West Kootenay-Boundary

Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

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.

For other historical and current ridings in the Kootenay and Boundary Countries please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 2001	44,794
Population Change, 1996–2001	-2.6%
Area (km²)	9,926
Pop. Density (people per km²)	4.5

Geography

History

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Katrine Conroy, who was first elected in 2005 and represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. She continues to hold the seat after the riding was renamed as Kootenay West, having won four additional elections.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
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%

B.C. General Election 2001: West Kootenay-Boundary
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%