British Columbia Southern Interior Explained

Province:British Columbia
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-District-Number:59026
Fed-Created:1996
Fed-Abolished:2013
Fed-Election-First:1997
Fed-Election-Last:2011
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:97952
Demo-Electors:74996
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Area:26248.34
Demo-Cd:Okanagan-Similkameen, Kootenay Boundary, Central Kootenay
Demo-Csd:Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Osoyoos, Oliver, Grand Forks, Okanagan-Similkameen C, Central Kootenay E, Central Kootenay F, Central Kootenay H,

British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior, Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and West Kootenay—Okanagan) was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.

Description

Regions included in the riding are the Similkameen, the southern half of the South Okanagan region, the Boundary Country, all of the West Kootenay region, the Slocan Valley, Lower (but not Upper) Arrow Lake, and including the east shore of Kootenay Lake from opposite Kaslo northwards.

Municipalities within the riding are Princeton, Keremeos, Oliver, Osoyoos, Greenwood, Grand Forks, Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, Castlegar, Nelson, Salmo, Slocan, New Denver, Silverton, and Kaslo.

History

This riding was created in 1996 as "West Kootenay—Okanagan" from parts of Kootenay West—Revelstoke and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt ridings.

It consisted of:

It was renamed "Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan" in 1998.

In the 2003 redistribution, the riding was replaced by the new riding of Southern Interior, with a small part being redistributed into Kootenay—Columbia and a small part added from Okanagan—Coquihalla.

In 2004, its name was changed to "British Columbia Southern Interior".

Members of Parliament

Election results

British Columbia Southern Interior

|- bgcolor="white"|align="left" colspan=2|NDP gain from Conservative|align="right"|Swing|align="right"|+15.6|align="right"|

West Kootenay—Okanagan

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Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]