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"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|22,219
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|293
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|New Democrat
|William Stewart King
|align="right"|12,340 	 	 	
|align="right"|45.56%
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|align="right"|unknown

 
|Liberal
|Basil Edward Studer
|align="right"|642 	 		 		 	
|align="right"|2.37%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|27,084 	
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|320
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
	  	  	

 
|New Democrat
|Gordon S. Priestman
|align="right"|10,768 	 		 	
|align="right"|44.40
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|align="right"|unknown
 
|Liberal
|Basil Edward Studer
|align="right"|786 	  		 	 	
|align="right"|3.24%
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|align="right"|unknown

|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,253 
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|452
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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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

Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts