North Okanagan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the

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beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to

Okanagan North Okanagan North was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanaga ...

. The riding was originally part of the

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riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in

Yale-East Yale-East was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-North were created from the older three-member Yale (provinci ...

(1894–1900), and then in

Okanagan The Okanagan ( ), also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is part ...

(1903–1912). Both North Okanagan and

South Okanagan South Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the 1916 British Columbia general election, election of 1916. Following the 1975 British Columbia general election, 1975 election bound ...

were created in advance of the 1916 election.

Notable MLAs

Price Ellison Price Ellison (October 6, 1852 – December 10, 1932) was an English-born blacksmith, farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-East from 1898 to 1903 and Okanagan from 1903 to 1916 as a Conservative in the ...

Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald (July 11, 1872 – November 19, 1945) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1916 to 1928 and 1933 to his death in 1945, as a Liberal member for the constituency ...

, 1916–1928, 1933-1945 (d. in office), Liberal * Lorne Shantz - Social Credit *

Patricia Jordan Patricia Jane Jordan (December 7, 1930–February 24 1997) was a registered nurse and political figure in British Columbia. She represented North Okanagan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1982 as a Social Credit mem ...

Political geography

Election results

''Note: Winners of each election are in bold.'' , - ,

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, align="right", 1,261 , align="right", 57.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,209 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 1,362 , align="right", 33.20% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,103 !align="right", 100.00% , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Stephen Freeman , align="right", 868 , align="right", 17.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 2,322 , align="right", 48.01% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,836 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 46 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Stephen Freeman , align="right", 700 , align="right", 13.70% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 2,689 , align="right", 52.64% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,108 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 81 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Gordon Daniel Herbert , align="right", 1,071 , align="right", 18.16% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, align="right", 2,508 , align="right", 42.52% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,899 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 79 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Leonard Warner Wood , align="right", 1,582 , align="right", 31.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,002 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 102 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ⁷ Died after the election and before the opening of the new legislature. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Alfred Monk , align="right", 2,657 , align="right", 32.61% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

, Lorne Shantz , align="right", 525 , align="right", 6.44% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 8,148 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 190 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Progressive Conservative , David Fremont Buell Kinloch , align="right", 1,240 , align="right", 13.08% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Alfred Monk , align="right", 1,786 , align="right", 18.85% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Charles William Morrow , align="right", 2,104 , align="right", 22.20% , align="right", 3,063 , align="right", 35.99% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,477 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 8,510 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 392 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ⁸ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; first and final of three (3) counts shown only. , - , Progressive Conservative , Neville Ross Patrick Duke , align="right", 700 , align="right", 7.77% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Bruce Edward Emerson , align="right", 1,749 , align="right", 19.42% , align="right", 1,868 , align="right", 21.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Franklyn Valair , align="right", 2,071 , align="right", 22.99% , align="right", 2,407 , align="right", 27.19% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,008 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 8,853 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 477 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ⁹ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown. , - ,

, John A. Davis , align="right", 2,272 , align="right", 27.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Alfred Monk , align="right", 1,429 , align="right", 17.07% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 8,372 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 184 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, John A. Davis , align="right", 1,817 , align="right", 17.16% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , John M. Kosty , align="right", 1,098 , align="right", 10.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Isabella Pothecary ¹⁰ , align="right", 3,028 , align="right", 28.60% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,587 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 118 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹⁰ In 1963 Statement of Votes listed as Isobel. , - ,

, Frank F. Becker , align="right", 2,076 , align="right", 20.75% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Harry W. Byatt , align="right", 1,765 , align="right", 17.64% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,006 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 69 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Frank F. Becker , align="right", 2,408 , align="right", 30.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Ellwood Charles Rice , align="right", 121 , align="right", 19.42% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,905 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 63 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Robert Richard Neil , align="right", 2,127 , align="right", 19.31% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 11,015 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 103 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Kenneth Leyden Christensen , align="right", 2,960 , align="right", 20.81% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Brian George Usher , align="right", 2,080 , align="right", 14.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 14,222 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 118 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Daniel Gaetano DeGirolamo , align="right", 2,305 , align="right", 12.32% , align="right", , align="right", unknown {{CANelec , BC , Social Credit ,

, 9,900 , 52.90% , – , unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 18,715 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 165 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", Redistribution of the riding following the 1975 election saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name,

External links

Elections BC website - historical election data
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia