Okanagan North

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Okanagan North was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.


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 Electorial Area G and Electoral Area H. It became part of Okanagan Centre in 1987

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Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Vincent Dantzer 35,904 56.05%
     New Democratic Party Eileen Robinson 17,168 26.80%
     Liberal Peta Willson 9,935 15.51%
     Social Credit Ben Bissett 1,025 1.60%
Total valid votes 64,060 100%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Vincent Dantzer 24,983 48.70%
     New Democratic Party John Powell 14,944 29.13%
     Liberal Otto Hack 11,368 22.16%
Total valid votes 51,295 100%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative George Whittaker 26,560 51.37%
     Liberal Richard Bullock 13,091 25.32%
     New Democratic Party John Powell 11,951 25.11%
Total valid votes 51,703 100%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

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