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
| 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
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frederick King | 27,071 | 52.21 | +7.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter J. Merry | 15,181 | 29.28 | –1.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilson Rutherford | 8,106 | 15.63 | –6.53 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Sam Davidson | 672 | 1.30 | – | ||||
| Green | Russ Domer | 417 | 0.80 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Hamersley | 402 | 0.78 | –0.62 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,849 | 99.70 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 157 | 0.30 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 52,006 | 76.97 | +6.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,570 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1][2][3] | ||||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frederick King | 19,161 | 45.02 | –4.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Darwin Sgurgeirson | 13,058 | 30.68 | +3.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Don Moses | 9,433 | 22.16 | –0.06 | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Hamersley | 593 | 1.39 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | André Kruger | 317 | 0.74 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,562 | 99.73 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 114 | 0.27 | +0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,676 | 70.92 | –4.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,178 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –3.80 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6] | ||||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frederick 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 | 99.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 112 | 0.26 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 42,505 | 74.92 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 56,731 | |||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Okanagan--Similkameen, British Columbia (1984)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53477-8.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53472-7.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Okanagan--Similkameen, British Columbia (1980)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50630-0.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-51248-0.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Okanagan--Similkameen, British Columbia (1979)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50445-6.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-50834-3.
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament