Okanagan North (federal electoral district)

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Okanagan North
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
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.

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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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Vincent Dantzer 35,90456.05+7.35
New Democratic Eileen Robinson17,16826.80-2.33
Liberal Peta Willson9,93515.51-6.65
Social Credit Ben Bissett1,0251.60
Total valid votes64,060100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.84
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Vincent Dantzer 24,98348.70-2.77
New Democratic John Powell14,94429.13+5.97
Liberal Otto Hack11,36822.16-3.21
Total valid votes51,295100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.37
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative George Whittaker 26,56051.47
Liberal Richard Bullock13,09125.37
New Democratic John Powell11,95123.16
Total valid votes51,602100.0  
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

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