Kootenay East (provincial electoral district)


Kootenay East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created before the 1966 election by the merger of Cranbrook and Fernie ridings, and despite its long period under the "Kootenay" moniker, never extended to cover more than a fraction of the whole "Kootenay" region.
For other historical or current ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay.

Demographics

Geography

History

2008 Redistribution

Addition of St. Mary's Indian Reserve.
Change name from East Kootenay to Kootenay East

1999 Redistribution

Small addition to western border.
Change name from Kootenay to East Kootenay

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Tom Shypitka. He was first elected in 2017. This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Election results

! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|16,788
!align="right"|100%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|111
!align="right"|0.66%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|16,899
!align="right"|60.03%