Revelstoke-Slocan

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Revelstoke-Slocan was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia, Canada, from 1966 to 1986. The riding was formed from a merger of the Revelstoke riding with the Slocan riding. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.

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Notable MLAs

William Stewart King served as Minister of Labour in the 1972 NDP government.

Electoral history

The riding was redistributed after the 1975 election. In 1979 the area was in the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding while the Slocan area became represented by Nelson-Creston.

Note: Winners in each election are inbold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Burton Peter Campbell 2,02041.81%unknown
 IndependentDavid Roy Collier1052.17%unknown
New Democratic Randolph Harding 2,15844.67%unknown
  Liberal George Wilfred Laforme54811.34%unknown
Total valid votes4,831100.00%
Total rejected ballots32
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Burton Peter Campbell 3,10350.62%unknown
  New Democrat William Stewart King2,61142.59%unknown
  Liberal Douglas Charles Stewart4166.79%unknown
Total valid votes6,130100.00%
Total rejected ballots44
Turnout%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Burton Peter Campbell 2,58037.55%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Margaret Rose Illman1582.30%unknown
  New Democrat William Stewart King 3,74854.56%unknown
  Liberal Bernard Charles Lavallee3845.59%unknown
Total valid votes6,870100.00%
Total rejected ballots60
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Ronald Harvey Holoday4285.76%unknown
  New Democrat William Stewart King 3,98853.68%unknown
Social Credit Sam Olynyk 3,01340.56%unknown
Total valid votes7,429100.00%
Total rejected ballots99
Turnout%

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