Okanagan—Similkameen
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
Okanagan—Similkameen was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.
The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan Boundary ridings.
It consisted of:
- the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
- part of the Regional District of Central Okanagan lying west of the westerly boundaries of Electoral Area A and Electoral Area I
- part of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary lying west of the westerly boundary of Electoral Area B
- part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lying east of the easterly boundary of Electoral Area I and south of the southerly boundaries of Electoral Area J and Electoral Area L.
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan Boundary |
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| 31st | 1979–1980 | Frederick King | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt |
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Election results[edit]
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred King | 27,071 | 52.21 | +12.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter J. Merry | 15,181 | 29.28 | -9.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilson Rutherford | 8,106 | 15.63 | -3.79 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Sam Davidson | 672 | 1.30 | – | ||||
| Green | Russ Domer | 417 | 0.80 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Hamersley | 402 | 0.78 | -0.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,849 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.36 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred King | 19,161 | 39.46 | -10.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Darwin Sigurgeirson | 19,058 | 39.24 | +11.61 | ||||
| Liberal | Don Moses | 9,433 | 19.42 | -2.80 | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Hamersley | 593 | 1.22 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | André Kruger | 317 | 0.65 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,562 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -10.86 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred King | 21,008 | 49.56 | |||||
| New Democratic | Darwin Sigurgeirson | 11,715 | 27.63 | |||||
| Liberal | Don Moses | 9,421 | 22.22 | |||||
| No affiliation | Alexander V. Barker | 249 | 0.59 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,393 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan Boundary, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo) in the previous election. | ||||||||
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament