Okanagan—Kootenay
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Okanagan—Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.
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.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Doug Stewart | 11,370 | |||
| New Democrat | James Patterson | 9,552 | |||
| Social Credit | Howard Earl Johnston | 5,837 | |||
| Social Credit | David Wilson McKechnie | 4,837 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Doug Steart | 12,416 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Howard Earl Johnston | 12,258 | |||
| New Democrat | Peter Maksylewich | 11,400 | |||
| Social Credit | Agner Dahl Jensen | 1,855 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Howard Earl Johnston | 17,164 | |||
| Liberal | Hari Singh | 15,051 | |||
| New Democrat | Peter Maksylewich | 8,163 | |||
| Social Credit | Helmut Fandrich | 2,438 | |||
| Independent | Norm Baker | 318 | |||
