- Kootenay West
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For the extant provincial electoral district, see Kootenay West (provincial electoral district). For the defunct provincial electoral district West Kootenay, which elected members to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1890 election, see West Kootenay (provincial electoral district).
Kootenay West was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Kootenay riding.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Kootenay West—Revelstoke riding.
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1917 Party Candidate Votes Government Robert Francis Green 5,377 Opposition Winfield Maxwell 1,735 Labour Irwin Amory Austin 1,399 Canadian federal election, 1921 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Levi William Humphrey 4,790 Conservative William Oliver Rose 3,890 Liberal Roy Baird Staples 1,117 Canadian federal election, 1925 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Kemble Esling 5,720 Progressive Levi William Humphrey 4,779 Canadian federal election, 1926 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Kemble Esling 6,247 Liberal Robert Henry Gale 5,257 Canadian federal election, 1930 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Kemble Esling 7,699 Liberal Duncan Daniel McLean 5,938 Franc Lib1 429 1 Note: according to the Parliamentary website, Watts ran as a "Franc Lib" candidate. This appears to be an error.
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Kemble Esling 4,995 Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Wilfred Herridge 3,689 Liberal Duncan Daniel McLean 3,149 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes National Government William Kemble Esling 6,771 Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Wilfred Herridge 6,389 Liberal Donald MacDonald 4,137 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes Independent CCF Herbert Wilfred Herridge 6,123 Progressive Conservative Stuart Stanley McDiarmid 4,938 Liberal James Draper 3,802 Co-operative Commonwealth Frank F. Tracy 1,611 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Wilfred Herridge 9,794 Progressive Conservative John Robertson Corner 8,319 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Wilfred Herridge 8,990 Liberal Ian Somerville 3,994 Social Credit John Orville Bates 3,871 Progressive Conservative Thomas Alexander McRae 1,040 Labour-Progressive Matilda Hall Belanger 347 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Wilfred Herridge 8,996 Social Credit Donald Leslie Brothers 5,366 Progressive Conservative Charles H. Wright 3,475 Liberal William J. McLoughlin 2,705 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Wilfred Herridge 9,460 Progressive Conservative F. Dewdney 8,248 Liberal William Joseph McLoughlin 2,306 Social Credit J.H. Almack 1,753 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes New Democrat Herbert Wilfred Herridge 8,303 Progressive Conservative Peter Dewdney 6,194 Social Credit Leslie A. Read 5,327 Liberal Nicholas T. Oglow 2,722 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes New Democrat Herbert Wilfred Herridge 8,595 Progressive Conservative Peter Dewdney 5,122 Liberal George B. Cady 4,752 Social Credit Edith A. Van Maarion 4,455 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes New Democrat Herbert Wilfred Herridge 8,481 Liberal George B. Cady 5,495 Social Credit John Hobson 5,313 Progressive Conservative T. Stan Horswill 2,405 Canadian federal election, 1968 Party Candidate Votes New Democrat Randolph Harding 12,181 Liberal Donald F. Griffiths 7,768 Progressive Conservative Bruce Arnesen 4,457 Social Credit Edward L. Brothers 2,693 Canadian federal election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes New Democrat Randolph Harding 15,633 Progressive Conservative Bob Brisco 9,210 Liberal Paul G. Moroso 4,341 Canadian federal election, 1974 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Robert Brisco 12,575 New Democrat Randolph Harding 11,603 Liberal Louis D. Maglio 6,073 Canadian federal election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Robert Brisco 13,645 New Democrat Lyle S. Kristiansen 11,503 Liberal Peter M. Kendall 3,616 Libertarian Valerie Phare-Smith 119 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes New Democrat Lyle Kristiansen 12,232 Progressive Conservative Bob Brisco 11,417 Liberal Peter M. Kendall 4,769 Canadian federal election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Robert Brisco 15,804 New Democrat Lyle Kristiansen 15,060 Liberal Jean Turnbull 2,460 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct British Columbia federal electoral districts
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