| Kootenay-Rockies | |
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1966 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1966 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
| Prov-Rep: | Pete Davis |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Conservative |
| Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | BC United |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2001 |
| Demo-Pop: | 38503 |
| Demo-Area: | 10275 |
| Demo-Cd: | Regional District of East Kootenay |
| Demo-Csd: | Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford |
Kootenay-Rockies (name in effect from 2024 onwards, formerly Kootenay from 1966 to 2001, East Kootenay from 2001 to 2009 and Kootenay East from 2009 to 2024) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
The district was created before the 1966 election by the merger of Cranbrook and Fernie ridings, and despite its long period under the "Kootenay" moniker, never extended to cover more than a fraction of the whole "Kootenay" region. Post-2001, broadly similar territory was included under the successive names East Kootenay, Kootenay East and Kootenay-Rockies. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.[1]
For other historical or current ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
| Population, 2001 | 38,503 | |
| Population change, 1996–2001 | 0.7% | |
| Area (km2) | 10,275 | |
| Population density (people per km2) | 3.7 |
As of the 2020 provincial election, Kootenay East comprised the southern portion of the Regional District of East Kootenay. It is located in southeastern British Columbia and is bordered by Alberta to the east and Montana, United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, and Elkford.[2]
Addition of St. Mary's Indian Reserve. Change name from East Kootenay to Kootenay East
Small addition to western border.Change name from Kootenay to East Kootenay
Its MLA is Tom Shypitka. He was first elected in 2017. This riding has elected the following MLAs:
|-|- |NDP|Erda Walsh|align="right"|7,339|align="right"|43.72%|align="right"||align="right"|$54,902|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|16,788!align="right"|100%|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|111!align="right"|0.66%|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout!align="right"|16,899!align="right"|60.03%|}
|-|- |NDP|Erda Walsh|align="right"|3,638|align="right"|22.05%|align="right"||align="right"|$41,196
|- |NDP|Erda Walsh|align="right"|6,398|align="right"|38.59%|align="right"||align="right"|$50,043|-|Independent|Marko Makar|align="right"|215|align="right"|1.30%|align="right"||align="right"|$2,707
|- |NDP|Anne Edwards|align="right"|7,352|align="right"|46.49%|align="right"||align="right"|$44,609|-
|-|Liberal|Paul R. Kershaw|align="right"|539|align="right"|3.23%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Progressive Conservative|James G. Smith|align="right"|499|align="right"|2.99%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|16,687 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|271!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|-|Liberal|Kory Palmer|align="right"|347|align="right"|1.99%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|17,411!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|208!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|-|Progressive Conservative|Roy Wilburn Paul|align="right"|975|align="right"|7.80%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|12,492!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|102!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|15,138!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|180!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|-|Liberal|Harry Edwards Caldwell|align="right"|4,267|align="right"|38.26%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Conservative|David John Reeves|align="right"|4,169|align="right"|30.38%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|13,721 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|180!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|-|Social Credit|Harry J. Broadhurst|align="right"|4,267|align="right"|38.26%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Liberal|Henry Nelson|align="right"|2,604|align="right"|23.55%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|11,153 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|173!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|-|Liberal|Harry McKay|align="right"|2,123|align="right"|24.13%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,798!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|54!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}