Cranbrook is a city in southeast British Columbia,Canada,located approximately 10 km southwest of the confluence of the Kootenay River and the St. Mary's River. It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2021,Cranbrook's population is 20,499 with a census agglomeration population of 27,040. It is the location of the headquarters of the Regional District of East Kootenay and also the location of the regional headquarters of various provincial ministries and agencies,notably the Rocky Mountain Forest District.
Corky Evans is a former Canadian provincial politician in British Columbia,Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia,placing second both times. In both cases,the party formed the government of British Columbia and its leader became Premier of British Columbia. He served in several cabinet ministries.
Kootenay-Rockies is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada from 2001 to 2009.
James Horace King,was a Canadian physician and parliamentarian.
Norm Macdonald is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 38th,39th and 40th Parliament of British Columbia,from 2005 to 2017. As a member of the BC New Democratic Party,he was elected to represent the riding of Columbia River-Revelstoke in the 2005 provincial election and re-elected in the 2009 election and 2013 election. Macdonald introduced one private member bill,the British Columbia Open Mining Act,2014,that would have amended the Mines Act to create a Public Electronic Registry to make all mine-related applications,licences,permits,and inspection reports to be publicly visible. In all those parliaments his NDP formed the official opposition and Macdonald acted as their critic on various issues,including municipal affairs,then critic for tourism,sport and arts,and then education during the 38th Parliament of British Columbia,then forests and natural resource operations in the 39th and 40th Parliaments. During the 2011 and the 2014 NDP leadership elections,Macdonald endorsed Mike Farnworth,though Adrian Dix and John Horgan became the leaders of the BC NDP.
Katrine Conroy is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Kootenay West as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2017,currently as Minister of Finance.
William Bennett is a former Canadian politician. From 2001 until 2017,Bennett represented the riding of Kootenay East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. As part of the BC Liberal Party caucus,he served in several cabinet posts under Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
Susan Brice is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Saanich South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party,and served in the cabinet of Premier Gordon Campbell. She has served as a member of the Saanich District Council since 2005,and was previously mayor and councillor in Oak Bay.
Michelle Mungall is a Canadian politician,who represented the Nelson-Creston electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 to 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2009 election and re-elected in the 2013 and 2017 elections. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) she served in the Executive Council as the Minister for Energy,Mines and Petroleum Resources,and for several months in 2020 as the Minister of Jobs,Economic Development and Competitiveness. In the ministerial role she led the government through adopting the Zero- Emission Vehicles Act to require that by the year 2040 all new light-duty vehicle sales in BC must be zero-emission vehicles. She also led the government through amending several energy,mines and petroleum resource-related acts,including implementing recommendations from a comprehensive review of BC Hydro.
Roy Edward Conroy was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Rossland-Trail in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001. He was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
David Wilks is a Canadian politician,currently serving as the mayor of Sparwood,British Columbia following a term as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada. He was elected in the Kootenay—Columbia riding as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2011 election. In the 41st Canadian Parliament,Wilks was appointed to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and introduced one piece of legislation,a private members bill called An Act to amend the Criminal Code(C-299) which sought a minimum sentence of five years in prison for someone convicted of kidnapping a person under the age of 16.
Leo Thomas Nimsick was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.
Terence Patrick Segarty is an Irish-born mechanic,businessman and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986 as a Social Credit member.
Thomas Donald Caven was a Canadian politician and railway employee. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1909 to 1916,representing Cranbrook.
Wayne L. Stetski is a Canadian politician and former provincial park Regional Manager. He served as the Member of Parliament for Kootenay—Columbia in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. He was elected to that position in the 2015 Canadian federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party. During that parliament he sponsored two private member bills:one to make the Friday before Thanksgiving Day be known as "National Local Food Day" and another to add various lakes and rivers to Navigable Waters Protection Act. Stetski acted as the NDP Critic for National Parks for the duration of the 42nd Canadian Parliament. He was defeated in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Katrina Chen is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Lougheed in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017. She was the first Taiwanese-Canadian elected and appointed to the B.C. Cabinet and Executive Council as the Minister of State for Child Care from 2017 to 2022. She was the Chair of the Child Care Working Group and served on many Cabinet committees including the Covid Working Group,Priorities and Accountability Committee and Social Initiatives Committee. She was also the Co-Chair for Premier David Eby's leadership campaign in 2022. Throughout her career and activism,Chen has always been a strong advocate for equity.
Thomas Glenn Shypitka is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Kootenay East as a member of the BC United caucus. In Opposition,he has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Energy and Mines;Energy,Mines and Low Carbon Innovation;and Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
Niki Sharma is a Canadian politician and lawyer,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Hastings as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and serves as Attorney General of British Columbia.
Brittny Anderson is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Nelson-Creston as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
