Revelstoke-Slocan

Revelstoke-Slocan was the name of 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.

For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).

Notable MLAs

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

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	2,020	41.81%	–	unknown
	Independent	David Roy Collier	105	2.17%		unknown
	New Democratic	Randolph Harding	2,158	44.67%		unknown
	Liberal	George Wilfred Laforme	548	11.34%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,831	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			32
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	3,103	50.62%	–	unknown
	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			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	2,580	37.55%	–	unknown
	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			%

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
	Social Credit	Sam Olynyk	3,013	40.56%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			7,429	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99
Turnout			%

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.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

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