Kootenay West—Revelstoke was a federal
electoral district
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in
British Columbia
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from
Kootenay West riding. It was eliminated in 1996 when it was merged into the new riding of
West Kootenay—Okanagan
British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior, Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and West Kootenay—Okanagan) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada, provi ...
.
It consisted of Electoral Area B of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, the city of
Revelstoke, the northwest part of the Central Kootenay Regional District, and the eastern part of the Kootenay Boundary Regional District.
Members of Parliament
Election results
See also
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List of Canadian electoral districts
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia
Revelstoke, British Columbia
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