West Kootenay South

West Kootenay South was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay (south riding)". It was formed from the division of the older Kootenay riding, one of the province's first twelve constituencies, which for the 1890 election was redistributed into:

The West Kootenay riding was further redistributed for the 1898 election into the ridings of:

For other ridings with the name Kootenay, or which were in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population
Population Change,  %
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Geography

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

7th British Columbia election, 1894
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
GovernmentGeorge Buchanan25839.15%unknown
OppositionJohn Frederick Hume40160.85%unknown
Total valid votes 659 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 55.37%

Sources

Elections BC historical returns

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