Revelstoke-Slocan

Revelstoke-Slocan was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia, Canada, from 1966 to 1986. The riding was formed from a merger of the Revelstoke riding with the Kaslo-Slocan riding. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.

Notable MLAs

William Stewart King served as Minister of Labour in the 1972 NDP government.

Electoral history

The riding was redistributed after the 1975 election. In 1979 the area was in the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding while the Slocan area became represented by Nelson-Creston.

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	2,020	41.81%	–	unknown
	Independent	David Roy Collier	105	2.17%		unknown
	New Democratic	Randolph Harding	2,158	44.67%		unknown
	Liberal	George Wilfred Laforme	548	11.34%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,831	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			32
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	3,103	50.62%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	William Stewart King	2,611	42.59%		unknown
	Liberal	Douglas Charles Stewart	416	6.79%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,130	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			44
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	2,580	37.55%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Rose Illman	158	2.30%		unknown
	New Democrat	William Stewart King	3,748	54.56%		unknown
	Liberal	Bernard Charles Lavallee	384	5.59%		unknown
Total valid votes			6,870	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			60
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ronald Harvey Holoday	428	5.76%		unknown
	New Democrat	William Stewart King	3,988	53.68%		unknown
	Social Credit	Sam Olynyk	3,013	40.56%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			7,429	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99
Turnout			%

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• List of electoral districts in the Okanagan
• List of electoral districts in the Kootenays

References

• Elections BC Historical Returns