Kootenay (federal electoral district)

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Kootenay
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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1914
First contested 1904
Last contested1912

Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917.

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This riding was created in 1903 from the eastern part of Yale—Cariboo riding, namely areas part of the Kootenay Land District, whose boundaries formed the federal electoral district boundary, and also defined the Kootenay provincial riding's boundaries.

The federal Kootenay riding was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Kootenay East and Kootenay West ridings.

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Yale—Cariboo
10th  1904–1908   William Alfred Galliher Liberal
11th  1908–1911   Arthur Samuel Goodeve Conservative
12th  1911–1912
 1912–1917   Robert Francis Green Conservative
Riding dissolved into Kootenay East and Kootenay West

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, 30 May 1912
On the appointment of Arthur Goodeve to Railway Commissioner for Canada, 4 May 1912
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative R.F. Green acclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Samuel Goodeve 4,11357.51+10.54
Liberal James Horace King3,03942.49+9.66
Total valid votes7,152100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +0.44
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Samuel Goodeve 3,10946.97+10.98
Liberal Smith Curtis2,17332.83-18.63
Socialist William Davidson1,33720.20
Total valid votes6,619100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.80
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal William A. Galliher 2,55151.46
Conservative Chas.H. Mackintosh1,78435.99
UnknownJames A. Baker62212.55
Total valid votes4,957100.0  
This riding was created from Yale—Cariboo, where Liberal William Alfred Galliher was the incumbent.

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