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 CreditBurton Peter Campbell2,02041.81%unknown
  Independent David Roy Collier 105 2.17% unknown
New DemocraticRandolph Harding2,15844.67%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 CreditBurton Peter Campbell3,10350.62%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 CreditBurton Peter Campbell2,58037.55%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 CreditSam Olynyk3,01340.56%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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