Kootenay—Columbia
Kootenay—Columbia British Columbia electoral district |
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Kootenay—Columbia in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts |
Federal electoral district |
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Legislature |
House of Commons |
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MP |
David Wilks Conservative |
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District created |
1996 |
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First contested |
1997 |
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Last contested |
2011 |
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District webpage |
profile, map |
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Demographics |
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Population (2011)[1] |
88,026 |
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Electors (2011) |
63,932 |
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Area (km²)[1] |
62,881.53 |
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Pop. density (per km²) |
1.4 |
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Census subdivisions |
Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Kimberley, East Kootenay C, Creston, Central Kootenay B, Fernie, Golden, Sparwood, Columbia-Shuswap A |
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Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
Geography
Consisting of:
- the Regional District of East Kootenay;
- those parts of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising:
- the village of Nakusp;
- the Town of Creston;
- subdivisions A, B, C and K;
- that part of Subdivision D lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southwesterly production of Cooper Creek with the easterly limit of Subdivision H of the Regional District of Central Kootenay; thence generally northeasterly along said production and said creek to the Duncan River; thence northerly along said river to Hamill Creek; thence generally northeasterly along said creek and its production to the easterly limit of Subdivision D of said regional district;
- those parts of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising:
History
This district was created in 1996 from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke ridings.
It was amended in 2003 to include a small part of Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan.
Future
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kootenay—Columbia should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.[2] The redefined Kootenay—Columbia gains the communities of Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo and their respective surrounding areas from the current electoral district of British Columbia Southern Interior, while losing Nakusp and area to the new district of South Okanagan—West Kootenay and Needles and area to the new district of North Okanagan—Shuswap. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which will come into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament (MP) is David Wilks, a former police officer and municipal politician. Elected in 2011 as a Conservative candidate, Wilks was the subject of national headlines in 2012 for saying he and other backbench Tory MPs had no choice in how they voted on the Harper Government's "Russian doll"[4] omnibus budget bill.[5] He reversed his position the next day, saying "I look forward to supporting the bill and seeing it passed."[6]
Election results
Selected candidates for the 2015 election include incumbent David Wilks (Conservative) and William "Bill" Green (Green).
Canadian federal election, 2008 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Conservative | Jim Abbott | 23,402 | 59.59 | +5.24 | $53,536 |
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New Democratic | Leon R. Pendleton | 8,892 | 22.64 | -3.23 | |
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Green | Ralph Moore | 3,933 | 10.01 | +3.91 | $1,084 |
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Liberal | Betty Aitchison | 3,044 | 7.75 | -5.98 | $1,960 |
Total valid votes/Expense limit |
39,271 | 100.0 | | $99,498 |
Total rejected ballots |
131 | 0.3 |
Turnout |
39,402 | 59.76 |
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Conservative hold |
Swing |
+4.24
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Canadian federal election, 2006 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Conservative | Jim Abbott | 22,181 | 54.35 | +2.33 | $76,689 |
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New Democratic | Brent Bush | 10,560 | 25.87 | +2.05 | $20,927 |
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Liberal | Jhim Burwell | 5,443 | 13.33 | -4.59 | $8,240 |
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Green | Clements Verhoeven | 2,490 | 6.10 | -0.13 | $3,632 |
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Canadian Action | Thomas Frederick Sima | 132 | 0.32 | – | $0 |
Total valid votes |
40,806 | 100.0 |
Total rejected ballots |
129 | 0.3 |
Turnout |
40,935 | 64.39 | -0.3 |
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Conservative hold |
Swing |
+0.14
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Canadian federal election, 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Conservative | Jim Abbott | 21,336 | 52.02 | -21.48 | $89,327 |
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New Democratic | Brent Bush | 9,772 | 23.82 | +15.11 | $32,311 |
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Liberal | Ross Priest | 7,351 | 17.92 | +3.18 | $36,595 |
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Green | Carmen Gustafson | 2,558 | 6.23 | +3.17 | |
Total valid votes |
41,017 | 100.0 |
Total rejected ballots |
130 | 0.3 |
Turnout |
41,147 | 65.1 |
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Conservative hold |
Swing |
-18.30
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Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. |
Canadian federal election, 2000 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Alliance | Jim Abbott | 25,663 | 67.78 | +5.87 | $62,316 |
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Liberal | Delvin R. Chatterson | 5,581 | 14.74 | -2.89 | $18,971 |
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New Democratic | Andrea Dunlop | 3,297 | 8.71 | -5.49 | $3,732 |
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Progressive Conservative | Jerry Pirie | 2,165 | 5.72 | +1.63 | $340 |
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Green | Jubilee Rose Cacaci | 1,158 | 3.06 | +0.89 | |
Total valid votes |
37,864 | 100.0 |
Total rejected ballots |
139 | 0.4 |
Turnout |
38,003 | 65.2 | +0.3 |
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Alliance hold |
Swing |
+4.38
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Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election. |
Canadian federal election, 1997 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | Expenditures |
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Reform | Jim Abbott | 22,387 | 61.91 | $49,956 |
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Liberal | Mark Shmigelsky | 6,373 | 17.63 | $28,560 |
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New Democratic | Greg Edwards | 5,133 | 14.20 | $29,778 |
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Progressive Conservative | Mark Palmer | 1,479 | 4.09 | $322 |
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Green | Anna Rowe | 786 | 2.17 | |
Total valid votes |
36,158 | 100.0 |
Total rejected ballots |
131 | 0.4 |
Turnout |
36,289 | 64.9 |
This riding was created from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke, both of which elected Reform candidates in the previous election. Jim Abbott was the incumbent from Kootenay East. |
Adjacent ridings
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