| Kootenay West | |
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 2008 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2009 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2020 |
| Prov-Rep: | Katrine Conroy |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
| Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | British Columbia New Democratic Party |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2006 |
| Demo-Pop: | 39713 |
| Demo-Area: | 12015.60 |
| Demo-Cd: | Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, Regional District of Central Kootenay |
| Demo-Csd: | Castlegar, Trail, Nakusp |
Kootenay West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election.
The riding is seen as a safe NDP seat; the party has won 12 out of the last 13 elections. Before the NDP victory in 1972, the riding voted consistently for Social Credit.
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Kootenay-Monashee.[1]
As of the 2020 provincial election, Kootenay West comprises the western portion of the Regional District of Central Kootenay and the southeastern portion of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. It is located in southern British Columbia and is bordered by Washington, United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Fruitvale, and Nakusp.[2]
On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Its MLA incumbent is Katrine Conroy, British Columbia New Democratic Party initially elected during the 2005 election to the West Kootenay-Boundary riding in British Columbia, Canada. Before 2001, the bulk of this riding was part of the Rossland-Trail riding.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland-Trail | |||||
| 16th | 1924-1928 | James Hargrave Schofield | Conservative | ||
| 17th | 1928-1933 | ||||
| 18th | 1933-1937 | Richard Ronald Burns | Liberal | ||
| 19th | 1937-1941 | ||||
| 20th | 1941-1945 | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | ||
| 21st | 1945-1949 | James Lockhart Webster | Coalition | ||
| 22nd | 1949-1952 | Alexander Douglas Turnbull | |||
| 23rd | 1952-1953 | Robert Edward Sommers | Social Credit | ||
| 24th | 1953-1956 | ||||
| 25th | 1956-1960 | ||||
| 26th | 1960-1963 | Donald Leslie Brothers | |||
| 27th | 1963-1966 | ||||
| 28th | 1966-1969 | ||||
| 29th | 1969-1972 | ||||
| 30th | 1972-1975 | Christopher D'Arcy | New Democratic | ||
| 31st | 1975-1979 | ||||
| 32nd | 1979-1983 | ||||
| 33rd | 1983-1986 | ||||
| 34th | 1986-1991 | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Ed Conroy | |||
| 36th | 1996–2001 | ||||
| West Kootenay-Boundary | |||||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Sandy Santori | Liberal | ||
| 38th | 2005–2009 | Katrine Conroy | New Democratic | ||
| Kootenay West | |||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Katrine Conroy | New Democratic | ||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | ||||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | ||||
| 42nd | 2020–present | ||||
|-|NDP|Katrine Conroy|align="right"|12,126|align="right"|66.65%|align="right"||align="right"|$56,860|-|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,193!align="right"|100%|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|88!align="right"|0.48%|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout!align="right"|18,281!align="right"|59.10%|}