Revelstoke-Slocan

Revelstoke-Slocan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding was formed from a merger of the Revelstoke riding with the Slocan riding. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.

Notable MLAs

William Stewart King served as Minister of Labour in the 1972 NDP government.

Electoral history

The riding was redistributed after the 1975 election. In 1979 the area was in the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding while the Slocan area became represented by Nelson-Creston.

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

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28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Independent	David Roy Collier	105	2.17%		unknown	Liberal	George Wilfred Laforme	548	11.34%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,831	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			32
Turnout			%

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29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
New Democrat	William Stewart King	2,611	42.59%		unknown	Liberal	Douglas Charles Stewart	416	6.79%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,130	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			44
Turnout			%

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30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Progressive Conservative	Margaret Rose Illman	158	2.30%		unknown	New Democrat	William Stewart King	3,748	54.56%		unknown	Liberal	Bernard Charles Lavallee	384	5.59%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,870	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			60
Turnout			%

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31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Ronald Harvey Holoday	428	5.76%		unknown	New Democrat	William Stewart King	3,988	53.68%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,429	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99
Turnout			%

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns