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Columbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Demographics

Population, 2001	33,005
Population Change, 1996–2001	-3.1%
Area (km²)	39,135
Pop. Density	0.84

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is Norm Macdonald

Norm Macdonald (politician)

Norm Macdonald is the member for the riding of Columbia River-Revelstoke in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was elected in 2005 as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.Mr...

, former principal of Nicholson Elementary School

Nicholson Elementary School

Nicholson Elementary is a public elementary school in Golden, British Columbia part of School District 6 Rocky Mountain.One of the school's former principals is Norm Macdonald, current MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke....

in Golden

Golden, British Columbia

Golden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located west of Calgary, Alberta and east of Vancouver.-History:Much of the town's history is tied into the Canadian Pacific Railway and the logging industry...

and mayor of Golden. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Election results

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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

|Sarah Svensson
|align="right"|907
|align="right"|6.76%
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|align="right"|$350
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|13,419
!align="right"|100%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|101
!align="right"|0.75%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|13,520
!align="right"|56.17%%
|}
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Total Valid Votes			14,427	100
NDP New Democratic Party of British Columbia The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...	Norm Macdonald	7,460	51.71%		$38,430	BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...	Wendy McMahon	5,750	39.86%	$93,950
Green Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...	Andy Shadrack	1,217	8.44%		$168
Total Rejected Ballots			104	0.72
Turnout			14,531	62.47

Result: NDP

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

gain from BC Liberal
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Total Valid Votes			14,465	100.00%
BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...	Wendy McMahon	7,804	53.95%		$49,873
NDP New Democratic Party of British Columbia The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...	Jim Doyle	4,551	31.46%		$26,852	Green Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...	Jennifer R. Brownlee	978	6.76%	Marijuana British Columbia Marijuana Party The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....	Lisa A. Kirkman	642	4.44%	$1,123	Unity	Miles Lehn	490	3.39%	$1,001
Total Rejected Ballots			46	0.32%
Turnout			14,511	71.96%

Result: BC Liberalgain from NDP

New Democratic Party

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Total Valid Votes			14,733	100.00%
NDP New Democratic Party of British Columbia The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...	Jim Doyle	6,264	42.52%		$30,948	BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...	Brian Allan McMahon	5,172	35.10%	$49,056
BC Reform Reform Party of British Columbia The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...	Steve V. Pinchak	2,687	18.24%		$17,470	PDA Progressive Democratic Alliance The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....	Dave Herman	282	1.91%	$100	Green Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...	Rhonda Smith	270	1.83%	$636	Natural Law Natural Law Party of Canada The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....	Sonia Stairs	58	0.39%	$100
Total Rejected Ballots			74	0.78%	$
Turnout			14,807	71.04%

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Total Valid Votes			13,844	100.00%
NDP New Democratic Party of British Columbia The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...	Jim Doyle	6,241	45.08%		$28,972	Social Credit British Columbia Social Credit Party The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...	Duane Crandall	4,362	31.51%	$39,088	BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...	Margaret R. Mellor	3,241	23.41%	$1,012
Total Rejected Ballots			231	1.64%
Turnout			14,075	74.78%

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