This article is about the provincial riding. For other uses, see District of Columbia (disambiguation).
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, after which the revised 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
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Population change, 1901–1911
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Area (km²)
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Population density (people per km²)
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Political geography[]
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Notable elections[]
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Notable MLAs[]
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Electoral history[]
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Independent Conservative |
Harold Ernest Forster1 |
282 |
51.74%
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Conservative |
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263 |
48.26%
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Total valid votes
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545
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100.00%
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1 When he failed to obtain the official nomination, Forster ran as an Independent Conservative but in full support of the McBride government.
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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
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Conservative |
Leonard G. Gaddes |
371 |
22.99% |
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unknown
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Liberal
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Thomas King
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921
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57.06%
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unknown
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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William Henry Tallis
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322
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19.95%
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unknown
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Total valid votes
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1,614
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100.00%
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Total rejected ballots
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39
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Turnout
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%
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20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Conservative |
Leonard G. Gaddes |
384 |
25.28% |
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unknown
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Liberal
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Thomas King
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648
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42.66%
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unknown
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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James Herbert Mathews
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487
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32.06%
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unknown
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Total valid votes
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1,519
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100.00%
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Total rejected ballots
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9
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Turnout
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20th British Columbia election, 1945
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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Thomas James Alton
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588
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46.70%
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unknown
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Coalition |
Thomas King |
671 |
53.30% |
– |
unknown
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Total valid votes
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1,259
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100.00%
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Total rejected ballots
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24
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Turnout
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%
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21st British Columbia election, 1949
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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Thomas James Alton
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581
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31.09%
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unknown
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Coalition |
Thomas King |
1,288 |
68.91% |
– |
unknown
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Total valid votes
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1,869
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100.00%
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Total rejected ballots
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24
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Turnout
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22nd British Columbia election, 1952 2
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes 1st count
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%
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Votes final count
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%
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±%
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Liberal
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Vaughn Stanley Kimpton
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649
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29.30%
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860
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42.28%
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unknown
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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Chris Madson
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365
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16.48%
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unknown
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B.C. Social Credit League
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Richard Orr Newton
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841
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37.97%
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1,174
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57.72%
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unknown
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Progressive Conservative
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Edward Jefferson Zinkan
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360
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16.25%
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unknown
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Total valid votes
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2,215
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100.00%
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2,034
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Total rejected ballots
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101
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Turnout
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%
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2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three only shown.
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23rd British Columbia election, 1953 3
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes 1st count
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%
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Votes final count
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%
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±%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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Eileen Catherine Madson
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481
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22.26%
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unknown
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Liberal
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Henry Headley Moore
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676
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31.28%
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787
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43.12%
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unknown
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B.C. Social Credit League
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Richard Orr Newton
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924
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42.76%
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1,038
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56.88%
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unknown
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Progressive Conservative
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Edward Jefferson Zinkan
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80
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3.70%
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-.- %
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unknown
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Total valid votes
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2,161
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100.00%
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1,825
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Total rejected ballots
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105
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Turnout
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%
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3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three only shown.
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25th British Columbia election, 1960
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Liberal |
Herbert Alexander Blakley |
593 |
22.52% |
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unknown
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
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Robert Beverly Harris
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775
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29.43%
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unknown
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Social Credit |
Richard Orr Newton |
1,115 |
42.35% |
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unknown
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Progressive Conservative
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Gordon Truls Rad
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150
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5.70%
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unknown
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Total valid votes
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2,633
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100.00%
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Total rejected ballots
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88
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Turnout
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%
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26th British Columbia election, 1963
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±
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Expenditures
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Social Credit |
James Roland Chabot |
1,305 |
40.08% |
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unknown
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New Democratic |
Robert Beverly Harris |
467 |
14.34% |
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unknown
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Liberal |
Robert Keenleyside |
392 |
12.04% |
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unknown
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Progressive Conservative
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Alvin Walter Jo
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1,092
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33.54%
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unknown
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Total valid votes
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3,256
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100.00%
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Total rejected ballots
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41
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Turnout
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%
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The riding was redistributed after the 1963 election. In 1966, it was succeeded by the Columbia River riding.
Sources[]
Elections BC Historical Returns