Okanagan-Boundary was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of

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spanning the area from the Similkameen towns of

Kaleden Kaleden () is an unincorporated community about midway along the western shore of Skaha Lake in the Okanagan region of south central British Columbia. Adjacent to BC Highway 97, the locality is by road about south of Penticton. Agriculture As ea ...

and

Keremeos Keremeos () is a village in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The name originated from the Similkameen dialect of the Okanagan language word "Keremeyeus" meaning "creek which cuts its way through the flats" referring to Keremeos ...

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and Christina Lake, and including the southern Okanagan towns of

Okanagan Falls Okanagan Falls (also known as OK Falls) is a community located on the south end of Skaha Lake in British Columbia. History The community was founded in 1893 as Dogtown, which was derived from the name Dog Lake ("skaha" means "dog" in the Okanagan ...

, Oliver,

Osoyoos Osoyoos (, ) is the southernmost town in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia between Penticton and Omak. The town is north of the United States border with Washington state and is adjacent to the Osoyoos Indian reserve. The origin of the n ...

, Rock Creek and Greenwood. The riding first appeared in the 1991 election as the result of a redistribution of the former riding of

Boundary-Similkameen Boundary-Similkameen is a provincial riding formed in 2008. It includes the populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet. The riding's name corresponds to that of a former riding in the same area, with si ...

. The same area is now part of

West Kootenay-Boundary West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative ''West Kootenay'' component) that had previo ...

. For other ridings in the Kootenay region, please see

Kootenay (electoral districts) {{short description, None Kootenay is a name found in various provincial and federal electoral districts in the Canadian province of British Columbia. This page lists ridings with the name Kootenay in them, and also other ridings within the Koote ...

. For other ridings in the Okanagan region, please see

Okanagan (electoral districts) {{short description, None This article lists Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts with the name Okanagan, or in the Okanagan region. Current federal electoral districts * Okanagan—Shuswap (2004 - ) * Okanagan—Coquihalla (1996 ...

Electoral history

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Bill Barisoff Bill Barisoff is a former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Born in Oliver, he was an MLA from 1996 until 2013, representing the districts of Okanagan-Boundary, Penticton-Okanagan Vall ...

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, Gregg Wilson , align="right", 163 , align="right", 0.89% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 18,282 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 83 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 75.05% !align="right", !align="right", Following the 1996 election the riding was redistributed. Since the 2001 election the Boundary district area has been represented by

and the Okanagan towns by

Penticton-Okanagan Valley Penticton is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the '' Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. Previously the district was named Penticton-Okanagan Valley from 2001 to 2009 and Okanagan-Penticton from 1991 to 20 ...

. The Similkameen towns (Keremeos, Kaleden, Hedley) were added to the

Yale-Lillooet Yale-Lillooet was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the 1966 General Election, when it superseded the older Lillooet riding, which was one of the province's original ...

riding.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia