Shuswap-Revelstoke

Shuswap-Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1991. The riding was formed by merging the northern portions of the Revelstoke-Slocan 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

Electoral history

, Progressive Conservative
, Harold A. Smiley
, align="right", 1,557
, align="right", 7.01%
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!align="right", 22,219
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!align="right", 293
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, New Democrat
, William Stewart King
, align="right", 12,340
, align="right", 45.56%
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, Liberal
, Basil Edward Studer
, align="right", 642
, align="right", 2.37%
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!align="right", 27,084
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!align="right", 320
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, New Democrat
, Gordon S. Priestman
, align="right", 10,768
, align="right", 44.40
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, Liberal
, Basil Edward Studer
, align="right", 786
, align="right", 3.24%
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!align="right", 24,253
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!align="right", 452
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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.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1979-1991

Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia