Peace River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance in the general election of 1933, and its last was in 1953.
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Note: Winners of each election are in bold. |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|Mervin Cecil Simmons|align="right"|800 |align="right"|31.19%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown |Liberal|Wallace Archibald Watson|align="right"|749 |align="right"|29.20%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,565!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|19!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|Liberal|Glen Everton Braden|align="right"|1,168|align="right"|42.61%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|Charles Wilmer Bumstead|align="right"|905 |align="right"|33.02%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Independent|Clive Montgomery Francis Planta|align="right"|234 |align="right"|8.54%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,741 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|34!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie|align="right"|1,682|align="right"|47.85%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,515 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|27!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Publisher/editor of the Alaska Highway News and wife of George Matheson Murray, formerly MLA for Lillooet (1933–1941) and later MP for Cariboo.|}
|Liberal|Glen Everton Braden|align="right"|1,425 |align="right"|26.14%|align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- %|align="right"||align="right"|unknown |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|Arthur Roald Dahlen|align="right"|1,571 |align="right"|28.82%|align="right"|1,865|align="right"|38.80%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown |Progressive Conservative|Walter Clarence Henderson|align="right"|278 |align="right"|5.10%|align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- %|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,452 !align="right"|100.00%|align="right"|4,807|align="right"||align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|151!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.|}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.|Arthur Roald Dahlen|align="right"|1,921 |align="right"|33.24%|align="right"|2,216|align="right"|42.31%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown |Liberal|Stanley Weston|align="right"|1,378 |align="right"|23.84%|align="right"| - |align="right"| -.- %|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,780 !align="right"|100.00%|align="right"|5,238 |align="right"||align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|316!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|4 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of twp (2) shown only.|}
After the 1953 election the Peace River riding was partitioned into North Peace River and South Peace River.