Okanagan North (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Okanagan North (provincial electoral district).

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.

Okanagan North

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Shuswap ridings.

It consisted of the North Okanagan Regional District and part of the Central Okanagan Regional District lying east of Electoral Area G and Electoral Area H. It became part of Okanagan Centre in 1987

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay
31st	1979–1980		George Whittaker	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Vincent Dantzer	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Shuswap

Election results

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent Dantzer	35,904	56.05	+7.35
	New Democratic	Eileen Robinson	17,168	26.80	-2.33
	Liberal	Peta Willson	9,935	15.51	-6.65
	Social Credit	Ben Bissett	1,025	1.60	–
Total valid votes			64,060	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.84

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent Dantzer	24,983	48.70	-2.77
	New Democratic	John Powell	14,944	29.13	+5.97
	Liberal	Otto Hack	11,368	22.16	-3.21
Total valid votes			51,295	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.37

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George Whittaker	26,560	51.47
	Liberal	Richard Bullock	13,091	25.37
	New Democratic	John Powell	11,951	23.16
Total valid votes			51,602	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo). George Whittaker was the incumbent from Okanagan Boundary.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament