Revelstoke-Slocan

Revelstoke-Slocan

Revelstoke-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding was formed from a merger of the Revelstoke riding with the Slocan riding. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.

For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

William Stewart King served as Minister of Labour in the 1972 NDP government.

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in" bold.
Social Credit
Burton Peter Campbell
align="right"|2,020
align="right"|41.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
David Roy Collier
align="right"|105
align="right"|2.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Randolph Harding
align="right"|2,158
align="right"|44.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
George Wilfred Laforme
align="right"|548
align="right"|11.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,831 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|32!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Social Credit
Burton Peter Campbell
align="right"|3,103
align="right"|50.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
William Stewart King
align="right"|2,611
align="right"|42.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Douglas Charles Stewart
align="right"|416
align="right"|6.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,130!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|44!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Social Credit
Burton Peter Campbell
align="right"|2,580
align="right"|37.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Margaret Rose Illman
align="right"|158
align="right"|2.30%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
William Stewart King
align="right"|3,748
align="right"|54.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Bernard Charles Lavallee
align="right"|384
align="right"|5.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|6,870 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|60!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Ronald Harvey Holoday
align="right"|428
align="right"|5.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
William Stewart King
align="right"|3,988
align="right"|53.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Sam Olynyk
align="right"|3,013
align="right"|40.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,429!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|99!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

The riding was redistributed after the 1975 election. In 1979 the area was in the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding while the Slocan area became represented by Nelson-Creston.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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