Okanagan—Kootenay
Okanagan—Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979.
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1966 |
District abolished | 1976 |
First contested | 1968 |
Last contested | 1974 |
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke ridings.
It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Kamloops—Shuswap, Kootenay East, and Okanagan North ridings.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke | ||||
28th | 1968–1972 | William Douglas Stewart | Liberal | |
29th | 1972–1974 | |||
30th | 1974–1979 | Howard Earl Johnston | Progressive Conservative | |
Riding dissolved into Kamloops—Shuswap, Kootenay East and Okanagan North |
Election results
1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Howard Earl Johnston | 17,164 | 39.79 | +7.47 | ||||
Liberal | Hari Singh | 15,051 | 34.89 | +2.16 | ||||
New Democratic | Peter Maksylewich | 8,163 | 18.92 | -11.14 | ||||
Social Credit | Helmut Fandrich | 2,438 | 5.65 | +0.76 | ||||
Independent | Norm Baker | 318 | 0.74 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 43,134 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.66 |
1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | William Douglas Stewart | 12,416 | 32.73 | -3.26 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Howard Earl Johnston | 12,258 | 32.32 | +17.01 | ||||
New Democratic | Peter Maksylewich | 11,400 | 30.06 | -0.17 | ||||
Social Credit | Agner Dahl Jensen | 1,855 | 4.89 | -13.58 | ||||
Total valid votes | 37,929 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.14 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative candidate Howard Earl Johnston gained 13.85 percentage points from the 1968 election, when he ran as a Social Credit. |
1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | William Douglas Stewart | 11,370 | 35.99 | |||||
New Democratic | James Patterson | 9,552 | 30.23 | |||||
Social Credit | Howard Earl Johnston | 5,837 | 18.47 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | David Wilson McKechnie | 4,837 | 15.31 | |||||
Total valid votes | 31,596 | 100.0 | ||||||
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke, which elected a Progressive Conservative, a Liberal and a Social Credit, respectively, in the last election. Social Credit Howard Earl Johnston was the incumbent from Okanagan—Revelstoke. |
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See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
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