Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, from 1871 to 1890. It was originally a two-member riding until the 1875 election; from 1878, it was a one-member seat until its partition for the 1890 election into East Kootenay and West Kootenay. For the 1966 election, the riding-name was re-established, but the area described was only the East Kootenay and included none of the West Kootenay.

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1875 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Reform caucus	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	16	25.40%
	Reform caucus	Charles Gallagher	16	25.40%	Y
	Government	William Cosgrove Milby	15	23.80%
	Reform caucus	Arthur Wellesley Vowell	48	23.88%	Y
Total valid votes			63
To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875)

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v t e 1878 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Opposition (?)	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	Accl.	Y
	Opposition (?)	Charles Gallagher	Accl.	Y
Total valid votes			187

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The riding was partitioned for the 1894 election.

The riding-name was re-established in time for the 1966 election, but covered only the East Kootenay region rather than the entire Kootenays as had been the case in its first incarnation.

• Elections BC Historical Returns 1871-1986