British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior, Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and West Kootenay—Okanagan) was a federal

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in the

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, Canada, that had been represented in the

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from 1997 to 2015.

Description

Regions included in the riding are the Similkameen, the southern half of the

South Okanagan South Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan South. The ridi ...

region, the

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, all of the

West Kootenay The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. Boundaries The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootena ...

region, the

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, Lower (but not Upper) Arrow Lake, and including the east shore of

Kootenay Lake Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Kootenay River. The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s–70s, has changed ...

from opposite Kaslo northwards. Municipalities within the riding are

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, Greenwood,

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, Montrose, Fruitvale, Castlegar,

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, Slocan,

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, Silverton, and

Kaslo Kaslo is a village on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. A member municipality of the Central Kootenay Regional District, the name derives from the adjacent Kaslo River. Before the ...

History

This riding was created in 1996 as "West Kootenay—Okanagan" from parts of

Kootenay West—Revelstoke Kootenay West—Revelstoke was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from Kootenay West riding. It was eliminated in ...

and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt ridings. It consisted of: * Kootenay Boundary Regional District; * subdivisions A and B of Central Kootenay Regional District; and * the eastern part of Subdivision B of Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District. It was renamed "Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan" in 1998. In the 2003 redistribution, the riding was replaced by the new riding of Southern Interior, with a small part being redistributed into Kootenay—Columbia and a small part added from

Okanagan—Coquihalla Okanagan—Coquihalla was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Geography The electoral district included the towns of Penticton ...

. In 2004, its name was changed to "British Columbia Southern Interior".

Members of Parliament

Election results

British Columbia Southern Interior

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Southern Interior

Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan

West Kootenay—Okanagan

References

*
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996-1998)

Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1998-2003)

Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)

Expenditures - 2000

Expenditures – 1997

Expenditures - 2004

External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada

Riding map archived by Elections Canada
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