Kootenay West (provincial electoral district)

Kootenay West

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Katrine Conroy New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	39,713
Area (km²)	12,015.60
Pop. density (per km²)	3.3
Census divisions	Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, Regional District of Central Kootenay
Census subdivisions	Castlegar, Trail, Nakusp

Not to be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kootenay West (1917-1988) or provincial district of West Kootenay (1890-1894)

Kootenay West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect in the ensuing election.

The riding is seen as a safe NDP seat; the party has won 9 out of the last 10 elections. Before the NDP victory in 1972, the riding voted consistently for Social Credit.

Member of Legislative Assembly

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.

Parliament	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	CCF
21st	1945-1949		James Lockhart Webster	Coalition
22nd	1949-1952		Alexander Douglas Turnbull	Coalition
23rd	1952-1953		Robert Edward Sommers	Social Credit
24th	1953-1956
25th	1956-1960
26th	1960-1963		Donald Leslie Brothers	Social Credit
27th	1963-1966
28th	1966-1969
29th	1969-1972
30th	1972-1975		Christopher D'Arcy	NDP
31st	1975-1979
32nd	1979-1983
33rd	1983-1986
34th	1986-1991
35th	1991–1996		Ed Conroy	NDP
36th	1996–2001
West Kootenay-Boundary
37th	2001–2005		Sandy Santori	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Katrine Conroy	NDP
Kootenay West
39th	2009–2013		Katrine Conroy	NDP
40th	2013–present

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Kootenay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Katrine Conroy	11,349	63.01	-3.66%	$75,493
	Liberal	Jim Postnikoff	3,841	21.33	-1.05%	$35,773
	Independent	Joseph Peter Hughes	2,391	13.27	n/a	$7,070
	Independent	Glen Curtis Byle	431	2.39	n/a	$920
Total Valid Votes			18,012	100
Total Rejected Ballots			86	0.48
Turnout			18,098	56.92

B.C. General Election 2009 Kootenay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Katrine Conroy	12,126	66.65%		$56,860
	Liberal	Brenda Binnie	4,072	22.38%		$53,116
	Green	Andy Morel	1,791	9.84%	–	$7,170
	Communist	Zachary Crispin	204	1.13%		$2,232
Total Valid Votes			18,193	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			88	0.48%
Turnout			18,281	59.10%