Columbia River-Revelstoke

Columbia River-Revelstoke
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Scott McInnis; Conservative
;
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2001)	33,005
Area (km²)	39,135
Pop. density (per km²)	0.84

Columbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Columbia River-Revelstoke comprises the eastern portion of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District and the northern portion of the Regional District of East Kootenay. It is located in southeastern British Columbia and is bordered by Alberta to the east. Communities in the electoral district consist of Kimberley, Revelstoke, Golden, Invermere, Canal Flats, and Radium Hot Springs.^[1]

Columbia River-Revelstoke
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Columbia River and Shuswap-Revelstoke
35th	1991–1996		Jim Doyle	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Jim Doyle	New Democratic
37th	2001–2005		Wendy McMahon	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Norm Macdonald	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020		Doug Clovechok	Liberal
42nd	2020–2023			Liberal
42nd	2023–2024			United
43rd	2024–present		Scott McInnis	Conservative

Its MLA is Doug Clovechok, former Campus Manager of the College of the Rockies in Invermere and former Calgary schoolteacher. He was first elected in 2017. He represents BC United.

Graph of election results in Columbia River-Revelstoke (minor party results are summed as "other")

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scott McInnis	8,616	48.09	+48.09
	New Democratic	Andrea Dunlop	7,905	44.13	+6.43
	Green	Calvin Beauchesne	1,394	7.78	-5.12
Total valid votes			17,915	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2020 provincial election redistributed results^[2]
Party		%
	Liberal	49.3
	New Democratic	37.7
	Green	12.9

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Clovechok	7,034	48.03	+2.59	$45,602.42
	New Democratic	Nicole Cherlet	5,708	38.97	+2.95	$21,352.76
	Green	Samson Boyer	1,904	13.00	+1.28	$1,036.37
Total valid votes			14,646	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC^[3]^[4]

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	6,052	57.13
	Proportional representation	4,541	42.87

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Clovechok	6,620	45.44	$68,902
	New Democratic	Gerry Taft	5,248	36.02	$41,126
	Green	Samson Boyer	1,708	11.72	$1,300
	Independent	Duncan Boyd MacLeod	469	3.22
	Independent	Justin James Hooles	371	2.55	$2,267
	Libertarian	Rylan Kashuba	154	1.05
Total valid votes			14,570	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66	0.45
Turnout			14,636	59.79
Source: Elections BC^[5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Norm Macdonald	6,463	48.26
	Liberal	Doug Clovechok	4,847	36.19
	Conservative	Earl Olsen	1,162	8.68
	Green	Laurel Ralston	921	6.88
Total valid votes			13,393	100.00
Total rejected ballots			45	0.33
Turnout			13,438	53.60
Source: Elections BC^[6]

B.C. General Election 2009: Columbia River-Revelstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Norm Macdonald	7,419	55.29%	–	$39,287
	Liberal	Mark McKee	5,093	37.95%	–	$120,550
	Green	Sarah Svensson	907	6.76%	–	$350
Total Valid Votes			13,419	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			101	0.75%
Turnout			13,520	56.17%%

B.C. General Election 2005: Columbia River-Revelstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Norm Macdonald	7,460	51.71%		$38,430
	Liberal	Wendy McMahon	5,750	39.86%		$93,950
	Green	Andy Shadrack	1,217	8.44%	–	$168
Total Valid Votes			14,427	100
Total Rejected Ballots			104	0.72
Turnout			14,531	62.47

Result: NDP gain from BC Liberal

B.C. General Election 2001: Columbia River-Revelstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wendy McMahon	7,804	53.95%		$49,873
	NDP	Jim Doyle	4,551	31.46%		$26,852
	Green	Jennifer R. Brownlee	978	6.76%	–
	Marijuana	Lisa A. Kirkman	642	4.44%		$1,123
	Unity	Miles Lehn	490	3.39%		$1,001
Total valid votes			14,465	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			46	0.32%
Turnout			14,511	71.96%

Result: BC Liberal gain from NDP

B.C. General Election 1996: Columbia River-Revelstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Jim Doyle	6,264	42.52%		$30,948
	Liberal	Brian Allan McMahon	5,172	35.10%		$49,056
	Reform	Steve V. Pinchak	2,687	18.24%		$17,470
	Progressive Democrat	Dave Herman	282	1.91%	–	$100
	Green	Rhonda Smith	270	1.83%	–	$636
	Natural Law	Sonia Stairs	58	0.39%		$100
Total valid votes			14,733	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			74	0.78%
Turnout			14,807	71.04%

B.C. General Election 1991: Columbia River-Revelstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Jim Doyle	6,241	45.08%		$28,972
	Social Credit	Duane Crandall	4,362	31.51%	–	$39,088
	Liberal	Margaret R. Mellor	3,241	23.41%		$1,012
Total valid votes			13,844	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			231	1.64%
Turnout			14,075	74.78%

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