The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

Federal riding · BC · No. 59007 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Rob Morrison Conservative
2025 result
Conservative hold by 15,897 votes
Turnout
73.3% of 98,030 electors
Population
117,110 2021 census
Area
41,086 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Area, largest first: 41,086 km² · 32nd of 343 in Canada32nd
    Area, largest first
    41,086 km² · 32nd of 343 in Canada
  • Length of the ballot: 6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada61st
    Length of the ballot
    6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada
  • Turnout: 73.3% of 98,030 electors voted · 67th of 343 in Canada67th
    Turnout
    73.3% of 98,030 electors voted · 67th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Rob Morrison held the seat for the Conservatives by 15,897 votes (+22.2 points).
  2. 1% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 50.9% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Median age is the 53rd highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Rob Morrison
Conservative · first elected 2019-10-21 · 3 terms
  • Member of the
16 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Softwood Lumber Industry.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 1% of today's Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies came from ridings other than the old Kootenay—Columbia.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.1%Kootenay—Columbia 62% of it kept
0.9%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 2% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Conservative hold
Elected
Rob Morrison
Conservative
36,081
50.4% of valid votes
Margin
15,897
votes · +22.2 pts
Runner-up
Reggie Goldsbury
Liberal
20,184
28.2% of valid votes
Conservative 50.4% · Liberal 28.2% · New Democratic 18.0% · Green 1.5% · Independent 1.2%
Turnout73.3% of 98,030 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Rob MorrisonConservative36,08150.4%43.4%+7.0
Reggie GoldsburyLiberal20,18428.2%8.9%+19.3
Kallee LinsNew Democratic12,87118.0%36.5%−18.5
Steven MaffioliGreen1,0641.5%3.7%−2.2
James WiedrickIndependent8561.2%—+1.2
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Laurie BairdPeople's4860.7%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Swing needed to flip
11.1 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
12,871 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 15,897-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
32 of 226
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (193) · ■ won by another party (32) · ▨ tied (1).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 7,949 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 11.1% of the 71,542 valid votes, 11.1 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative36,081
Liberal20,184
Still Conservative by 15,897 votes. Actual margin: 15,897.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 50.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative52.5%48.3%−4.2
Liberal25.8%30.7%+4.9
New Democratic17.8%18.2%+0.4
Green1.8%1.2%−0.6
Independent1.3%1.1%−0.2
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhat kind of place this is

2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.

VIWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 59007BC · 2025
Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies
Rob Morrison
Result
Conservative hold by 15,897
Turnout
73.3%
Population
117,110
Area
41,086 km²
Area, largest first: 41,086 km² · 32nd of 343 in Canada32ndArea, largest firstLength of the ballot: 6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada61stLength of the ballotTurnout: 73.3% of 98,030 electors voted · 67th of 343 in Canada67thTurnout
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