 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
Okanagan North was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Shuswap ridings.
It consisted of the North Okanagan Regional District and part of the Central Okanagan Regional District lying east of Electoral Area G and Electoral Area H. It became part of Okanagan Centre in 1987
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay | ||||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | George Whittaker | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Vincent Dantzer | Progressive Conservative | |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Shuswap | ||||
Election results
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vincent Dantzer | 35,904 | 56.05 | +7.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Eileen Robinson | 17,168 | 26.80 | -2.33 | ||||
| Liberal | Peta Willson | 9,935 | 15.51 | -6.65 | ||||
| Social Credit | Ben Bissett | 1,025 | 1.60 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 64,060 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.84 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vincent Dantzer | 24,983 | 48.70 | -2.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Powell | 14,944 | 29.13 | +5.97 | ||||
| Liberal | Otto Hack | 11,368 | 22.16 | -3.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,295 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.37 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Whittaker | 26,560 | 51.47 | |||||
| Liberal | Richard Bullock | 13,091 | 25.37 | |||||
| New Democratic | John Powell | 11,951 | 23.16 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 51,602 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo). George Whittaker was the incumbent from Okanagan Boundary. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links