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.
For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 1966 | |
| Population change, 1966-1986 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| 28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 1,563 | 58.45% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Robert Keenleyside | 634 | 23.71% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Chris Madson | 477 | 17.84% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 2,674 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| 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 | % | |||||
| 30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 1,814 | 45.35% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | 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 | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 2,800 | 59.93% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Hadley Conroy | 507 | 10.85% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Orlando Pecora | 1,365 | 29.22% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,672 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 70 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 4,830 | 52.21% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Sandra Helen Mary Smaill | 4,421 | 47.79% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,251 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 157 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | 6,385 | 53.94% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | 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 | % | |||||
| 34th British Columbia election, 1986 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Betty A.B. Aitchison | 672 | 6.36% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Duane Delton Crandall | 5,178 | 48.98% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Ralph Jones | 4,722 | 44.66% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,572 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 127 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 2 Seat increased to two members from one. | ||||||
| Boundary-Similkameen Byelection, June 8 1988 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Bill Barlee | 15,778 | 52.82% | unknown | ||
| Green | Rus Domer | 361 | 1.21% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Russ Fox | 10,515 | 35.44% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Judy Tyabji | 3,144 | 10.53% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 29,868 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 2 Seat increased to two members from one. | ||||||
After the 1986 election, the riding was merged with part of the Revelstoke-Slocan riding to form Columbia River-Revelstoke, which is the current riding for this region.
