Okanagan-Boundary

Okanagan-Boundary was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia spanning the area from the Similkameen towns of Kaleden and Keremeos to Grand Forks and Christina Lake, and including the southern Okanagan towns of Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Rock Creek and Greenwood. The riding first appeared in the 1991 election as the result of a redistribution of the former riding of Boundary-Similkameen. The same area is now part of West Kootenay-Boundary.

For other ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts). For other ridings in the Okanagan region, please see Okanagan (electoral districts).

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

35th British Columbia election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Charles (Chuck) Stone	3,978	25.77%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Bill Barlee	7,228	46.82%		unknown
	Liberal	Laurie McDonald	3,859	24.99%		unknown
	Green	D. Forbes Leslie	374	2.42 %	–	unknown
Total valid votes			15,439	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			285
Turnout			75.76%

36th British Columbia election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	7,011	38.85%		unknown
	New Democratic	Bill Barlee	6,984	38.20%		unknown
	Social Credit	Doug Biagioni	183	1.00%	–	unknown
	Progressive Democrat	Kevin Highfield	775	4.24%	–	unknown
	Reform	Garry Mitchell	2,810	15.37%		unknown
	Green	David Simm	356	1.95%	–	unknown
	Natural Law Party	Gregg Wilson	163	0.89%		unknown
Total valid votes			18,282	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			83
Turnout			75.05%

Following the 1996 election the riding was redistributed. Since the 2001 election the Boundary district area has been represented by West Kootenay-Boundary and the Okanagan towns by Penticton-Okanagan Valley. The Similkameen towns (Keremeos, Kaleden, Hedley) were added to the Yale-Lillooet riding.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns