East Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

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East Kootenay is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kootenay East, which encompassed a somewhat larger area.

East Kootenay's predecessor (and that of its onetime sibling, West Kootenay) was the original Kootenay riding. This area today is also represented by a riding named Kootenay, but the riding by that name now only covers the East Kootenay. In the interim other ridings in this area have been Fernie, Columbia and Columbia River.

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

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 1999 Redistribution
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 Electoral History 1890-94
7 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	38,503
Population Change, 1996-2001	0.7%
Area (km²)	10,275
Pop. Density (people per km²)	3.7

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] 1999 Redistribution

Small addition to western border. Change name from Kootenay to East Kootenay

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Bill Bennett, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 East Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Bill Bennett	8,060	48.01%
	NDP	Erda Walsh	7,339	43.72%
	Green	Luke Gurbin	1,389	8.27%
Total			16,788	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: East Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Bill Bennett	10,206	61.85%		$41,778
	NDP	Erda Walsh	3,638	22.05%		$41,196
	Unity	Bruce Parke	651	3.95%		$100
	Green	Joni Krats	1,287	7.80%		$509
	Marijuana	Fred Sima	718	4.35%		$844
Total Valid Votes			16,500	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			59	0.36%
Turnout			16,559	68.76%

B.C. General Election 1996: Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Erda Walsh	6,398	38.59%		$50,043
	BC Liberal	Ron Tarr	5,887	35.50%		$43,761
	BC Reform	Wilf Hanni	3,718	22.42%		$27,845
	Green	Casey Brennan	363	2.19%		$100
	Independent	Marko Makar	215	1.30%		$2,707
Total Valid Votes			16,581	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			62	0.37%
Turnout			16,643	68.15%

B.C. General Election 1991: Kootenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Anne Edwards	7,352	46.49%		$44,609
	Social Credit	Terry P. Segarty	5,014	31.70%		$69,607
	BC Liberal	William (Bill) G. Hills	3,450	21.81%		$2,581
Total Valid Votes			15,816	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			296	1.84%
Turnout			16,112	73.94%

[edit] Electoral History 1890-94

East Kootenay existed as a riding name in the 1890 and 1894 general elections. Results for that riding are as follows:

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	James Baker	250	60.10%		unknown
	Opposition	Nicolai Christian Schou	166	39.90%		unknown
Total valid votes			416	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

6th British Columbia election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Government	James Baker	145	50.70%		unknown
	Opposition	Charles Law	141	49.30%		unknown
Total valid votes			286	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

[edit] External links

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