Kootenay—Columbia Explained

Province:	British Columbia
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	59015
Fed-Created:	1996
Fed-Election-First:	1997
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Rob Morrison
Fed-Rep-Party:	Conservative
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Census-Date:	2011
Demo-Pop:	107589
Demo-Electors:	91,652
Demo-Electors-Date:	2019
Demo-Area:	64336
Demo-Csd:	Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Kimberley, East Kootenay C, Creston, Central Kootenay B, Fernie, Golden, Sparwood, Columbia-Shuswap A, Nelson

Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies.^[2]

Geography

Consisting of:

• (a) the Regional District of East Kootenay;
• (b) that part of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising:
  • the villages of Kaslo and Salmo;
  • the Town of Creston;
  • the City of Nelson;
  • subdivisions A, B, C, D, E, F and G;
  • Creston Indian Reserve No. 1;
• (c) that part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising:
  • the City of Revelstoke;
  • the Town of Golden;
  • subdivisions A and B; and
• (d) Tobacco Plains Indian Reserve No. 2.

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The riding borders the US states of Idaho, Montana and Washington, more than any other Canadian riding.

History

This district was created in 1996 from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke ridings.

It was amended in 2003 to include a small part of Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kootenay—Columbia should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Kootenay—Columbia gains the communities of Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo and their respective surrounding areas from the current electoral district of British Columbia Southern Interior, while losing Nakusp and area to the new district of South Okanagan—West Kootenay and Needles and area to the new district of North Okanagan—Shuswap. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"

2021^[4]	2016^[5]		2011^[6]
European	103,130		98,250		96,335
Indigenous	9,040		7,865		6,305
South Asian	1,570		715		705
East Asian	1,555		1,290		1,220
Southeast Asian	1,360		890		385
African	630		460		255
Latin American	455		305		165
Middle Eastern	145		70		25
Other	270		255		245
Total responses	118,155		110,095		105,660
Total population	120,759		112,354		107,589

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament (MP) is Rob Morrison, first elected in 2019 as a Conservative candidate.

Election results

Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

2021 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
			27,552	43.62
			23,143	36.64
			5,648	8.94
			4,480	7.09
			2,341	3.71

Kootenay—Columbia

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
			26,447	50.09
			20,510	38.84
			3,395	6.43
			1,841	3.49
		Others	610	1.16

Adjacent ridings

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Website of the Local Riding Association - Conservative Party of Canada
  • Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Web site: Final Report – British Columbia - Redistribution Federal Electoral Districts . Redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca . 2017-07-11.
• Web site: Kootenay—Columbia – Commission's Report - Redistribution Federal Electoral Districts . Redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca . 2017-07-11.

Notes and References

1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
2. Web site: Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies–Final boundaries . FEDERAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS REDISTRIBUTION 2022.
3. Web site: Kootenay-Columbia. Elections Canada. 3 July 2015.
4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-02-14 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-02-14 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
6. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-02-14 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
7. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
8. Web site: Kootenay—Columbia, BC (2013 Rep. Order) ›› Pundits' Guide . 2015-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001011811/http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2144 . 2015-10-01 . dead .