Kootenay—Columbia

Kootenay—Columbia

British Columbia electoral district
Kootenay—Columbia in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Wayne Stetski New Democratic
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	107,589
Electors (2015)	83,190
Area (km²)	64,336
Pop. density (per km²)	1.7
Census subdivisions	Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Kimberley, East Kootenay C, Creston, Central Kootenay B, Fernie, Golden, Sparwood, Columbia-Shuswap A, Nelson

Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

Consisting of:

• (a) the Regional District of East Kootenay;
• (b) that part of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising:
  • the villages of Kaslo and Salmo;
  • the Town of Creston;
  • the City of Nelson;
  • subdivisions A, B, C, D, E, F and G;
  • Creston Indian Reserve No. 1;
• (c) that part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising:
  • the City of Revelstoke;
  • the Town of Golden;
  • subdivisions A and B; and
• (d) Tobacco Plains Indian Reserve No. 2.

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.

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. 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 came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Kootenay—Columbia (2016) Source: [2]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	92,475	84%
	Aboriginal	9,075	8.2%
	South Asian	715	0.6%
	Filipino	705	0.6%
	Chinese	630	0.6%
	Black	460	0.4%
	Japanese	460	0.4%
	Latin American	305	0.3%
	Korean	200	0.2%
	Southeast Asian	185	0.2%
	Arab	40	0%
	West Asian	30	0%
	Multiple minorities	140	0.1%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	115	0.1%
Total population		112,354	100%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kootenay—Columbia Riding created from Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke
36th	1997–2000		Jim Abbott	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		David Wilks
42nd	2015–present		Wayne Stetski	New Democratic

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Wayne Stetski, the former mayor of Cranbrook. Elected in 2015 as an NDP candidate.

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Stetski	23,529	37.23	-1.62	$90,414.74
	Conservative	David Wilks	23,247	36.78	-13.31	$108,293.89
	Liberal	Don Johnston	12,315	19.48	+16.00	$11,677.75
	Green	Bill Green	4,115	6.51	+0.08	$43,921.84
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,206	99.69		$279,227.99
Total rejected ballots			197	0.31	–
Turnout			63,403	74.02	–
Eligible voters			85,653
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.84
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,447	50.09
	New Democratic	20,510	38.84
	Green	3,395	6.43
	Liberal	1,841	3.49
	Others	610	1.16

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wilks	23,910	55.88	-3.71
	New Democratic	Mark Shmigelsky	14,199	33.18	+10.54
	Green	William Green	2,547	5.95	-4.06
	Liberal	Betty Aitchison	1,496	3.50	-4.25
	Independent	Brent Bush	636	1.49	–
Total valid votes			42,788	99.67
Total rejected ballots			142	0.33	-0.00
Turnout			42,930	63.45	+3.69
Eligible voters			67,663
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.13

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	23,402	59.59	+5.24	$53,536
	New Democratic	Leon R. Pendleton	8,892	22.64	-3.23
	Green	Ralph Moore	3,933	10.01	+3.91	$1,084
	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
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.24

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	22,181	54.35	+2.33	$76,689
	New Democratic	Brent Bush	10,560	25.87	+2.05	$20,927
	Liberal	Jhim Burwell	5,443	13.33	-4.59	$8,240
	Green	Clements Verhoeven	2,490	6.10	-0.13	$3,632
	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
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.14

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	21,336	52.02	-21.48	$89,327
	New Democratic	Brent Bush	9,772	23.82	+15.11	$32,311
	Liberal	Ross Priest	7,351	17.92	+3.18	$36,595
	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
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.30
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Jim Abbott	25,663	67.78	+5.87	$62,316
	Liberal	Delvin R. Chatterson	5,581	14.74	-2.89	$18,971
	New Democratic	Andrea Dunlop	3,297	8.71	-5.49	$3,732
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Pirie	2,165	5.72	+1.63	$340
	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
	Alliance hold		Swing		+4.38
Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jim Abbott	22,387	61.91	$49,956
	Liberal	Mark Shmigelsky	6,373	17.63	$28,560
	New Democratic	Greg Edwards	5,133	14.20	$29,778
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Palmer	1,479	4.09	$322
	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

• British Columbia Southern Interior
• Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
• Okanagan—Shuswap

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Website of the Local Riding Association - Conservative Party of Canada
• "(Code 59012) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• "Final Report – British Columbia - Redistribution Federal Electoral Districts". Redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
• "Kootenay—Columbia – Commission's Report - Redistribution Federal Electoral Districts". Redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-11.