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).

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

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 Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	2,020	41.81%	–	unknown
	Independent	David Roy Collier	105	2.17%		unknown
	New Democratic	Randolph Harding	2,158	44.67%		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 Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	3,103	50.62%	–	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 Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	2,580	37.55%	–	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 Credit	Sam Olynyk	3,013	40.56%	–	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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