Kootenay-Monashee is a provincial electoral district in

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, Canada. It was established under the name Kootenay West by the '' Electoral Districts Act, 2008'' and first contested in the 2009 general election. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution. The riding is seen as a safe NDP seat; the party has won 12 out of the last 13 elections. Before the

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victory in

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, the riding voted consistently for

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Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Kootenay West comprised the western portion of the

Regional District of Central Kootenay The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 census, the population was 59,517. The area is 22,130.72 square kilometres. The administrative centre is locat ...

and the southeastern portion of the

Regional District of Kootenay Boundary The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is one of 28 regional districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 Canadian census, the population was 31,447. The area is 8,095.62 km2 (3,125.74 sq mi). The RDKB ...

. It is located in southern British Columbia and is bordered by Washington, United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of Castlegar,

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, Rossland, Fruitvale, and

Nakusp The Village of Nakusp () is located south of the mouth of Kuskanax Creek, on the Upper Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Lying between the Selkirk and Monashee ranges, the village is known for its nearb ...

Member of the Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Its MLA incumbent is

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initially elected during the

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to the

West Kootenay-Boundary West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative ''West Kootenay'' component) that had previo ...

riding in

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. Before 2001, the bulk of this riding was part of the

Rossland-Trail Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail, in the West Kootenay. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistr ...

riding.

Election results

Kootenay-Monashee

Kootenay West

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References

British Columbia provincial electoral districts Castlegar, British Columbia

Kootenay West Kootenay West was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1914 from parts o ...

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