West Kootenay-Boundary

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West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, from 2001 to 2009.

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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.

Demographics

Population, 200144,794
Population Change, 1996–2001-2.6%
Area (km²)9,926
Pop. Density (people per km²)4.5

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (|MLA) was Katrine Conroy, who was first elected in 2005 and represented the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
PartyCandidateVotes%±Expenditures
  NDP Katrine Conroy 13,31860.26%$51,387
Liberal Pam Lewin6,18027.96%$97,658
Green Donald Pharand1,5617.06%$1,879
Conservative Barry Edward Chilton 8023.63%$1,170
 No AffiliationGlen David Millar1800.81%$100
BlocA.J. van Leur590.27%$100
Total valid votes22,100
Total rejected ballots1230.56%
Turnout22,22368.6%
B.C. General Election 2001: West Kootenay-Boundary
PartyCandidateVotes%±Expenditures
Liberal Sandy Santori 10,78449.74%$48,035
  NDP Ed Conroy 6,91531.89%$26,686
Green Patricia Pépé2,0049.24%$961
Unity Mark McLaren1,1395.25%$3,582
Marijuana Brian Taylor8403.88%$100
Total valid votes21,682100.00%
Total rejected ballots710.33%
Turnout21,75374.42%

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