📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Kootenay—Columbia was contested in the 2008 election.

🏆 Jim Abbott, the Conservative candidate, won the riding with 23,402 votes (59.6% of the vote).

🥈 The runner-up was Leon R. Pendleton (NDP-New Democratic Party) with 8,892 votes (22.6%), defeated by a margin of 14,510 votes.

📊 Other notable candidates: Ralph Moore (Green Party, 10%) and Betty Aitchison (Liberal, 8%).