Kootenay (provincial electoral district)
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Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, from 1871 to 1890. It was originally a two-member riding until the 1875 election; from 1878, it was a one-member seat until its partition for the 1890 election into East Kootenay and West Kootenay. For the 1966 election, the riding-name was re-established, but the area described was only the East Kootenay and included none of the West Kootenay.
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History
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Notable MLAs
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Election results 1871-1890
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Independent | John Andrew Mara | 17 | 43.59% | unknown | ||
Independent | William Cosgrove Milby | 9 | 23.08% | unknown | ||
Independent | Charles Todd | 13 | 13.33% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 39 | 100.00% |
1875 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Reform caucus | Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith | 16 | 25.40% | |||||
Reform caucus | Charles Gallagher | 16 | 25.40% | ![]() | ||||
Government | William Cosgrove Milby | 15 | 23.80% | |||||
Reform caucus | Arthur Wellesley Vowell | 48 | 23.88% | ![]() | ||||
Total valid votes | 63 | |||||||
To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875) |
1878 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
Opposition (?) | Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith | Accl. | ![]() | |||||
Opposition (?) | Charles Gallagher | Accl. | ![]() | |||||
Total valid votes | 187 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Government | Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith | Accl. | --% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | -- | --% | ||||
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1 Seat reduced to one member from two. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Government | James Baker | 111 | 60.00% | – | unknown | |
Opposition | William M. Brown | 74 | 40.00% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 185 | 100.00% | ||||
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The riding was partitioned for the 1894 election.
Election results 1966-1986
The riding-name was re-established in time for the 1966 election, but covered only the East Kootenay region rather than the entire Kootenays as had been the case in its first incarnation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | Robert Owen Jones | 3,070 | 34.89% | – | unknown | |
Liberal | Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay | 2,123 | 24.13% | unknown | ||
NDP | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 3,605 | 40.98% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 8.798 | 100.00% | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | J. Harry Broadhurst | 4,267 | 38.26% | – | unknown | |
Liberal | Henry Nelson | 2,604 | 23.35% | unknown | ||
NDP | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 4,282 | 38.39% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 11,712 | 100.00% | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Liberal | Harry Edwards Caldwell | 1,872 | 13.64% | unknown | ||
NDP | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 6,065 | 44.20% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Ronald Powell | 1,615 | 11.77% | – | unknown | |
PC | David John Reeves | 4,169 | 30.38% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 13,721 | 100.00% | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | George Wayne Haddad | 7,915 | 52.29% | – | unknown | |
NDP | Leo Thomas Nimsick | 7,223 | 47.71% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 15,138 | 100.00% | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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PC | Roy Wilburn Paul | 975 | 7.80% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Terence Patrick Segarty | 6,167 | 49.37% | – | unknown | |
NDP | Douglas Wayne Right | 5,350 | 42.83% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 12,492 | 100.00% | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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NDP | Harry Edwin Mathias | 8,245 | 47.36% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Kory Palmer | 975 | 7.80% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Terence Patrick Segarty | 8,819 | 50.65% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 12,492 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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NDP | Kathleen Anne Edwards | 8,000 | 47.94% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Paul R. Kershaw | 539 | 3.23% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Terence Patrick Segarty | 7,649 | 45.84% | – | unknown | |
Progressive Conservative | James G. Smith | 499 | 2.99% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 16,687 | 100.00% | ||||
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