West Kootenay-Boundary

West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, from 2001 to 2009.

The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative West Kootenay component) that had previously been in Rossland-Trail with the Boundary Country, which had been in the Okanagan-Boundary riding (1991–1996) and prior to that the Boundary-Similkameen riding.

Demographics

Population, 2001	44,794
Population Change, 1996–2001	-2.6%
Area (km²)	9,926
Pop. Density (people per km²)	4.5

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (|MLA) was Katrine Conroy, who was first elected in 2005 and represented the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 West Kootenay-Boundary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Katrine Conroy	13,318	60.26%		$51,387
	Liberal	Pam Lewin	6,180	27.96%		$97,658
	Green	Donald Pharand	1,561	7.06%	–	$1,879
	Conservative	Barry Edward Chilton	802	3.63%		$1,170
	No Affiliation	Glen David Millar	180	0.81%		$100
	Bloc	A.J. van Leur	59	0.27%		$100
Total valid votes			22,100
Total rejected ballots			123	0.56%
Turnout			22,223	68.6%

B.C. General Election 2001: West Kootenay-Boundary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sandy Santori	10,784	49.74%		$48,035
	NDP	Ed Conroy	6,915	31.89%		$26,686
	Green	Patricia Pépé	2,004	9.24%	–	$961
	Unity	Mark McLaren	1,139	5.25%		$3,582
	Marijuana	Brian Taylor	840	3.88%		$100
Total valid votes			21,682	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			71	0.33%
Turnout			21,753	74.42%

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• List of electoral districts in the Kootenays