North Okanagan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan North. The riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East (1894–1900), and then in Okanagan (1903–1912). Both North Okanagan and South Okanagan were created in advance of the 1916 election.

Notable MLAs

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Political geography

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Election results

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Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Price Ellison 948 42.92% unknown
  Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 1,261 57.08% unknown
Total valid votes 2,209 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


1920 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 2,037 53.51
United Farmers William Frederick Laidman 1,770 46.49
Total valid votes 3,807 100.00
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Provincial Richard John Coltart 1,070 26.08%
Independent Conservative Price Ellison 764 18.62%
Conservative Arthur Thomas Howe 907 22.11%
  Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 1,362 33.20%
Total valid votes 4,103 100.00%
1928 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Farmer Arthur Thomas Howe 128 2.93%
Conservative William Farris Kennedy 2,361 54.03%
Liberal Peter Douglas Van Kleeck 1,881 43.04%
Total valid votes 4,370 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 57
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stephen Freeman 868 17.95% unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group Matthew Hassen 1,646 34.04% unknown
  Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 2,322 48.01% unknown
Total valid votes 4,836 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 46
Turnout %
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stephen Freeman 700 13.70% unknown
Conservative Gordon Lindsay 1,719 33.65% unknown
  Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 2,689 52.64% unknown
Total valid votes 5,108 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 81
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Gordon Daniel Herbert 1,071 18.16% unknown
Conservative Lindsay Gordon 2,320 39.33% unknown
  Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 2,508 42.52% unknown
Total valid votes 5,899 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 79
Turnout %


21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Coalition Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 7 2,990 59.78% unknown
Social Credit Alliance Oswald Scheir 430 8.60% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leonard Warner Wood 1,582 31.63% unknown
Total valid votes 5,002 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 102
Turnout %
7 Died after the election and before the opening of the new legislature.
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Alfred Monk 2,657 32.61% unknown
Coalition Charles William Morrow 4,966 60.95% unknown
  Social Credit Lorne Shantz 525 6.44% unknown
Total valid votes 8,148 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 190
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 19528
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Progressive Conservative David Fremont Buell Kinloch 1,240 13.08% - -.- % unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Alfred Monk 1,786 18.85% - -.- % unknown
  Liberal Charles William Morrow 2,104 22.20% 3,063 35.99% unknown
Social Credit League Lorne Shantz 4,347 45.87% 5,447 64.01%
Total valid votes 9,477 100.00% 8,510 %
Total rejected ballots 392
Turnout %
8 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; first and final of three (3) counts shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 9
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
  Progressive Conservative Neville Ross Patrick Duke 700 7.77% - -.- % unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Bruce Edward Emerson 1,749 19.42% 1,868 21.10% unknown
Labor-Progressive Nicholas (Nick) Klim 90 1.00% - -.-%
Social Credit Lorne Shantz 4,398 48.82% 4,578 51.71%
  Liberal Franklyn Valair 2,071 22.99% 2,407 27.19% unknown
Total valid votes 9,008 100.00% 8,853 %
Total rejected ballots 477
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
9 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal John A. Davis 2,272 27.14% unknown
Labor-Progressive Nicholas (Nick) Klim 88 1.05% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Alfred Monk 1,429 17.07% unknown
Social Credit Lorne Shantz 4,583 54.74% unknown
Total valid votes 8,372 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 184
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal John A. Davis 1,817 17.16% unknown
Labor-Progressive Nicholas (Nick) Klim 91 0.86% unknown
  Progressive Conservative John M. Kosty 1,098 10.37% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Isabella Pothecary 10 3,028 28.60% unknown
Social Credit Lorne Shantz 4,553 43.01% unknown
Total valid votes 10,587 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 118
Turnout %
10 In 1963 Statement of Votes listed as Isobel.
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Frank F. Becker 2,076 20.75% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Harry W. Byatt 1,765 17.64% unknown
Social Credit George William McLeod 4,157 41.55% unknown
New Democratic Isobel Pothecary 2,008 20.07% unknown
Total valid votes 10,006 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 69
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Frank F. Becker 2,408 30.46% unknown
Social Credit Patricia Jordan 3,841 48.59% unknown
New Democratic James McAnulty 1,535 19.42% unknown
  Independent Ellwood Charles Rice 121 19.42% unknown
Total valid votes 7,905 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 63
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit Patricia Jordan 6,610 60.01% unknown
  Liberal Robert Richard Neil 2,127 19.31% unknown
New Democratic Colleen Wilhelmina Pringle 2,278 20.68% unknown
Total valid votes 11,015 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 103
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Kenneth Leyden Christensen 2,960 20.81% unknown
Social Credit Patricia Jordan 5,323 37.43% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Brian George Usher 2,080 14.63% unknown
New Democratic Jerry Winters 3,859 27.13% unknown
Total valid votes 14,222 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 118
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Daniel Gaetano DeGirolamo 2,305 12.32% unknown
New Democratic James Arthur Foord 6,510 34.78% unknown
Social Credit Patricia Jordan 9,900 52.90% unknown
Total valid votes 18,715 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 165
Turnout %

Redistribution of the riding following the 1975 election saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name, Okanagan North.

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