Columbia (electoral district)

This article is about the provincial riding. For other uses, see District of Columbia (disambiguation).

Columbia
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
First contested1903
Last contested1963

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, when it was merged into Columbia-Revelstoke for the 1933 election. Following the election the new Pattullo government moved to re-establish Columbia as a separate riding, and former MLA Thomas King was elected by acclamation in a 1934 by-election.

In 1966 the 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.

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