British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior , Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and West Kootenay—Okanagan ) was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia , Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.
2-878: Regions included in the riding are the Similkameen , the southern half of the South Okanagan region, the Boundary Country , all of the West Kootenay region, the Slocan Valley , Lower (but not Upper) Arrow Lake , and including the east shore of Kootenay Lake from opposite Kaslo northwards. Municipalities within the riding are Princeton , Keremeos , Oliver , Osoyoos , Greenwood , Grand Forks , Trail , Rossland , Warfield , Montrose , Fruitvale , Castlegar , Nelson , Salmo , Slocan , New Denver , Silverton , and Kaslo . This riding
4-434: Was created in 1996 as "West Kootenay—Okanagan" from parts of Kootenay West—Revelstoke and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt ridings. It consisted of: It was renamed "Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan" in 1998. In the 2003 redistribution, the riding was replaced by the new riding of Southern Interior, with a small part being redistributed into Kootenay—Columbia and a small part added from Okanagan—Coquihalla . In 2004, its name
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