Kootenay—Columbia

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Kootenay—Columbia
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
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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.

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[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 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%

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