North Okanagan

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

Price Ellison
Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald, 1916–1928, 1933-1945 (d. in office), Liberal
Lorne Shantz - Social Credit
Patricia Jordan

Political geography

Election results

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			%

v t e 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	%
	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.

External links

Elections BC website - historical election data