title: Shuswap-Revelstoke
text: # 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)
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,219 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 293 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
  
  33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,084 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 320 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
  
  34th British Columbia election, 1986 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,253 | 100.00% | |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 452 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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
  
  