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2024 British Columbia general election: Kootenay-Rockies

Tom Shypitka
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kootenay East
In office May 9, 2017 –September 21, 2024
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pete Davis	8,217	42.71	–	$66,181.76
	Independent	Tom Shypitka	5,844	30.37	-27.0	$33,456.11
	New Democratic	Sam Atwal	4,184	21.75	-11.2	$23,254.71
	Green	Kerri Wall	996	5.18	-4.6	$11,054.43
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,241	99.89	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			21	0.11	–
Turnout			19,262	60.79	–
Registered voters			31,684
	Conservative notional gain from BC United		Swing		+34.9 [n 1]
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]

1. Swing against BC United incumbent Tom Shypitka, standing for re-election as an independent candidate.

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election : Kootenay East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Shypitka	9,897	57.90	+1.33	$38,182.15
	New Democratic	Wayne Stetski	5,499	32.17	+2.5	$19,605.32
	Green	Kerri Wall	1,697	9.93	−1.34	$3,805.90
Total valid votes			17,093	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [7] [8]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election : Kootenay East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Shypitka	9,666	56.57	−6.42	$53,655
	New Democratic	Randal Macnair	5,070	29.67	−7.34	$34,336
	Green	Yvonne Marie Prest	1,926	11.27	–	$2,412
	Libertarian	Keith D. Komar	425	2.49	–	$2,027
Total valid votes			17,087	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101	0.59
Turnout			17,188	55.71
Source: Elections BC [9]

References

1. "NDP loses key Kootenay seat to the B.C. Liberals" Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine . CBC News British Columbia, May 9, 2017.
2. "Tom Shypitka | Meet Our Councillors | Mayor and Council | Our City | City of Cranbrook". Archived from the original on 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
3. "Koe an instant Brier legend". Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune. March 19, 2010. p. 15. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
4. "BC election 2024 results: Kootenay-Rockies | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
5. "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
6. "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
7. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
8. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
9. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.