Okanagan Centre
Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1987 |
District abolished | 1996 |
First contested | 1988 |
Last contested | 1993 |
Okanagan Centre was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen, and eliminated in 1996 when it was merged into Kelowna.
Okanagan Centre consisted of the Central Okanagan Regional District.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen | ||||
34th | 1988–1993 | Al Horning | Progressive Conservative | |
35th | 1993–1997 | Werner Schmidt | Reform | |
Riding dissolved into Kelowna |
Election results
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Reform | Werner Schmidt | 30,653 | 46.62 | +32.09 | ||||
Liberal | Murli Pendharkar | 15,667 | 23.83 | +6.77 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Al Horning | 12,608 | 19.18 | -18.07 | ||||
New Democratic | Bryan Mciver | 4,556 | 6.93 | -23.28 | ||||
National | Jack Davis | 1,080 | 1.64 | – | ||||
Green | David Hughes | 665 | 1.01 | +0.06 | ||||
Natural Law | Douglas Walker | 208 | 0.32 | – | ||||
Canada Party | Faye Stroo | 179 | 0.27 | – | ||||
Independent | Trevor L. Adams | 134 | 0.20 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 65,750 | 100.0 | ||||||
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +12.66 |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Al Horning | 19,485 | 37.25 | |||||
New Democratic | Bryan Mciver | 15,800 | 30.21 | |||||
Liberal | Murli Pendharkar | 8,922 | 17.06 | |||||
Reform | Werner Schmidt | 7,599 | 14.53 | |||||
Green | David Hughes | 496 | 0.95 | |||||
Total valid votes | 52,302 | 100.0 | ||||||
This riding was created from parts of Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. |
See also
External links
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament