Okanagan North
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For the provincial electoral district, see Okanagan North (provincial electoral district).
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 Electoral Area G and Electoral Area H. It became part of Okanagan Centre in 1987
Electoral history
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
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