Columbia (electoral district)
"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold. ! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|449
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|507
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|545 
! align="right"|100.00%
! align="right" colspan=7|1 When he failed to obtain the official nomination, Forster ran as an Independent Conservative but in full support of the McBride government. ! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|812 
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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! align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|964 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,133 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,312 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
! align="right"|23
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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. ! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,614
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
! align="right"|39
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,519 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|9
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,259 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
! align="right"|24
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! align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,869 
!align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
! align="right"|24
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!align="right"|%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|2,215 
!align="right"|100.00%
! align="right"|2,034
! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|101
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! align="right" colspan=7|2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three only shown. ! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|2,161 
! align="right"|100.00%
! align="right"|1,825 
! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|105
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! align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three only shown. ! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|1,974 
!align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
! align="right"|20
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
! align="right"|2,633 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|88
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! align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,256 
! align="right"|100.00%
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! align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|41
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The riding was redistributed after the 1963 election. In 1966, it was succeeded by the Columbia River riding. Elections BC Historical Returns
Electoral history
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.