Home > Kootenay—Columbia

Population:

• 88,637

Eligible voters:

• 62,022

Geography:

• Consisting of the Regional District of East Kootenay; those parts of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprised of:
  • the village of Nakusp;
  • the Town of Creston ;
  • subdivisions A, B, C and K;
  • that part of Subdivision D lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southwesterly production of Cooper Creek with the easterly limit of Subdivision H of the Regional District of Central Kootenay; thence generally northeasterly along said production and said creek to the Duncan River; thence northerly along said river to Hamill Creek; thence generally northeasterly along said creek and its production to the easterly limit of Subdivision D of said regional district; and that part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprised of: the City of Revelstoke; the Town of Golden; subdivisions A and B.

Candidates for Kootenay—Columbia riding in 2004 Canadian election:

Elected: Jim Abbott ( Conservative Party of Canada)

• Brent Bush ( New Democratic Party)
• Carmen Gustafson ( Green Party of Canada)
• Ross Priest ( Liberal Party of Canada)

Adjacent Ridings:

• British Columbia Southern Interior
• Kamloops—Thompson
• Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
• North Okanagan—Shuswap
• Okanagan—Shushwap
• Southern Interior