Okanagan—Revelstoke
British Columbia electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1952 |
District abolished | 1966 |
First contested | 1953 |
Last contested | 1965 |
Okanagan—Revelstoke was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Kamloops and Yale ridings.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Kootenay West, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Kamloops and Yale | ||||
22nd | 1953–1957 | George McLeod | Social Credit | |
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | Stuart Fleming | Progressive Conservative | |
25th | 1962–1963 | |||
26th | 1963–1965 | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | Howard Earl Johnston | Social Credit | |
Riding dissolved into Kootenay West, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | Howard Earl Johnston | 4,294 | 27.44 | +7.34 | ||||
Liberal | Frank F. Becker | 4,060 | 25.95 | +2.78 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Gracey | 3,983 | 25.45 | -9.72 | ||||
New Democratic | Walter Inglis | 3,176 | 20.30 | -1.25 | ||||
Communist | Alexander Mowers | 135 | 0.86 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 15,648 | 100.0 | ||||||
Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +2.28 |
Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stuart Fleming | 5,800 | 35.17 | +1.11 | ||||
Liberal | Everard Clarke | 3,821 | 23.17 | -0.15 | ||||
New Democratic | Isobel Pothecary | 3,554 | 21.55 | -2.72 | ||||
Social Credit | Peer Paynter | 3,314 | 20.10 | +1.75 | ||||
Total valid votes | 16,489 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.63 |
Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stuart Fleming | 5,265 | 34.06 | -13.88 | ||||
New Democratic | Les McLean | 3,751 | 24.27 | +11.55 | ||||
Liberal | Franklyn Valair | 3,604 | 23.32 | +7.38 | ||||
Social Credit | Bob Thomas | 2,837 | 18.35 | -3.64 | ||||
Total valid votes | 15,457 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -12.72 | ||||||
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. |
Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stuart Fleming | 7,004 | 47.94 | +23.55 | ||||
Social Credit | George William McLeod | 3,213 | 21.99 | -17.68 | ||||
Liberal | Hilda Cryderman | 2,329 | 15.94 | -9.26 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Jack Dyck | 1,859 | 12.72 | +1.98 | ||||
Labor–Progressive | Alexander W. Mowers | 205 | 1.40 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 14,610 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | +20.62 |
Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | George William McLeod | 5,376 | 39.67 | +9.57 | ||||
Liberal | Hilda Cryderman | 3,415 | 25.20 | -3.22 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stuart Fleming | 3,305 | 24.39 | +6.25 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Jacob Jack Dyck | 1,455 | 10.74 | -9.24 | ||||
Total valid votes | 13,551 | 100.0 | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | +6.40 |
Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Social Credit | George William McLeod | 3,537 | 30.10 | |||||
Liberal | Hilda Luella Cryderman | 3,340 | 28.42 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Arthur Southcombe Parker | 2,348 | 19.98 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Theodore Robert Bruce Adams | 2,132 | 18.14 | |||||
Labor–Progressive | John Henry Codd | 395 | 3.36 | |||||
Total valid votes | 11,752 | 100.0 | ||||||
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops and Yale, which elected a Progressive Conservative and a Co-operative Commonwealth candidate, respectively, in the previous election. |
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