Grand Forks-Greenwood

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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).

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Note: Winners in each election are in bold. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,723 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,678 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|33 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,766 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|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. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,722 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|29 !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,644 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|4 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,089 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|23 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,076 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|1,965 !align="right"| - % !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|58 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,079 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|2,027 !align="right"| - % !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|145 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,060 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|34 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,633 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|40 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,390 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|20 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| The Boundary area was redistributed following the 1963 election. The new riding representing the area as of the 1966 election was Boundary-Similkameen.

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