Okanagan (electoral district)

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Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1903 to 1912.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Okanagan region, please see Okanagan (electoral districts).

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Political geography 3 Notable elections 4 Notable MLAs 5 Electoral history 6 Source

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1901
Population change, 1901-1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Price Ellison	725	56.77%		unknown
	Liberal	Thomas Willing Stirling	552	43.23%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,277	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Price Ellison	893	54.85%		unknown
	Socialist	John William Stalker Logie	92	5.65%		unknown
	Liberal	Kenneth Cattenach MacDonald	643	39.50%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,628	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Richard Edwin DeHart	741	30.04%		unknown
	Conservative	Price Ellison	1,538	62.34%		unknown
	Socialist	James Foulds Johnson	188	7.62%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,467	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Price Ellison	1,388	82.37%		unknown
	Socialist	George Faulds Stirling	297	17.63%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,685	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

In the 1916 election, the Okanagan riding was succeeded by the new ridings of North Okanagan and South Okanagan.

[edit] Source

Elections BC Historical Returns