Similkameen was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of

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formed around the historic mining district of the same name. It made its first appearance on the

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in the election of 1903. After the 1963 election, which was the occasion of this riding's last appearance, this electoral district was combined with

Grand Forks-Greenwood Grand Forks-Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries. The riding first appeared i ...

to form

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 sim ...

for the 1966 election.

Demographics

Notable MLAs

* Lytton Wilmot Shatford (Conservative, 1903–1917) * William Alexander McKenzie (Conservative, 1918–1933) * Charles Herbert Percy Tupper (Liberal, 1933–1941) * Frank Richter, Jr. (Social Credit, 1953–1966)

Electoral history

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

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, William Alexander McLean , align="right", 214 , align="right", 41.72% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 513 !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", ,

, Curtis Smith , align="right", 200 , align="right", 37.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 527 !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", ,

, Richard Elmhirst , align="right", 205 , align="right", 31.78% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 645 !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", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ Also spelled Elmhurst. , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", n/a !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", ,

, Robert Scott Conklin , align="right", 523 , align="right", 44.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,173 !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", ,

, Edward John Chambers , align="right", 1,264 , align="right", 48.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,618 !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", ,

, Zella May McGregor , align="right", 771 , align="right", 23.36% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,301 !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", ,

, Charles Herbert Percy Tupper ² , align="right", 1,665 , align="right", 44.47% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,744 !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", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ² Not to be confused with Canadian Prime Minister

Sir Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, (July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led ...

or his son, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper. ,

, Charles Herbert Percy Tupper , align="right", 1,765 , align="right", 43.23% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Francis Henry (Frank) Brown , align="right", 730 , align="right", 17.88% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Thomas Heeney , align="right", 202 , align="right", 4.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,083 !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", ,

, Charles Herbert Percy Tupper , align="right", 2,266 , align="right", 43.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Francis Henry (Frank) Brown , align="right", 807 , align="right", 15.51% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,203 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 71 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , George Bernard Webber , align="right", 2,601 , align="right", 41.16% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Charles Herbert Percy Tupper , align="right", 1,965 , align="right", 31.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,319 !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", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Bernard George Webber , align="right", 2,591 , align="right", 42.91% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,038 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 53 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Bernard George Webber , align="right", 4,028 , align="right", 41.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,772 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 284 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Harold Sidney Kenyon , align="right", 3,433 , align="right", 32.02% , align="right", 4,668 , align="right", 49.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , B.C. Social Credit League , Harry Denyer Francis , align="right", 3,344 , align="right", 31.19% , align="right", 4,712 , align="right", 50.23% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Maurice Patrick Finnerty , align="right", 2,545 , align="right", 23.73% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , P-C , Edward Titchmarsh , align="right", 1401 , align="right", 14% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,723 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 9,380 , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 296 !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=7, ³ Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Harold Sidney Kenyon , align="right", 3,419 , align="right", 33.14% , align="right", 4,105 , align="right", 43.11% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, James Bowie Fairley , align="right", 2,109 , align="right", 20.44% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,316 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 9,523 , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 347 !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=7, ⁴ Preferential ballot. First and second of three counts only shown. ,

, Frank William Laird , align="right", 1,181 , align="right", 37.94% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Stephen Archibald Mepham , align="right", 2,200 , align="right", 22.87% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , James Douglas Southworth , align="right", 487 , align="right", 5.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 9,620 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 90 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , CCF , Francis Douglas Stuart , align="right", 3,151 , align="right", 30.77% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, Johannes Joseph Winkelaar , align="right", 1,454 , align="right", 14.20% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Winnifred Odetta Mathias , align="right", 840 , align="right", 8.20% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,242 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 75 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, Alwyn Day Coleman Washington , align="right", 1,423 , align="right", 13.61% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Evelyn Annie McElroy , align="right", 1,303 , align="right", 12.46% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,455 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 86 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", The riding was redistributed following the 1963 election. The main successor riding was

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
{{DEFAULTSORT:Similkameen (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia