Columbia River (electoral District) - Electoral History

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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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.

Read more about this topic:  Columbia River (electoral District)

Famous quotes containing the words electoral and/or history:

    “Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

    “All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”
    —Camille Paglia (b. 1947)