title: Revelstoke-Slocan
text: # Revelstoke-Slocan
  
  Revelstoke-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding was formed from a merger of the Revelstoke riding with the Slocan riding. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.
  
  For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).
  
  ## Notable MLAs
  
  William Stewart King served as Minister of Labour in the 1972 NDP government.
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
  
  28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,831 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 32 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
  
  29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,130 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 44 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
  
  30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,870 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 60 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
  
  31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,429 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 99 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
  
  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.
  
  ## Sources
  
  Elections BC Historical Returns
  
  