Shuswap-Revelstoke

Shuswap-Revelstoke

Shuswap-Revelstoke 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 Shuswap riding. The successor riding for the Revelstoke area is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.

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

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in" bold.
Social Credit
Leonard Bawtree
align="right"|10,008
align="right"|45.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
William Stewart King
align="right"|10,654
align="right"|47.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Harold A. Smiley
align="right"|1,557
align="right"|7.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|22,219!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|293!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
William Stewart King
align="right"|12,340
align="right"|45.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Michael C. Clifford
align="right"|14,102
align="right"|52.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Basil Edward Studer
align="right"|642
align="right"|2.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|27,084 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|320!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Green
Constance Katherine (Connie) Harris
align="right"|397
align="right"|1.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Michael C. Clifford
align="right"|12,302
align="right"|50.72%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Gordon S. Priestman
align="right"|10,768
align="right"|44.40
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Basil Edward Studer
align="right"|786
align="right"|3.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|24,253 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|452!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Following the 1986 election the area was redistributed. The Shuswap area became the Shuswap riding while the Revelstoke area became part of Columbia River-Revelstoke.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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