Kootenay West—Revelstoke
Kootenay West—Revelstoke was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from Kootenay West riding. It was eliminated in 1996 when it was merged into the new riding of West Kootenay—Okanagan.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1987 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1988 |
| Last contested | 1993 |
It consisted of Electoral Area B of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, the city of Revelstoke, the northwest part of the Central Kootenay Regional District, and the eastern part of the Kootenay Boundary Regional District.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Kootenay West | ||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Lyle Kristiansen | New Democratic | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Jim Gouk | Reform | |
| Riding dissolved into West Kootenay—Okanagan | ||||
Election results
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Reform | Jim Gouk | 11,348 | 32.49 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Garry Jenkins | 10,620 | 30.41 | +14.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Heather Suggitt | 5,443 | 15.58 | −30.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blair Suffredine | 3,109 | 8.90 | −27.08 | ||||
| National | Bev Collins | 2,983 | 8.54 | – | ||||
| Green | Jack Ross | 809 | 2.32 | +0.41 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Brian Zacharias | 346 | 0.99 | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Michèle Roy | 191 | 0.55 | – | ||||
| Canada Party | Greg Eyolfson | 79 | 0.23 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,928 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Reform gain from New Democratic | Swing | +8.82 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Lyle Kristiansen | 16,381 | 46.54 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Brisco | 12,667 | 35.98 | |||||
| Liberal | Garry R. Jenkins | 5,479 | 15.56 | |||||
| Green | Michael Brown | 674 | 1.91 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 35,201 | 100.00 | ||||||
| This riding was created from part of Kootenay West, where Progressive Conservative Robert Brisco was the incumbent. | ||||||||
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