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

Population, 1976
Population change, 1976–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Electoral history

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	William Stewart King	10,654	47.95%		unknown
	Social Credit	Leonard Bawtree	10,008	45.04%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Harold A. Smiley	1,557	7.01%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,219	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			293
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Cliff Michael	14,102	52.07%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	William Stewart King	12,340	45.56%		unknown
	Liberal	Basil Edward Studer	642	2.37%		unknown
Total valid votes			27,084	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			320
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Cliff Michael	12,302	50.72%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Gordon S. Priestman	10,768	44.40		unknown
	Liberal	Basil Edward Studer	786	3.24%		unknown
	Green	Constance Katherine (Connie) Harris	397	1.64%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			24,253	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			452
Turnout			%

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

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) †
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts
‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale