Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Until 2025, the riding was known as Kootenay-Columbia.

Geography

Consisting of:

• (a) the Regional District of East Kootenay;
• (b) that part of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising:
  • the villages of Kaslo and Salmo;
  • the Town of Creston;
  • the City of Nelson;
  • subdivisions A, B, C, D, E, F and G;
  • Creston Indian Reserve No. 1;
• (c) that part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising:
  • the City of Revelstoke;
  • the Town of Golden;
  • subdivisions A and B; and
• (d) Tobacco Plains Indian Reserve No. 2.

The riding borders the US states of Idaho, Montana and Washington, more than any other Canadian riding.

History

This district was created in 1996 from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke ridings.

It was amended in 2003 to include a small part of Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kootenay—Columbia should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Kootenay—Columbia gains the communities of Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo and their respective surrounding areas from the current electoral district of British Columbia Southern Interior, while losing Nakusp and area to the new district of South Okanagan—West Kootenay and Needles and area to the new district of North Okanagan—Shuswap. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Kootenay—Columbia (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	103,130		98,250		96,335
Indigenous	9,040		7,865		6,305
South Asian	1,570		715		705
East AsianTemplate:Efn	1,555		1,290		1,220
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	1,360		890		385
African	630		460		255
Latin American	455		305		165
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	145		70		25
OtherTemplate:Efn	270		255		245
Total responses	118,155		110,095		105,660
Total population	120,759		112,354		107,589
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament (MP) is Rob Morrison, first elected in 2019 as a Conservative candidate.

Election results

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Graph of election results in Kootenay—Columbia (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	27,552	43.62
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	23,143	36.64
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	5,648	8.94
Template:Canadian party colour |	People's	4,480	7.09
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	2,341	3.71

Kootenay—Columbia

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	26,447	50.09
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	20,510	38.84
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	3,395	6.43
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	1,841	3.49
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	610	1.16

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Adjacent ridings

• British Columbia Southern Interior
• Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
• Okanagan—Shuswap

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Website of the Local Riding Association - Conservative Party of Canada Template:Webarchive
• Template:SCref
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

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