Lyle MacWilliam

±%

Lyle Dean MacWilliam
Member of Parliament for Okanagan—Shuswap [1]		Expenditures
	Reform	Darrel Stinson	24,952	53.12	+10.67	$63,898
	Liberal	Lyle MacWilliam	11,585	24.66	+6.24	$60,414
	New Democratic	Calvin White	5,839	12.43	-11.31	$17,699
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Crerar	3,160	6.72	-3.12	$18,143
	Canadian Action	Claire Foss	802	1.70	+1.54	$5,555
	Independent	David Lethbridge	370	0.78	–	$1,657
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	257	0.54	+0.11
Total valid votes			46,965	100.0
Total rejected ballots			147	0.31
Turnout			47,112	67.06
	Reform hold		Swing		+2.22
Liberal candidate Lyle MacWilliam gained 0.92 percentage points from the last election, when he ran as a New Democrat.

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Darrel Stinson	21,023	42.45	+39.38
	New Democratic	Lyle MacWilliam	11,760	23.74	-19.73
	Liberal	Brooke Jeffrey	9,124	18.42	+2.50
	Progressive Conservative	Alice Klim	4,871	9.84	-26.35
	National	Don MacLennan	2,018	4.07	–
	Green	Hermann Bruns	312	0.63	-0.52
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	211	0.43	–
	Natural Law	Rig Gelfand	130	0.26	–
	Canada Party	Claire Foss	78	0.16	–
Total valid votes			49,527	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+29.56

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Lyle Dean MacWilliam	18,749	43.47
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Spoor	15,606	36.19
	Liberal	David L. Simpson	6,868	15.92
	Reform	Donald McDonell	1,321	3.06
	Green	Connie K. Harris	495	1.15
	Independent	Kathleen Daniels	89	0.21
Total valid votes			43,128	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Shuswap and Okanagan North, which elected a New Democrat and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election.

1986 British Columbia general election : Okanagan North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Lyall Franklin Hansen	11,936	48.13	+6.16
	New Democratic	Lyle Dean MacWilliam	11,540	46.54	-2.52
	Progressive Conservative	E. Shirley H. Spiller	800	3.23	–
	Liberal	Dieter W.A. Bauer	522	2.10	-5.42
Total valid votes			24,798	100.00
Total rejected ballots			290
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [13]

British Columbia provincial by-election, 11 October 1984 On the death of Donald James Campbell, 10 June 1984
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lyle Dean MacWilliam	9,707	49.06	+7.83
	Social Credit	Harold Thorlakson	8,303	41.97	-12.25
	Liberal	Frank Cole	1,487	7.52	+4.72
	Western Canada Concept	Clyde Nunn	288	1.45	-0.30
Total valid votes			19,785	100.00
Total rejected ballots			147
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [14]

1983 British Columbia general election : Okanagan North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Donald James Campbell	13,647	54.22
	New Democratic	Lyle Dean MacWilliam	10,380	41.23
	Liberal	Maury Banks	706	2.80
	Western Canada Concept	Art Robatzek	441	1.75
Total valid votes			25,174	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [15]

References

1. Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Globe and Mail Publishing. Spring 1992.
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3. Normandin, P G (1985). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1985.
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