Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Until 2025, the riding was known as Kootenay-Columbia.
Geography Consisting of:
(a) the Regional District of East Kootenay; (b) that part of the Regional District of Central Kootenay comprising: the villages of Kaslo and Salmo; the Town of Creston; the City of Nelson; subdivisions A, B, C, D, E, F and G; Creston Indian Reserve No. 1; (c) that part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District comprising: the City of Revelstoke; the Town of Golden; subdivisions A and B; and (d) Tobacco Plains Indian Reserve No. 2.
The riding borders the US states of Idaho, Montana and Washington, more than any other Canadian riding.
History This district was created in 1996 from parts of Kootenay East and Kootenay West—Revelstoke ridings.
It was amended in 2003 to include a small part of Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan.
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kootenay—Columbia should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Kootenay—Columbia gains the communities of Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo and their respective surrounding areas from the current electoral district of British Columbia Southern Interior, while losing Nakusp and area to the new district of South Okanagan—West Kootenay and Needles and area to the new district of North Okanagan—Shuswap. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.
Demographics + Panethnic groups in Kootenay—Columbia (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 103,130 98,250 96,335 Indigenous 9,040 7,865 6,305 South Asian 1,570 715 705 East Asian 1,555 1,290 1,220 Southeast Asian 1,360 890 385 African 630 460 255 Latin American 455 305 165 Middle Eastern 145 70 25 Other 270 255 245 Total responses 118,155 110,095 105,660 Total population 120,759 112,354 107,589
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Current member of Parliament
Its member of Parliament (MP) is Rob Morrison, first elected in 2019 as a Conservative candidate.
Election results
Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 27,552 43.62 New Democratic 23,143 36.64 Liberal 5,648 8.94 People's 4,480 7.09 Green 2,341 3.71
Kootenay—Columbia
2011 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 26,447 50.09 New Democratic 20,510 38.84 Green 3,395 6.43 Liberal 1,841 3.49 Others 610 1.16
Adjacent ridings British Columbia Southern Interior Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Okanagan—Shuswap
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
External links Website of the Parliament of Canada Website of the Local Riding Association - Conservative Party of Canada
Library of Parliament Riding Profile Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008 Expenditures - 2004 Expenditures – 2000 Expenditures – 1997