West Kootenay-Nelson

West Kootenay-Nelson

West Kootenay-Nelson was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1898 to 1903.

For other ridings named Kootenay or in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Geography

History

Notable MLAs

Election results

"Note: Winner of election is in" bold.
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Conservative
Frank Fletcher
align="right"|508
align="right"|32.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Liberal 1
George Arthur Benjamin Hall
align="right"|293
align="right"|18.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive
John Houston
align="right"|747
align="right"|48.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Samuel Augustus Rogers
align="right"|289
align="right"|29.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,548 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Also listed as a Government supporter.

For the 1903 election this riding was renamed Nelson City.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]


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