Columbia River (electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

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[edit]

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## Political geography[edit]

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## Notable elections[edit]

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## Electoral history[edit]

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966 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  |  |
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29th British Columbia election, 1969 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  |  |
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30th British Columbia election, 1972 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  |  |
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31st British Columbia election, 1975 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  |  |
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32nd British Columbia election, 1979 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  |  |
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33rd British Columbia election, 1983 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  |  |
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34th British Columbia election, 1986 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  |  |
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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[edit]

Elections BC Historical Returns

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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

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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

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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

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* t
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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 (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
* 1941 general election
* 1945 general election
* 1949 general election
* 1952 general election
* 1953 general election
* Defunct districts

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