Grand Forks (electoral district)

Grand Forks was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries. The riding first appeared as the result of a redistributing of the former West Kootenay (south riding) which also created Greenwood, Rossland City, Nelson City, and Ymir (electoral district) in 1903. In 1924, the area of the Grand Forks riding was merged with that of the Greenwood riding to create Grand Forks-Greenwood. The area is currently represented by West Kootenay-Boundary.

For a complete list of historical and current ridings in the Kootenay district of British Columbia, Canada, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics[]

Population, 1901
Population change, 1,146,335
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography[]

Notable elections[]

Notable MLAs[]

Electoral history[]

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal		173	23.04
	Conservative	George Arthur Fraser	346	46.07%
	Socialist	John Riordan	232	30.89%
Total valid votes			751	100.00%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Herbert Watson Gregory	160	21.68%		unknown
	Socialist	John McInnis	323	43.77%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Ernest Miller	255	34.55%		unknown
Total valid votes			738	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Socialist	John McInnis	334	33.40%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Ernest Miller	516	51.60%		unknown
	Liberal	Daniel Patterson	150	15.00%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,000	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ernest Miller	Accl.	-.- %	unknown
Total valid votes			-	-.-%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ernest Miller	334	36.38%	unknown
	Liberal	James Edwin Wallace Thompson	584	63.62%	unknown
Total valid votes			918	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ezra Churchill Henniger	390	50.39%	unknown
	Conservative	John McKie	384	49.61%	unknown
Total valid votes			774	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

Sources[]

Elections BC Historical Returns