Kootenay—Columbia

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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		Jim Abbott Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	86,811
Electors (2006)	63,571
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.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Member of Parliament 3 Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 Adjacent ridings 6 See also 7 External links

[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:
  • the City of Revelstoke;
  • the Town of Golden;
  • subdivisions A and B.

[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:

• 1997-present: Jim Abbott - Conservative - He previously represented Kootenay East.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Jim Abbott, a former businessman. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he has been serving as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation, and serving as a member on 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	59.6%	+5.2%	$53,536
	New Democrat	Leon R. Pendleton	8,892	22.6%	-3.2%	--
	Green	Ralph Moore	3,933	10.0%	+3.9%	$1,084
	Liberal	Betty Aitchison	3,044	7.8%	-5.6%	$1,960
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,271	100.0%		$99,498
Total rejected ballots			131	0.3%
Turnout			39,402

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Abbott	22,181	54.4%	+2.4%	$76,689
	New Democrat	Brent Bush	10,560	25.9%	+2.2%	$20.927
	Liberal	Jhim Burwell	5,443	13.3%	-4.7%	$8,240
	Green	Clements Verhoeven	2,490	6.1%	-0.2%	$3,632
	Canadian Action	Thomas Frederick Sima	132	0.3%	-	$0
Total valid votes			40,806	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			129	0.3%
Turnout			40,935	64.8%

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%
Turnout			41,147	65.1%

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%
Turnout			38,003	65.2%

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	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			131	0.4%
Turnout			36,289	64.9%

[edit] Adjacent ridings

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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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