West Kootenay-Boundary
West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, from 2001 to 2009.
The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative West Kootenay component) that had previously been in Rossland-Trail with the Boundary Country, which had been in the Okanagan-Boundary riding (1991–1996) and prior to that the Boundary-Similkameen riding.
Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 44,794 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | -2.6% |
| Area (km²) | 9,926 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) | 4.5 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (|MLA) was Katrine Conroy, who was first elected in 2005 and represented the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Katrine Conroy | 13,318 | 60.26% | $51,387 | ||
| Liberal | Pam Lewin | 6,180 | 27.96% | $97,658 | ||
| Green | Donald Pharand | 1,561 | 7.06% | – | $1,879 | |
| Conservative | Barry Edward Chilton | 802 | 3.63% | $1,170 | ||
| No Affiliation | Glen David Millar | 180 | 0.81% | $100 | ||
| Bloc | A.J. van Leur | 59 | 0.27% | $100 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,100 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 123 | 0.56% | ||||
| Turnout | 22,223 | 68.6% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sandy Santori | 10,784 | 49.74% | $48,035 | ||
| NDP | Ed Conroy | 6,915 | 31.89% | $26,686 | ||
| Green | Patricia Pépé | 2,004 | 9.24% | – | $961 | |
| Unity | Mark McLaren | 1,139 | 5.25% | $3,582 | ||
| Marijuana | Brian Taylor | 840 | 3.88% | $100 | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,682 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 71 | 0.33% | ||||
| Turnout | 21,753 | 74.42% | ||||
See also
- List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- List of electoral districts in the Kootenays
References
External links
- BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
- Results of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures Archived March 12, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Archived May 13, 2005, at the Wayback Machine