Okanagan North (federal electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
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 | 56.07 | +7.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Eileen Robinson | 17,168 | 26.81 | –2.32 | ||||
| Liberal | Peta J. Willson | 9,935 | 15.52 | –6.65 | ||||
| Social Credit | Ben S. Bissett | 1,025 | 1.60 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 64,032 | 99.65 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 227 | 0.35 | +0.13 | |||||
| Turnout | 64,259 | 76.03 | +7.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,518 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1][2][3] | ||||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vincent Dantzer | 24,983 | 48.70 | –2.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | John O. Powell | 14,944 | 29.13 | +5.97 | ||||
| Liberal | Otto H. Hack | 11,368 | 22.16 | –3.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,295 | 99.78 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 115 | 0.22 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,410 | 68.79 | –4.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,740 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –4.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6] | ||||||||
| 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 O. Powell | 11,951 | 23.16 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,602 | 99.83 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 86 | 0.17 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 51,688 | 73.17 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,638 | |||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] | ||||||||
