Kootenay_West
Kootenay West
Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Not to be confused with Kootenay West (provincial electoral district) or West Kootenay (provincial electoral district).
Kootenay West was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988.
Quick Facts British Columbia electoral district, Defunct federal electoral district ...
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1914 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1917 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
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This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Kootenay riding.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Kootenay West—Revelstoke riding.
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Kootenay | ||||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Robert Francis Green | Government (Unionist) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Levi William Humphrey | Progressive | |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | William Esling | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | National Government | ||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | Independent Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Co-operative Commonwealth | ||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1961 | |||
| 1961–1962 | New Democratic | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Randolph Harding | New Democratic | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Robert Brisco | Progressive Conservative | |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Lyle Kristiansen | New Democratic | |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Robert Brisco | Progressive Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Kootenay West—Revelstoke | ||||
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More information 1984 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Brisco | 15,804 | 47.43 | +7.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lyle Kristiansen | 15,060 | 45.19 | +2.15 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Turnbull | 2,460 | 7.38 | -9.40 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,324 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +2.56 | ||||||
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More information 1980 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lyle Kristiansen | 12,232 | 43.04 | +3.21 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Brisco | 11,417 | 40.16 | -7.08 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter M. Kendall | 4,769 | 16.78 | +4.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,418 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +5.14 | ||||||
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More information 1979 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Brisco | 13,645 | 47.24 | +5.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lyle S. Kristiansen | 11,503 | 39.83 | +1.47 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter M. Kendall | 3,616 | 12.52 | -7.56 | ||||
| Libertarian | Valerie Phare-Smith | 119 | 0.41 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,883 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.10 | ||||||
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More information 1974 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Brisco | 12,575 | 41.57 | +10.01 | ||||
| New Democratic | Randolph Harding | 11,603 | 38.36 | -15.21 | ||||
| Liberal | Louis D. Maglio | 6,073 | 20.08 | +5.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 30,251 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +12.61 | ||||||
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More information 1972 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Randolph Harding | 15,633 | 53.57 | +8.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Brisco | 9,210 | 31.56 | +15.11 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul G. Moroso | 4,341 | 14.87 | -13.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,184 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.24 | ||||||
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More information 1968 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Randolph Harding | 12,181 | 44.95 | +5.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald F. Griffiths | 7,768 | 28.67 | +3.34 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce Arnesen | 4,457 | 16.45 | +5.36 | ||||
| Social Credit | Edward L. Brothers | 2,693 | 9.94 | -14.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,099 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.26 | ||||||
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More information 1965 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 8,481 | 39.09 | +1.60 | ||||
| Liberal | George B. Cady | 5,495 | 25.33 | +4.60 | ||||
| Social Credit | John Hobson | 5,313 | 24.49 | +5.06 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | T. Stan Horswill | 2,405 | 11.09 | -11.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,694 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -1.50 | ||||||
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More information 1963 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 8,595 | 37.49 | +0.66 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dewdney | 5,122 | 22.34 | -5.13 | ||||
| Liberal | George B. Cady | 4,752 | 20.73 | +8.66 | ||||
| Social Credit | Edith A. Van Maarion | 4,455 | 19.43 | -4.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,924 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +2.90 | ||||||
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More information 1962 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 8,303 | 36.83 | -6.63 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dewdney | 6,194 | 27.47 | -10.42 | ||||
| Social Credit | Leslie A. Read | 5,327 | 23.63 | +15.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Nicholas T. Oglow | 2,722 | 12.07 | +1.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,546 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.90 | ||||||
| Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. | ||||||||
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More information 1958 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 9,460 | 43.46 | -0.33 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | F. Dewdney | 8,248 | 37.89 | +20.97 | ||||
| Liberal | William Joseph McLoughlin | 2,306 | 10.59 | -2.58 | ||||
| Social Credit | J.H. Almack | 1,753 | 8.05 | -18.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,767 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | -10.65 | ||||||
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More information 1957 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 8,996 | 43.79 | -5.49 | ||||
| Social Credit | Donald Leslie Brothers | 5,366 | 26.12 | +4.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles H. Wright | 3,475 | 16.92 | +11.22 | ||||
| Liberal | William J. McLoughlin | 2,705 | 13.17 | -8.72 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,542 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | -5.20 | ||||||
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More information 1953 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 8,990 | 49.28 | -4.79 | ||||
| Liberal | Ian Somerville | 3,994 | 21.89 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | John Orville Bates | 3,871 | 21.22 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Alexander McRae | 1,040 | 5.70 | -40.23 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Matilda Hall Belanger | 347 | 1.90 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,242 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | -13.34 | ||||||
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More information 1949 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 9,794 | 54.07 | +7.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Robertson Corner | 8,319 | 45.93 | +15.96 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,113 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | -4.42 | ||||||
| Change for the Co-operative Commonwealth includes that of the Independent Co-operative Commonwealth. | ||||||||
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More information 1945 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 6,123 | 37.17 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stuart Stanley McDiarmid | 4,938 | 29.97 | -9.18 | ||||
| Liberal | James Draper | 3,802 | 23.08 | -0.84 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank F. Tracy | 1,611 | 9.78 | -27.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,474 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Independent Co-operative Commonwealth gain from National Government | Swing | +23.18 | ||||||
| Independent Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Herbert Wilfred Herridge gained 0.23 percentage points from the 1940 election, when he ran as an endorsed Co-operative Commonwealth candidate. | ||||||||
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More information 1940 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| National Government | William Kemble Esling | 6,771 | 39.15 | -3.06 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 6,389 | 36.94 | +5.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald MacDonald | 4,137 | 23.92 | -2.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,297 | 100.0 | ||||||
| National Government hold | Swing | -4.41 | ||||||
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More information 1935 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Kemble Esling | 4,995 | 42.21 | -12.52 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 3,689 | 31.18 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan Daniel McLean | 3,149 | 26.61 | -15.61 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,833 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -21.85 | ||||||
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More information 1930 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Kemble Esling | 7,699 | 54.73 | +0.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan Daniel McLean | 5,938 | 42.22 | -3.48 | ||||
| Franc Lib | Alfred Edward Watts | 429 | 3.05 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,066 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.96 | ||||||
| According to the Parliamentary website, Watts ran as a "Franc Lib" candidate. This appears to be an error. | ||||||||
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More information 1926 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Kemble Esling | 6,247 | 54.30 | -0.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Henry Gale | 5,257 | 45.70 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,504 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -22.94 | ||||||
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More information 1925 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Kemble Esling | 5,720 | 54.48 | +14.77 | ||||
| Progressive | Levi William Humphrey | 4,779 | 45.52 | -3.37 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,499 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Progressive | Swing | +9.07 | ||||||
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More information 1921 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive | Levi William Humphrey | 4,790 | 48.89 | – | ||||
| Conservative | William Oliver Rose | 3,890 | 39.71 | -23.47 | ||||
| Liberal | Roy Baird Staples | 1,117 | 11.40 | -8.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,797 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive gain from Government (Unionist) | Swing | +36.18 | ||||||
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More information 1917 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Government (Unionist) | Robert Francis Green | 5,377 | 63.18 | |||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Winfield Maxwell | 1,735 | 20.39 | |||||
| Labour | Irwin Amory Austin | 1,399 | 16.44 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,511 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Kootenay, where Conservative Robert Francis Green was the incumbent. | ||||||||
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