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.
For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).
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Columbia River | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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 |
Note: Winners in each election are inbold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 1,563 | 58.45% | – | unknown | |
Liberal | Robert Keenleyside | 634 | 23.71% | – | unknown | |
New Democratic | Chris Madson | 477 | 17.84% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 2,674 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 21 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Liberal | William Richard Batten | 726 | 22.47% | – | unknown | |
Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 1,818 | 56.27% | – | unknown | |
New Democrat | Ian David Jack | 687 | 21.26% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 3,231 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 26 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 1,814 | 45.35% | – | unknown | |
New Democratic | Thomas Hutchison | 1,573 | 39.33% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Stanley Lim | 190 | 4.75% | – | unknown | |
Progressive Conservative | Michael Joseph Walsh | 423 | 10.58% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 4,000 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 58 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 2,800 | 59.93% | – | unknown | |
Liberal | Joseph Hadley Conroy | 507 | 10.85% | – | unknown | |
New Democratic | Orlando Pecora | 1,365 | 29.22% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 4,672 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 70 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 4,830 | 52.21% | – | unknown | |
New Democratic | Sandra Helen Mary Smaill | 4,421 | 47.79% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 9,251 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 157 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 6,385 | 53.94% | – | unknown | |
New Democratic | Don Duff | 5,232 | 44.20% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Michael Gordon Hendren | 220 | 1.86% | – | unknown | |
Total valid votes | 11,837 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 159 | |||||
Turnout | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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Liberal | Betty A.B. Aitchison | 672 | 6.36% | – | unknown | |
Social Credit | Duane Delton Crandall | 5,178 | 48.98% | – | unknown | |
New Democratic | Ralph Jones | 4,722 | 44.66% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 10,572 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 127 | |||||
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.
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