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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.

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.

For other historical and current ridings in the Kootenay and Boundary Countries please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

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Population, 2001 44,794
Population Change, 1996–2001 -2.6%
Area (km²) 9,926
Pop. Density (people per km²) 4.5

Geography

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History

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Member of the Legislative Assembly

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Its MLA is Katrine Conroy, who was first elected in 2005 and represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. She continues to hold the seat after the riding was renamed as Kootenay West, having won four additional elections.

Election results

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B.C. General Election 2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  NDP Katrine Conroy 13,318 60.26% $51,387
Liberal Pam Lewin 6,180 27.96% $97,658
Green Donald Pharand 1,561 7.06% $1,879
Conservative Barry Edward Chilton 802 3.63% $1,170
  No Affiliation Glen David Millar 180 0.81% $100
Bloc A.J. van Leur 59 0.27% $100
Total valid votes 22,100
Total rejected ballots 123 0.56%
Turnout 22,223 68.6%
B.C. General Election 2001: West Kootenay-Boundary
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Sandy Santori 10,784 49.74% $48,035
  NDP Ed Conroy 6,915 31.89% $26,686
Green Patricia Pépé 2,004 9.24% $961
Unity Mark McLaren 1,139 5.25% $3,582
Marijuana Brian Taylor 840 3.88% $100
Total valid votes 21,682 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 71 0.33%
Turnout 21,753 74.42%
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