Columbia (electoral district)

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Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, when it was merged into Columbia-Revelstoke for the 1933 election. Following the election the new Pattullo government moved to reestablish Columbia as a separate riding, and former MLA Thomas King was elected by acclamation in a 1934 by election.

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In 1966 the riding was renamed Columbia River. This riding was later merged with the Revelstoke riding to become Columbia River-Revelstoke, the current riding for the western part of the area. The eastern part of the riding is now part of East Kootenay.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1901
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Wilmer Cleveland Wells Accl. -.-%unknown
Total valid votesn/a-.-%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
11th British Columbia election, 1907
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Henry George Parson 25456.57%unknown
Liberal Wilmer Cleveland Wells 19543.43%–unknown
Total valid votes449100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
12th British Columbia election, 1909
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal John Andrew Buckham 24548.32%–unknown
Conservative Henry George Parson 26251.68%unknown
Total valid votes507100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
13th British Columbia election, 1912
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Independent Conservative Harold Ernest Forster 128251.74%
Conservative George Henry Parson 26348.26%
Total valid votes545100.00%
1 When he failed to obtain the official nomination, Forster ran as an Independent Conservative but in full support of the McBride government.
14th British Columbia election, 1916
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Andrew Buckham 54166.63%unknown
Conservative James Norman Taylor27133.37%unknown
Total valid votes812100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
15th British Columbia election, 1920
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Andrew Buckham 58460.58%unknown
Conservative Henry George Parson38039.42%unknown
Total valid votes964100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
16th British Columbia election, 1924
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Andrew Buckham 64456.84%unknown
Conservative Arthur Murray Chisholm 29425.95%unknown
Provincial James Stewart Johnston19517.21%–unknown
Total valid votes1,133100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
17th British Columbia election, 1928
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Andrew Buckham 65950.23%unknown
 IndependentGladys Elspeth Cross261.98%unknown
Conservative Earle Jennings Scovil62747.79%unknown
Total valid votes1,312100.00%
Total rejected ballots23
Turnout%

After the 1928 election, there was a redistribution. The Columbia riding was merged with the Revelstoke riding into Columbia-Revelstoke, which first appeared only in the 1933 general election. For the 1937 election, the riding name "Columbia" was re-established.

19th British Columbia election, 1937
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Leonard G. Gaddes37122.99%unknown
  Liberal Thomas King 92157.06%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Henry Tallis32219.95%unknown
Total valid votes1,614100.00%
Total rejected ballots39
Turnout%
20th British Columbia election, 1941
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Leonard G. Gaddes38425.28%unknown
  Liberal Thomas King 64842.66%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Herbert Mathews48732.06%unknown
Total valid votes1,519100.00%
Total rejected ballots9
Turnout%
20th British Columbia election, 1945
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas James Alton58846.70%unknown
Coalition Thomas King 67153.30%–unknown
Total valid votes1,259100.00%
Total rejected ballots24
Turnout%
21st British Columbia election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas James Alton58131.09%unknown
Coalition Thomas King 1,28868.91%–unknown
Total valid votes1,869100.00%
Total rejected ballots24
Turnout%
22nd British Columbia election, 1952 2
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%±%
  Liberal Vaughn Stanley Kimpton64929.30%86042.28%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Chris Madson36516.48%unknown
  B.C. Social Credit League Richard Orr Newton 84137.97%1,17457.72%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Edward Jefferson Zinkan36016.25%unknown
Total valid votes2,215100.00%2,034
Total rejected ballots101
Turnout%
2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three only shown.
23rd British Columbia election, 1953 3
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Eileen Catherine Madson48122.26%unknown
  Liberal Henry Headley Moore67631.28%78743.12%unknown
  B.C. Social Credit League Richard Orr Newton 92442.76%1,03856.88%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Edward Jefferson Zinkan803.70%--.- %unknown
Total valid votes2,161100.00%1,825
Total rejected ballots105
Turnout%
3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three only shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1956
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Chris Madson24812.56%unknown
Social Credit Richard Orr Newton 1,07454.41%–unknown
Liberal Samuel Forrest Thompson65233.03%–unknown
Total valid votes1,974100.00%
Total rejected ballots20
Turnout%
25th British Columbia election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Herbert Alexander Blakley59322.52%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Robert Beverly Harris77529.43%unknown
Social Credit Richard Orr Newton 1,11542.35%–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Gordon Truls Rad1505.70%unknown
Total valid votes2,633100.00%
Total rejected ballots88
Turnout%
British Columbia provincial by-election, July 15, 1963
PartyCandidateVotes%
Social Credit Frank Greenwood1,12236.68
Progressive Conservative Alvin Walter John Trott68522.39
Liberal Robert Keenleyside64321.02
NDP-CCFRobert Beverly Harris60919.91
Total valid votes3,059
Total rejected ballots13
Called upon the death of R. O. Newton on 14 February 1963.
Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf
26th British Columbia election, 1963
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit James Roland Chabot 1,305 40.08%–unknown
New Democratic Robert Beverly Harris46714.34%unknown
Liberal Robert Keenleyside39212.04%–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Alvin Walter Jo1,09233.54%unknown
Total valid votes3,256100.00%
Total rejected ballots41
Turnout%

The riding was redistributed after the 1963 election. In 1966, it was succeeded by the Columbia River riding.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns

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