Salmon Arm (electoral district)

Salmon Arm was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia including on the town of Salmon Arm on Shuswap Lake. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election. After the 1966 election there was a redistribution with the resulting riding in the same area being Shuswap.

For other current and historical federal and provincial ridings in the area of Kamloops, British Columbia see Kamloops (provincial electoral district) and Kamloops (federal electoral district); for those in the Okanagan please see Okanagan (electoral districts).

Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"| 2,498 !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"|
 * Liberal
 * Francis Edward Wilcox
 * align="right"|754
 * align="right"|30.18%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,329 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|24 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * James Smart
 * align="right"|623
 * align="right"|26.75%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * James Reginald Colley
 * align="right"|888
 * align="right"|29.46%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,014 !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"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * George Faulds Stirling
 * align="right"|603
 * align="right"|20.01%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * Harold Willett Birch
 * align="right"|884
 * align="right"|27.87%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Independent
 * Rolf Wallgren Bruhn 1
 * align="right"|1,533
 * align="right"|48.33%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,172 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|71 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|1 Supported and endorsed by the B.C. Constructives.
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Robert Wood
 * align="right"|755
 * align="right"|23.80%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * Arthur Fancett Barton
 * align="right"|468
 * align="right"|18.06%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,592 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|52 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * John William Tordoff
 * align="right"|563
 * align="right"|21.72%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,600 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|28 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * George Faulds Stirling
 * align="right"|1,040
 * align="right"|40.00%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Russell Carleton Freeze
 * align="right"|1,681
 * align="right"|39.93%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,210 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|86 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * John James Carmichael
 * align="right"|669
 * align="right"|15.69%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * B.C. Social Credit League
 * James Allan Reid
 * align="right"|1,462
 * align="right"|34.30%
 * align="right"|1,979
 * align="right"|55.03%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Arthur Brown Ritchie
 * align="right"|896
 * align="right"|21.02%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| - %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,263 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|3,596 !align="right"| - % !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|164 !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.
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William John Thompson
 * align="right"|1,236
 * align="right"|28.99%
 * align="right"|1,617
 * align="right"|44.97%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * John James Carmichael
 * align="right"|623
 * align="right"|14.52%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| -.- %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Conservative
 * Arthur Brown Ritchie
 * align="right"|600
 * align="right"|13.98%
 * align="right"| -
 * align="right"| - %
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William John Thompson
 * align="right"|1,341
 * align="right"|31.24%
 * align="right"|1,806
 * align="right"|47.29%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,292 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|3,819 !align="right"| - % !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|167 !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 four (4) shown only.
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 * Liberal
 * Greta Dagma Abbing de Vries
 * align="right"|339
 * align="right"|8.15%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William John Thompson
 * align="right"|1,454
 * align="right"|34.96%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,159 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|79 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Dennis Allen Williams
 * align="right"|235
 * align="right"|5.65%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Kenneth Carr Haines
 * align="right"|1,667
 * align="right"|35.17%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Torquil (Torque) MacLeod
 * align="right"|613
 * align="right"|12.93%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,740 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|59 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Liberal
 * Donald Edmund Nunn
 * align="right"|481
 * align="right"|10.15%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * James Churchill
 * align="right"|1,005
 * align="right"|20.29%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Byron O.S. Johnson
 * align="right"|245
 * align="right"|4.95%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,953 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|57 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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A redistribution took place before the 1966 election, after which the Shuswap Lake area became represented by the renamed riding of Shuswap.