# Grand Forks-Greenwood

Grand Forks-Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Greenwood and Grand Forks, and lasted until the 1963 election. As of 1966 the area was represented by Boundary-Similkameen. The same area is now part of West Kootenay-Boundary.
For other ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

## Demographics

* Population, 1961
* Population change, 1871–1961
* Area (km$^2$)
* Population density (people per km$^2$)

## Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Provincial | Arthur Strickland Clinton | 331 | 19.21% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Ezra Churchill Henniger | 642 | 37.26% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | John McKie | 750 | 43.53% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,723 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Charles Morgan Kingston | 888 | 52.92 % | unknown |
| | Liberal | Dougald McPherson | 790 | 47.08% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,678 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 $^{15}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.t | Robert Lawson | 221 | 12.51% | | unknown |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Thomas Alfred Love | 511 | 28.94% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Dougald McPherson | 1,034 | 58.55% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,766 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | $^1$ | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^1$ Details of returns were not supplied by the Returning Officer, only the total valid votes for each candidate, so the number of rejected ballots is unknown. |||||||
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Wilbert Richard Braithwaite | 164 | 9.52% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Ezra Churchill Henniger | 722 | 41.93% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Thomas Alfred Love | 703 | 40.82% |
| | Social Constructive | Anthony Whitehead | 133 | 7.72% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,722 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 29 |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Alan Conway Clapp | 365 | 22.20% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Ezra Churchill Henniger | 637 | 38.75% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Thomas Alfred Love | 642 | 39.05% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,644 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
vte1945 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal-Conservative Coalition | Thomas Alfred Love | 707 | 52.06 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | John Townely Rezeau Lawrence | 461 | 33.95 |
| | Independent Labour | Charles Westley Clark | 106 | 7.81 |
| | Labor–Progressive | Alan Conway Clapp | 84 | 6.19 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,358 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 27 |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Rupert Haggen | 922 | 44.14% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Thomas Alfred Love | 873 | 41.79% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Edwin Stanley Orris | 294 | 14.07% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,089 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 23 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 $^2$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Rupert Haggen | 826 | 39.79% | 1,043 | 53.08% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Cecil Gordon McMynn | 706 | 34.01% | 922 | 46.92% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Edwin Stanley Orris | 252 | 12.14% | - | - % | unknown |
| | B.C. Social Credit League | Henry Edgar Parkyn | 292 | 14.07% | - | - % | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,076 | 100.00% | 1,965 | - % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 58 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^2$ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^3$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ruth Ellen May Euerby | 177 | 8.51% | - | -.- % | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Rupert Haggen | 995 | 47.86% | 1,016 | 50.12% | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Gordon Clarke McPhail | 583 | 28.05% | 618 | 30.49% |
| | Liberal | Klaus Scheer | 324 | 15.58% | 393 | 19.39% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,079 | 100.00% | 2,027 | - % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 145 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^3$ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only. |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Hilbert Crae Dawson | 866 | 42.04% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Lois Haggen | 877 | 42.57% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Morris Jones | 317 | 15.39% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,060 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 34 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Joseph Clinton Armstrong | 752 | 28.56 % | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Lois Haggen | 1,115 | 42.35% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Frank Martin | 564 | 21.42% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Yasushi Sugimoto | 202 | 7.67% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,633 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 40 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Daniel Dominic Geronazzo | 705 | 29.50% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Lois Haggen | 919 | 38.45% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Milo Joseph McGarry | 766 | 32.05% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,390 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 20 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
The Boundary area was redistributed following the 1963 election. The new riding representing the area as of the 1966 election was Boundary-Similkameen.

## Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns