Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan (formerly known as West Kootenay—Okanagan) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
History
This riding was created in 1996 as "West Kootenay—Okanagan" from parts of Kootenay West—Revelstoke and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt ridings.
It consisted of:
- Kootenay Boundary Regional District;
- subdivisions A and B of Central Kootenay Regional District; and
- the eastern part of Subdivision B of Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District.
It was renamed "Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan" in 1998.
The riding was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Kootenay—Columbia and British Columbia Southern Interior ridings.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kootenay—Okanagan Riding created from Kootenay West—Revelstoke and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt |
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| 36th | 1997 − 2000 | Jim Gouk | Reform | |
| 2000 − 2000 | Alliance | |||
| Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan | ||||
| 37th | 2000 − 2003 | Jim Gouk | Alliance | |
| 2003 − 2004 | Conservative | |||
| Riding dissolved into Kootenay—Columbia and British Columbia Southern Interior |
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Election results
Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Jim Gouk | 19,386 | 46.69 | -0.09 | $42,724 | |||
| Liberal | Bill Barlee | 11,357 | 27.35 | +9.88 | $32,709 | |||
| New Democratic | Don Scarlett | 4,091 | 9.85 | -12.04 | $7,473 | |||
| Green | Andrew Shadrack | 2,689 | 6.47 | +0.42 | $14,652 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Michele Elise Duncan | 2,147 | 5.17 | -0.39 | $3,532 | |||
| Marijuana | Dan Loehndorf | 889 | 2.14 | – | $978 | |||
| Canadian Action | Bev Collins | 762 | 1.84 | +0.91 | $3,220 | |||
| Natural Law | Annie Holtby | 191 | 0.46 | ±0 | $886 | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,512 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 238 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,750 | 64.86 | ||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | -4.98 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
West Kootenay—Okanagan
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Reform | Jim Gouk | 18,954 | 46.78 | $45,047 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kirk Duff | 8,869 | 21.89 | $40,603 | ||||
| Liberal | John A. Greaves | 7,078 | 17.47 | $17,158 | ||||
| Green | Andy Shadrack | 2,455 | 6.05 | $6,527 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blair Suffredine | 2,255 | 5.56 | $23,236 | ||||
| Canadian Action | Beverly Bev Collins | 377 | 0.93 | $2,816 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Brian J. Zacharias | 340 | 0.83 | $1,372 | ||||
| Natural Law | Ruth Anne Taves | 187 | 0.46 | $498 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,515 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 185 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 40,700 | 66.68 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Kootenay West—Revelstoke and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt, both of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election. Reform candidate Jim Gouk was the incumbent from Kootenay West—Revelstoke. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts