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Kootenay (federal electoral district)

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Kootenay
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1914
First contested1904
Last contested1912

Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1903 from the eastern part of Yale—Cariboo riding, namely areas part of the Kootenay Land District, whose boundaries formed the federal electoral district boundary, and also defined the Kootenay provincial riding's boundaries.

The federal Kootenay riding was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Kootenay East and Kootenay West ridings.

Members of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Yale—Cariboo
10th  1904–1908     William Alfred Galliher Liberal
11th  1908–1911     Arthur Samuel Goodeve Conservative
12th  1911–1912
 1912–1917     Robert Francis Green Conservative
Riding dissolved into Kootenay East and Kootenay West

Election results

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Canadian federal by-election, 30 May 1912
On the appointment of Arthur Goodeve to Railway Commissioner for Canada, 4 May 1912
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative R.F. Green acclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Samuel Goodeve 4,113 57.51 +10.54
Liberal James Horace King 3,039 42.49 +9.66
Total valid votes 7,152 100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +0.44
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Samuel Goodeve 3,109 46.97 +10.98
Liberal Smith Curtis 2,173 32.83 -18.63
Socialist William Davidson 1,337 20.20
Total valid votes 6,619 100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.80
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal William A. Galliher 2,551 51.46
Conservative Chas.H. Mackintosh 1,784 35.99
Unknown James A. Baker 622 12.55
Total valid votes 4,957 100.0  
This riding was created from Yale—Cariboo, where Liberal William Alfred Galliher was the incumbent.

See also

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