West Kootenay-Boundary

West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.

The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative West Kootenay component) that had previously been in Rossland-Trail with the Boundary Country, which had been in the Okanagan-Boundary riding (1991–1996) and prior to that the Boundary-Similkameen riding.

For other historical and current ridings in the Kootenay and Boundary Countries please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 2001 44,794
Population Change, 1996–2001 -2.6%
Area (km²) 9,926
Pop. Density (people per km²) 4.5

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Katrine Conroy. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  NDP Katrine Conroy 13,318 60.26% $51,387
LiberalPam Lewin6,18027.96%$97,658
GreenDonald Pharand1,5617.06%$1,879
ConservativeBarry Edward Chilton8023.63%$1,170
  No Affiliation Glen David Millar 180 0.81% $100
BlocA.J. van Leur590.27%$100
Total valid votes 22,100
Total rejected ballots 123 0.56%
Turnout 22,223 68.6%
B.C. General Election 2001: West Kootenay-Boundary
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
LiberalSandy Santori10,78449.74%$48,035
  NDP Ed Conroy 6,915 31.89% $26,686
GreenPatricia Pépé2,0049.24%$961
UnityMark McLaren1,1395.25%$3,582
MarijuanaBrian Taylor8403.88%$100
Total valid votes 21,682 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 71 0.33%
Turnout 21,753 74.42%


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