
	Conservative	Wilf Hanni	1,612	9.82%		$24,562
	Green	Jen Tsuida	549	3.35%		$850
Total Valid Votes			16,409	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			53	0.32%
Turnout			16,462	55.87%

British Columbia general election, 2005 East Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Bill Bennett	8,060	48.01%		$98,363
	NDP	Erda Walsh	7,339	43.72%		$54,902
	Green	Luke Gurbin	1,389	8.27%		$200
Total Valid Votes			16,788	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			111	0.66%
Turnout			16,899	60.03%

British Columbia general election, 2001: East Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Bill Bennett	10,206	61.85%		$41,778
	NDP	Erda Walsh	3,638	22.05%		$41,196
	Unity	Bruce Parke	651	3.95%		$100
	Green	Joni Krats	1,287	7.80%		$509
	Marijuana	Fred Sima	718	4.35%		$844
Total Valid Votes			16,500	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			59	0.36%
Turnout			16,559	68.76%

British Columbia general election, 1996: Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Erda Walsh	6,398	38.59%		$50,043
	BC Liberal	Ron Tarr	5,887	35.50%		$43,761
	BC Reform	Wilf Hanni	3,718	22.42%		$27,845
	Green	Casey Brennan	363	2.19%		$100
	Independent	Marko Makar	215	1.30%		$2,707
Total Valid Votes			16,581	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			62	0.37%
Turnout			16,643	68.15%

British Columbia general election, 1991: Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Anne Edwards	7,352	46.49%		$44,609
	Social Credit	Terry Segarty	5,014	31.70%		$69,607
	BC Liberal	William (Bill) G. Hills	3,450	21.81%		$2,581
Total Valid Votes			15,816	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			296	1.84%
Turnout			16,112	73.94%

British Columbia general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Anne Edwards	8,000	47.94%		unknown
	Social Credit	Terry Segarty	7,649	45.85%		unknown
	Liberal	Paul R. Kershaw	539	3.23%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	James G. Smith	499	2.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			16,687	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			271
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Terry Segarty	8,819	50.65%		unknown
	New Democratic Party	Harry Edwin Mathias	8,245	7.80%		unknown
	Liberal	Kory Palmer	347	1.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			17,411	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			208
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Terry Segarty	6,167	49.37%		unknown
	New Democratic Party	Douglas Wayne Wright	5,350	42.83%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Wilburn Paul	975	7.80%		unknown
Total valid votes			12,492	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			102
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	George Wayne Haddad	7,915	52.29%		unknown
	New Democratic Party	James Patterson	7,223	47.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,138	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			180
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Leo Nimsick	6,065	44.20%		unknown
	Liberal	Harry Edwards Caldwell	4,267	38.26%		unknown
	Conservative	David John Reeves	4,169	30.38%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ronald Powell	1,615	11.77%		unknown
Total valid votes			13,721	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			180
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Leo Nimsick	4,282	38.39%		unknown
	Social Credit	Harry J. Broadhurst	4,267	38.26%		unknown
	Liberal	Henry Nelson	2,604	23.55%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,153	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			173
Turnout			%

British Columbia general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Leo Nimsick	3,605	40.98%		unknown
	Social Credit	Robert Owen Jones	3,070	34.89%		unknown
	Liberal	Harry McKay	2,123	24.13%		unknown
Total valid votes			8,798	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			%

External links

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin • Cariboo North • Nechako Lakes • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mackenzie • Prince George-Valemount • Skeena • Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen • Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kamloops-South Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Kootenay East • Kootenay West • Fraser-Nicola • Nelson-Creston • Penticton • Shuswap • Vernon-Monashee • Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission • Abbotsford South • Abbotsford West • Chilliwack • Chilliwack-Hope • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Fleetwood • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake • Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby-Lougheed • Burnaby North • Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Coquitlam • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-False Creek • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • Vancouver-West End • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Pacific Rim • Comox Valley • Cowichan Valley • Esquimalt-Royal Roads • Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-North Cowichan • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Parksville-Qualicum • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 • List of British Columbia general elections • 2009 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • East Kootenay • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Westside • Okanagan-Vernon • Penticton-Okanagan Valley • Shuswap • West Kootenay-Boundary • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-Parksville • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution • 2001 general election • 2005 general election • 2008 electoral redistribution • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Boundary • Okanagan East • Okanagan-Penticton • Okanagan-Vernon • Okanagan West • Shuswap • Rossland-Trail • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford • Chilliwack • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Matsqui • Mission-Kent • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Little Mountain • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Parksville-Qualicum • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1991 general election • 1996 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo ‡ • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince George North • Prince George South • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ • Columbia River • Kamloops ‡ • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan North • Okanagan South ‡ • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap-Revelstoke • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ • Chilliwack • Delta ‡ • Dewdney ‡ • Langley ‡ • Richmond ‡ • Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Moody • Maillardville-Coquitlam • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Malahat • Esquimalt-Port Renfrew • Mackenzie • Nanaimo ‡ • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich and the Islands ‡ • Victoria (2)

Notes	‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1979 general election • 1983 general election • 1986 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen • Columbia River • Kamloops • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke-Slocan • Rossland-Trail • South Okanagan • Shuswap • Yale-Lillooet

Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Chilliwack • Coquitlam • Delta • Dewdney • Langley • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Richmond • Surrey • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Malahat • Esquimalt • Mackenzie • Nanaimo • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich and the Islands • Victoria (2)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1966 general election • 1969 general election • 1972 general election • 1975 general election • Defunct districts