Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia , Canada , from 1871 to 1890. It was originally a two-member riding until the 1875 election; from 1878, it was a one-member seat until its partition for the 1890 election into East Kootenay and West Kootenay . For the 1966 election, the riding-name was re-established, but the area described was only the East Kootenay and included none of the West Kootenay .
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Election results 1871-1890 [ ]
1875 British Columbia general election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Reform caucus
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
16
25.40%
Reform caucus
16
25.40%
Y
Government
William Cosgrove Milby
15
23.80%
Reform caucus
Arthur Wellesley Vowell
48
23.88%
Y
Total valid votes
63
To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875)
The riding was partitioned for the 1894 election.
Election results 1966-1986 [ ]
The riding-name was re-established in time for the 1966 election, but covered only the East Kootenay region rather than the entire Kootenays as had been the case in its first incarnation.
5th British Columbia election, 1966
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Social Credit
Robert Owen Jones
3,070
34.89%
–
unknown
Liberal
Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
2,123
24.13%
unknown
NDP
Leo Thomas Nimsick
3,605
40.98%
unknown
Total valid votes
8.798
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
5th British Columbia election, 1969
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Social Credit
J. Harry Broadhurst
4,267
38.26%
–
unknown
Liberal
Henry Nelson
2,604
23.35%
unknown
NDP
Leo Thomas Nimsick
4,282
38.39%
unknown
Total valid votes
11,712
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
5th British Columbia election, 1972
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Harry Edwards Caldwell
1,872
13.64%
unknown
NDP
Leo Thomas Nimsick
6,065
44.20%
unknown
Social Credit
Ronald Powell
1,615
11.77%
–
unknown
PC
David John Reeves
4,169
30.38%
unknown
Total valid votes
13,721
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
5th British Columbia election, 1979
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
PC
Roy Wilburn Paul
975
7.80%
unknown
Social Credit
Terence Patrick Segarty
6,167
49.37%
–
unknown
NDP
Douglas Wayne Right
5,350
42.83%
unknown
Total valid votes
12,492
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
5th British Columbia election, 1983
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
NDP
Harry Edwin Mathias
8,245
47.36%
unknown
Liberal
Kory Palmer
975
7.80%
unknown
Social Credit
Terence Patrick Segarty
8,819
50.65%
–
unknown
Total valid votes
12,492
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
%
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