Columbia River (electoral district)

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).

Demographics

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Columbia River
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

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 Democratic	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 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			%

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 Democratic	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 Democratic	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 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			%

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 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.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet
Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) †
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts
‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River Kamloops Kootenay Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke-Slocan Rossland-Trail South Okanagan Shuswap Yale-Lillooet
Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Chilliwack Coquitlam Delta Dewdney Langley New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Richmond Surrey Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands Victoria (2)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1966 general election 1969 general election 1972 general election 1975 general election Defunct districts

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1956–1966)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River
Southern Interior	Columbia Cranbrook Fernie Grand Forks-Greenwood Kamloops Kaslo-Slocan Lillooet Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke Rossland-Trail Shuswap Similkameen South Okanagan Yale
Lower Mainland	Burnaby (2) Chilliwack Delta (2) Dewdney New Westminster North Vancouver (2) Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (3)
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Newcastle Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo and the Islands Oak Bay Saanich Victoria City (3)
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1956 general election 1960 general election 1963 general election Defunct districts

v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1941–1956)
North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George Omineca Peace River Prince Rupert Skeena
Southern Interior	Columbia Cranbrook Fernie Grand Forks-Greenwood Kamloops Kaslo-Slocan Lillooet Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke Rossland-Trail Shuswap Similkameen South Okanagan Yale
Lower Mainland	Burnaby Chilliwack Delta Dewdney New Westminster North Vancouver Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver-Point Grey
Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Newcastle Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo and the Islands Oak Bay Saanich Victoria City
See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1941 general election 1945 general election 1949 general election 1952 general election 1953 general election Defunct districts