📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Kootenay—Columbia was contested in the 2000 election.

🏆 Jim Abbott, the Canadian Alliance candidate, won the riding with 25,663 votes (67.8% of the vote).

🥈 The runner-up was Delvin Chatterson (Liberal) with 5,581 votes (14.7%), defeated by a margin of 20,082 votes.

📊 Other notable candidates: Andrea Dunlop (NDP, 9%) and Jerry Pirie (Progressive Conservative, 6%).