Okanagan North

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

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, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Shuswap ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		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	Vincent Dantzer	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Okanagan Centre and Okanagan—Shuswap

Canadian federal election, 1984
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

Canadian federal election, 1980
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

Canadian federal election, 1979
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.

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