Shuswap-Revelstoke
Appearance
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
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Political geography
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Electoral history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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New Democratic | William Stewart King | 10,654 | 47.95% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Leonard Bawtree | 10,008 | 45.04% | – | unknown | |
Progressive Conservative | Harold A. Smiley | 1,557 | 7.01% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 22,219 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 293 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | Cliff Michael | 14,102 | 52.07% | – | unknown | |
New Democrat | William Stewart King | 12,340 | 45.56% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Basil Edward Studer | 642 | 2.37% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 27,084 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 320 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | Cliff Michael | 12,302 | 50.72% | – | unknown | |
New Democrat | Gordon S. Priestman | 10,768 | 44.40 | unknown | ||
Liberal | Basil Edward Studer | 786 | 3.24% | unknown | ||
Green | Constance Katherine (Connie) Harris | 397 | 1.64% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 24,253 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 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.