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 |
David Wilks
Conservative |
| District created |
1996 |
| First contested |
1997 |
| Last contested |
2006 |
| District webpage |
profile, map |
| Demographics |
| Population (2006) |
86,811 |
| Electors (2011) |
63,932 |
| Area (km²) |
63,831 |
| Pop. density (per km²) |
1.4 |
| Census divisions |
|
| Census subdivisions |
Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Kimberley, East Kootenay C, Creston, Central Kootenay B, Fernie, Golden, Sparwood, Columbia-Shuswap A |
Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
[edit] 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:
[edit] 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.
[edit] Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
[edit] Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Jim Abbott, a former businessman. He was first elected in 1993. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, he was serving as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation, and serving as a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development' and the 'Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Jim Abbott |
23,402 |
59.59 |
+5.24 |
$53,536 |
| |
New Democrat |
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 |
100.00 |
|
$99,498 |
| Total rejected ballots |
131 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
| Turnout |
39,402 |
59.76 |
|
|
| |
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+4.2 |
|
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Jim Abbott |
22,181 |
54.35 |
+2.4 |
$76,689 |
| |
New Democrat |
Brent Bush |
10,560 |
25.87 |
+2.2 |
$20.927 |
| |
Liberal |
Jhim Burwell |
5,443 |
13.33 |
-4.7 |
$8,240 |
| |
Green |
Clements Verhoeven |
2,490 |
6.10 |
-0.2 |
$3,632 |
| |
Canadian Action |
Thomas Frederick Sima |
132 |
0.32 |
- |
$0 |
| Total valid votes |
40,806 |
100.00 |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
129 |
0.3 |
|
|
| Turnout |
40,935 |
64.39 |
-0.3 |
|
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Jim Abbott |
21,336 |
52.0 |
-21.5 |
$89,327 |
| |
New Democrat |
Brent Bush |
9,772 |
23.8 |
15.1 |
$32,311 |
| |
Liberal |
Ross Priest |
7,351 |
17.9 |
+3.2 |
$36,595 |
| |
Green |
Carmen Gustafson |
2,558 |
6.23 |
+3.2 |
|
| Total valid votes |
41,017 |
100.0 |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
130 |
0.3 |
-0.1 |
|
| Turnout |
41,147 |
65.1 |
-0.1 |
|
Note: 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 |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
Jim Abbott |
25,663 |
67.8 |
+5.9 |
|
| |
Liberal |
Delvin R. Chatterson |
5,581 |
14.7 |
-2.9 |
$18,971 |
| |
New Democrat |
Andrea Dunlop |
3,297 |
8.7 |
-5.5 |
$3,732 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Jerry Pirie |
2,165 |
5.7 |
+1.6 |
$340 |
| |
Green |
Jubilee Rose Cacaci |
1,158 |
3.1 |
+0.9 |
|
| Total valid votes |
37,864 |
100.0 |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
139 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
| Turnout |
38,003 |
65.2 |
+0.3 |
|
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Reform |
Jim Abbott |
22,387 |
61.9 |
|
$49,956 |
| |
Liberal |
Mark Shmigelsky |
6,373 |
17.6 |
|
$28,560 |
| |
New Democrat |
Greg Edwards |
5,133 |
14.2 |
|
$29,778 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Mark Palmer |
1,479 |
4.1 |
|
$322 |
| |
Green |
Anna Rowe |
786 |
2.2 |
|
|
| Total valid votes |
36,158 |
100 |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
131 |
0.4 |
|
|
| Turnout |
36,289 |
64.9 |
|
|
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[edit] See also
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