Kootenay (electoral district)
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Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917.
This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Yale—Cariboo riding.
It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into East Kootenay and West Kootenay ridings.
It consisted of the provincial electoral districts of Cranbrook, Columbia, Fernie, Kaslo, Nelson, Revelstoke, Rossland, Slocan and Ymir.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | GALLIHER, William A. | 2,551 | ||||
| Conservative | MACKINTOSH, Chas.H. | 1,784 | ||||
| Unknown | BAKER, James A. | 622 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1908 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | GOODEVE, Arthur Samuel | 3,109 | ||||
| Liberal | CURTIS, Smith | 2,173 | ||||
| Socialist | DAVIDSON, William | 1,337 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1911 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | GOODEVE, Arthur Samuel | 4,113 | ||||
| Liberal | KING, James Horace | 3,039 | ||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 30 May 1912 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | GREEN, R.F. | acclaimed | ||||
| Held after Mr. Goodeve was appointed Railway Commissioner for Canada on 4 May 1912. | ||||||
