Kootenay—Columbia

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia


caption = Kootenay—Columbia in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59012
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Jim Abbott
fed-rep-link = Jim Abbott (politician)
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 86811
demo-electors = 63571
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 63831
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Kimberley, East Kootenay C, Creston, Central Kootenay B, Fernie, Golden, Sparwood, Columbia-Shuswap A

Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

Consisting of:
* the Regional District of East Kootenay;
* those parts of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising:
** the village of Nakusp;
** the Town of Creston;
** subdivisions A, B, C and K;
** that part of Subdivision D lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southwesterly production of Cooper Creek with the easterly limit of Subdivision H of the Regional District of Central Kootenay; thence generally northeasterly along said production and said creek to the Duncan River; thence northerly along said river to Hamill Creek; thence generally northeasterly along said creek and its production to the easterly limit of Subdivision D of said regional district;
*those parts of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising:
**the City of Revelstoke;
**the Town of Golden;
**subdivisions A and B.

History

This district was created in 1996 from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke ridings.

It was amended in 2003 to include a small part of Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

* 1997-present: Jim Abbott - Conservative - He previously represented Kootenay East.

Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Jim Abbott, a former businessman. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Adjacent ridings

* British Columbia Southern Interior
* Kamloops—Thompson
* Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
* North Okanagan—Shuswap
* Okanagan—Shuswap
* Southern Interior

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1021 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59009 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]