West Kootenay (provincial electoral district)

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West Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created, along with East Kootenay, from a redistribution of the old Kootenay riding, one of the province’s original twelve. The West Kootenay riding first appeared in the 1890 provincial election. In 1894, a surge in population related to the silver rush in the Kootenays led to another redistribution. In 1898, West Kootenay North and West Kootenay South were further redistributed into four ridings.