Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1890. It was originally a two-member riding until the 1875 election; from 1878, it was a one-member seat until its partition for the 1890 election into East Kootenay and West Kootenay. For the 1966 election, the riding-name was re-established, but the area described was only the East Kootenay and included none of the West Kootenay.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	John Andrew Mara	17	43.59%	unknown
	Independent	William Cosgrove Milby	9	23.08%	unknown
	Independent	Charles Todd	13	13.33%	unknown
Total valid votes			39	100.00%

1875 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Reform caucus	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	16	25.40%
	Reform caucus	Charles Gallagher	16	25.40%	Y
	Government	William Cosgrove Milby	15	23.80%
	Reform caucus	Arthur Wellesley Vowell	48	23.88%	Y
Total valid votes			63
To break a three-way tie, the Returning Officer cast the deciding votes for Gallagher and Vowell (Victoria Colonist 24 October 1875)

v t e 1878 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Opposition (?)	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	Accl.	Y
	Opposition (?)	Charles Gallagher	Accl.	Y
Total valid votes			187

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith	Accl.	--%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			--	--%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
¹ Seat reduced to one member from two.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	James Baker	111	60.00%	–	unknown
	Opposition	William M. Brown	74	40.00%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			185	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

Election results 1966–1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Robert Owen Jones	3,070	34.89%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay	2,123	24.13%		unknown
	NDP	Leo Thomas Nimsick	3,605	40.98%		unknown
Total valid votes			8.798	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	J. Harry Broadhurst	4,267	38.26%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Henry Nelson	2,604	23.35%		unknown
	NDP	Leo Thomas Nimsick	4,282	38.39%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,153	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			173
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harry Edwards Caldwell	1,872	13.64%		unknown
	NDP	Leo Thomas Nimsick	6,065	44.20%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ronald Powell	1,615	11.77%	–	unknown
	PC	David John Reeves	4,169	30.38%		unknown
Total valid votes			13,721	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			180
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	George Wayne Haddad	7,915	52.29%	–	unknown
	NDP	Leo Thomas Nimsick	7,223	47.71%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,138	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			220
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	PC	Roy Wilburn Paul	975	7.80%		unknown
	Social Credit	Terence Patrick Segarty	6,167	49.37%	–	unknown
	NDP	Douglas Wayne Right	5,350	42.83%		unknown
Total valid votes			12,492	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			102
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Harry Edwin Mathias	8,245	47.36%		unknown
	Liberal	Kory Palmer	374	1.99%		unknown
	Social Credit	Terence Patrick Segarty	8,819	50.65%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			17,411	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			208
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Kathleen Anne Edwards	8,000	47.94%		unknown
	Liberal	Paul R. Kershaw	539	3.23%		unknown
	Social Credit	Terence Patrick Segarty	7,649	45.84%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	James G. Smith	499	2.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			16,687	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			271
Turnout			%