Columbia River (electoral district)

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Columbia River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding's predecessor, which was named Columbia, appeared on the hustings from 1903 to 1963. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.

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For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Columbia River
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Columbia
28th 1966–1969   James Chabot Social Credit
29th 1969–1972
30th 1972–1975
31st 1975–1979
32nd 1979–1983
33rd 1983–1986
34th 1986–1991 Duane Crandall
Riding dissolved into Columbia River-Revelstoke

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are inbold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 1,56358.45%unknown
Liberal Robert Keenleyside63423.71%unknown
New Democratic Chris Madson47717.84%unknown
Total valid votes2,674100.00%
Total rejected ballots21
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal William Richard Batten72622.47%unknown
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 1,81856.27%unknown
  New Democrat Ian David Jack68721.26%unknown
Total valid votes3,231100.00%
Total rejected ballots26
Turnout%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 1,81445.35%unknown
New Democratic Thomas Hutchison1,57339.33%unknown
Liberal Stanley Lim1904.75%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Michael Joseph Walsh42310.58%unknown
Total valid votes4,000100.00%
Total rejected ballots58
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 2,80059.93%unknown
Liberal Joseph Hadley Conroy50710.85%unknown
New Democratic Orlando Pecora1,36529.22%unknown
Total valid votes4,672100.00%
Total rejected ballots70
Turnout%
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 4,83052.21%unknown
New Democratic Sandra Helen Mary Smaill4,42147.79%unknown
Total valid votes9,251100.00%
Total rejected ballots157
Turnout%
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 6,38553.94%unknown
New Democratic Don Duff5,23244.20%unknown
Liberal Michael Gordon Hendren2201.86%unknown
Total valid votes11,837100.00%
Total rejected ballots159
Turnout%
34th British Columbia election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Betty A.B. Aitchison6726.36%unknown
Social Credit Duane Delton Crandall 5,17848.98%unknown
New Democratic Ralph Jones4,72244.66%unknown
Total valid votes10,572100.00%
Total rejected ballots127
Turnout%

After the 1986 election, the riding was merged with part of the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding to form Columbia River-Revelstoke, which is the current riding for this region.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

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