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Okanagan Boundary
Okanagan Boundary was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1979. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Kamloops and Yale ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fraser Valley East, Kootenay West, Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen ridings. Members of Parliament Election results {{end See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Otta ... Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Howard (politician)
Bruce Andrew Thomas Howard (5 December 1922 – 11 September 2002) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Drayton, Ontario and became a realtor by career. Howard represented British Columbia's Okanagan Boundary riding. After an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat there in the 1965 federal election, he succeeded in the 1968 election. After serving his only term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, Howard was defeated in the 1972 election by George Whittaker of the Progressive Conservative party. From October 1970 to September 1972, Howard was Parliamentary Secretary to Jean-Luc Pépin Jean-Luc Pepin, (November 1, 1924 – September 5, 1995) was a Canadian academic, politician and Cabinet minister. Political biography Pepin was a political science professor at the University of Ottawa when he was first elected to the House o ..., the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce of that time. References * 1922 births 2002 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province. 96 of Ontario's 107 provincial electoral districts, roughly those outside Northern Ontario, remain coterminous with their federal counterparts. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a Grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Christian (politician)
Frank Claus Christian (28 April 1911 – 26 July 1988) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was a lawyer by career. He was first elected at the Okanagan Boundary riding in the 1957 general election. As he completed his only term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament, Christian stated that he would not seek re-election in the 1958 election due to the need to spend six or seven months a year from his family while in Parliament. Christian served for four years in municipal politics as a councillor and alderman of Penticton, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, .... References External links * 1911 births 1988 deaths British Columbia municipal councillors Lawyers in British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmore Philpott
Captain Elmore Philpott (May 2, 1896 – December 9, 1964) was a Canadian politician and journalist. Philpott joined the Canadian military during World War I and was badly wounded – he needed two canes to help him walk for the rest of his life. He was working as an editorial writer for the Toronto ''Globe'' when he ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in its 1930 leadership convention. He lost badly to Mitchell Hepburn. The next year, he attempted to become a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario through a by-election, but was defeated. In 1933, Philpott resigned from the ''Globe'' to join the new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and was asked to lead a campaign organizing Clubs for the Ontario CCF. The CCF in Ontario was organized into three sections at the time: the United Farmers of Ontario (UFO), the ''Labour Conference'' made up of socialist and labour groups, and the CCF Clubs. Philpott became the president of the Ontario Association of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Jones (Canadian Politician)
Owen Lewis Jones (6 February 1890 – 5 November 1964) was a Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. He was born in Newborough, Anglesey, Wales. Before being elected to Parliament, he was an owner and operator of furniture stores in the Kelowna and Penticton region of British Columbia. He was also a Kelowna City Councillor and mayor of Kelowna, British Columbia. After two unsuccessful attempts to win the Yale riding in the 1940 and 1945 federal elections, Jones won a by-election held on 31 May 1948 which was called when incumbent member Grote Stirling resigned due to poor health. Jones was re-elected at Yale in the 1949 federal election then following a change in electoral district boundaries, he won re-election at the Okanagan Boundary riding in 1953. Jones was defeated by Frank Christian of the Social Credit Party in the 1957 election. Jones made two further attempts to win back the Okanagan Bound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Davis Shaw
Frederick Davis Shaw (August 4, 1909 – December 9, 1977) was a Canadian politician who served in Parliament of Canada, Parliament. Shaw was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1940 Canadian federal election, 1940 federal election, in the electoral district of Red Deer (federal electoral district), Red Deer under the banner of the Social Credit Party of Canada, Social Credit Party. He was re-elected in 1945 Canadian federal election, 1945, 1949 Canadian federal election, 1949, 1953 Canadian federal election, 1953 and 1957 Canadian federal election, 1957. In the 1958 Canadian federal election, 1958 election he was defeated by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative candidate Harris George Rogers, Harris Rogers. After his defeat Shaw moved to British Columbia, where he tried twice to re-enter Parliament. He stood as the Social Credit candidate in the federal elections of 1962 Canadian federal election, 1962 and 1963 Canadian fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Vaughan Pugh
David Vaughan Pugh (27 November 1907 – 21 June 2005) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Okotoks, Alberta and had a career as a solicitor, barrister, and insurance agent. Pugh was educated at Trinity College School, Brentwood College and the University of British Columbia, from which he graduated in 1934. He then obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He was first elected at the Okanagan Boundary riding in the 1958 general election after an unsuccessful bid for the seat in 1957. Pugh was re-elected there in 1962, 1963 and 1965. He was defeated in the 1968 election by Bruce Howard of the Liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Whittaker (Canadian Politician)
George Herbert Whittaker (22 December 1919 – 26 August 2013) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an orchardist and farmer by career. He represented British Columbia's Okanagan Boundary electoral district which he won in the 1972 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1974 and 1979 federal elections, thus serving three successive terms from the 29th to 31st Canadian Parliament The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark ...s. Whittaker left national politics in 1980 and did not campaign in that year's national elections. He died in Kelowna in 2013. He was 93. References External links * 1919 births 2013 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia People from Sturgeon County Prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okanagan—Similkameen
Okanagan—Similkameen was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan Boundary ridings. It consisted of: * the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen * part of the Regional District of Central Okanagan lying west of the westerly boundaries of Electoral Area A and Electoral Area I * part of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary lying west of the westerly boundary of Electoral Area B * part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lying east of the easterly boundary of Electoral Area I and south of the southerly boundaries of Electoral Area J and Electoral Area L. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External links * Website of thParliament o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
