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Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies is a federal riding in British Columbia. Rob Morrison (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies. Rob Morrison (Conservative) held Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 15,897 votes (22.2 points), with 50.4% of the vote. Reggie Goldsbury (Liberal) was second with 28.2%, on a turnout of 73.3% of 98,030 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

Rob Morrison's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Rob Morrison

Member of Parliament for Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies

Conservative

MP since 2019-10-21 · 3 terms

18 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Softwood Lumber Industry.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 71,542 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rob Morrison	Conservative	36,081	50.4%
Reggie Goldsbury	Liberal	20,184	28.2%
Kallee Lins	New Democratic	12,871	18.0%
Steven Maffioli	Green	1,064	1.5%
James Wiedrick	Independent	856	1.2%
Other (1)		486	0.7%

Rob Morrison (Conservative) won Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies on April 28, 2025 with 36,081 votes, 50.4% of the 71,542 valid votes. Reggie Goldsbury (Liberal) was second with 20,184 (28.2%), 15,897 votes and 22.2 points behind.

Of the 71,542 valid votes, Rob Morrison (Conservative) took 50.4%, Reggie Goldsbury (Liberal) 28.2%, Kallee Lins (New Democratic) 18.0%, Steven Maffioli (Green) 1.5% and James Wiedrick (Independent) 1.2%; one other candidate took 0.7%. Turnout was 73.3% of 98,030 electors: 71,859 ballots cast, 71,542 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 7.0 (43.4% to 50.4%), the Liberals up 19.3 (8.9% to 28.2%), the New Democrats down 18.5 (36.5% to 18.0%) and the Greens down 2.2 (3.7% to 1.5%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: usually Conservative

The party first in Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative46.9%by 19.2 points over the New Democrats
2006Conservative42.6%by 9.0 points over the New Democrats
2008Conservative51.6%by 20.7 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative50.2%by 11.1 points over the New Democrats
2015†changed handsNew Democratic37.2%by 1.2 points over the Conservatives
2019changed handsConservative43.8%by 9.2 points over the New Democrats
2021Conservative43.4%by 6.9 points over the New Democrats
2025Conservative50.4%by 22.2 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	46.9%	New Democratic	19.2	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	42.6%	New Democratic	9.0	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	51.6%	New Democratic	20.7	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	50.2%	New Democratic	11.1	carried, our estimate
2015†	New Democratic	37.2%	Conservative	1.2	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	43.8%	New Democratic	9.2	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	43.4%	New Democratic	6.9	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	50.4%	Liberal	22.2	official result

The Conservatives were first here at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025; the NDP were first in 2015. In 2025 the Conservatives took 50.4% of the vote here, 5.5 points above their average of 44.9% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (46.9%), 2006 (42.6%), 2008 (51.6%), 2011 (50.2%), 2019 (43.8%), 2021 (43.4%) and 2025 (50.4%) and the NDP in 2015 (37.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 83 of the 343 ridings are usually one party's. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2015 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Rob Morrison, by 4,070 votes (6.3 pts)
2019 Conservative · Rob Morrison, by 7,019 votes (10.4 pts)
2015 New Democratic · Wayne Stetski, by 282 votes (0.4 pts)

In Kootenay—Columbia on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies is

Population: 117,1102021 census
Area: 41,086km²
Density: 2.9people per km²
Electors: 98,030on the 2025 lists

Median age is 46.8 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest53rd highest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 77.3% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest94th highest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.0% — about 78 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest119th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 10.3% — about 60 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest119th lowest of 343
Median total household income is $79,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest136th lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest146th highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 89% of the 2025 electors in today's Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies lived in the old Kootenay—Columbia; by area, 1% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

89.3%Kootenay—Columbia 99.1% of the area · 62% of it kept

10.7%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 0.9% of the area · 2% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Rob Morrison	Conservative	36,081	50.4%	43.4%	+7.0
Reggie Goldsbury	Liberal	20,184	28.2%	8.9%	+19.3
Kallee Lins	New Democratic	12,871	18.0%	36.5%	−18.5
Steven Maffioli	Green	1,064	1.5%	3.7%	−2.2
James Wiedrick	Independent	856	1.2%	—	+1.2

1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote

Laurie Baird

People's

486

0.7%

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

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.

Voters who switch: 0015,898

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.

On election day the Conservatives took 52.5%, the Liberals 25.8%, the New Democrats 17.8%, the Greens 1.8% and the independents 1.3%; in advance and special ballots, 48.3%, 30.7%, 18.2%, 1.2% and 1.1%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	52.5%	48.3%	−4.2
Liberal	25.8%	30.7%	+4.9
New Democratic	17.8%	18.2%	+0.4
Green	1.8%	1.2%	−0.6
Independent	1.3%	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.

VWhere it is

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

Sources and citation

"Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/columbia-kootenay-southern-rockies/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.