West Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was formed along with East Kootenay from a redistribution of the old Kootenay riding, which was one of the province's original twelve.
| Population, 2001 | 38,503 | |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 0.7% | |
| Area (km2) | 10,275 | |
| Pop. Density (people per km2) | 3.7 |
The West Kootenay riding appeared as such only in the 1890 election. In 1894, due to a surge in population related to the "silver rush" in the Kootenays, the riding was redistributed into:
In 1898, the West Kootenay north and south ridings were further redistributed into four ridings:
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