Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

:"For the provincial electoral district known as "Kootenay" in use from 1966 to 2001, see Kootenay East. For other provincial and federal ridings with this name, or which are or were in the same region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts)."

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.

Demographics

Geography

History

Notable MLAs

Election results

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Independent
John Andrew Mara
align="right"|17
align="right"|43.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
William Cosgrove Milby
align="right"|9
align="right"|23.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Charles Todd
align="right"|13
align="right"|13.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|39!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Reform caucus
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
align="right"|16
align="right"|25.40%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Reform caucus
Charles Gallagher
align="right"|16
align="right"|25.40%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
William Cosgrove Milby
align="right"|15
align="right"|23.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Reform caucus
Arthur Wellesley Vowell
align="right"|48
align="right"|23.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|63!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=6|To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875)
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Opposition (?)
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
align="right"|Accl.
align="right"|--%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition (?)
Charles Gallagher
align="right"|Accl.
align="right"|--%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|187!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Government
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
align="right"|Accl.
align="right"|--%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|--!align="right"|--%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat reduced to one member from two.

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Government
James Baker
align="right"|111
align="right"|60.00%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
William M. Brown
align="right"|74
align="right"|40.00%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|185!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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ources

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]


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