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Okanagan—Similkameen

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Okanagan—Similkameen
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested1979
Last contested1984

Okanagan—Similkameen was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan Boundary ridings.

It consisted of:

Members of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo
and Okanagan Boundary
31st  1979–1980     Frederick King Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Okanagan Centre and
Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt

Election results

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1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fred King 27,071 52.21 +12.75
New Democratic Peter J. Merry 15,181 29.28 -9.96
Liberal Wilson Rutherford 8,106 15.63 -3.79
Confederation of Regions Sam Davidson 672 1.30
Green Russ Domer 417 0.80
Social Credit Bob Hamersley 402 0.78 -0.44
Total valid votes 51,849 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +11.36
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fred King 19,161 39.46 -10.10
New Democratic Darwin Sigurgeirson 19,058 39.24 +11.61
Liberal Don Moses 9,433 19.42 -2.80
Social Credit Bob Hamersley 593 1.22
Rhinoceros André Kruger 317 0.65
Total valid votes 48,562 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.86
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Fred King 21,008 49.56
New Democratic Darwin Sigurgeirson 11,715 27.63
Liberal Don Moses 9,421 22.22
No affiliation Alexander V. Barker 249 0.59
Total valid votes 42,393 100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan Boundary, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo) in the previous election.

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