Okanagan Boundary

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Okanagan-Boundary. For other Okanagan-area ridings, see Okanagan (electoral districts).

Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Okanagan Boundary British Columbia electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1952
District abolished| 1976
First contested| 1953
Last contested| 1974

Okanagan Boundary was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Kamloops and Yale ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Fraser Valley East, Kootenay West, Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen ridings.

## Members of Parliament

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Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Riding created from Kamloops and Yale
22nd |  1953–1957 |  | Owen Jones | Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd |  1957–1958 |  | Frank Christian | Social Credit
24th |  1958–1962 |  | David Vaughan Pugh | Progressive Conservative
25th |  1962–1963
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968
28th |  1968–1972 |  | Bruce Howard | Liberal
29th |  1972–1974 |  | George Whittaker | Progressive Conservative
30th |  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Fraser Valley East, Kootenay West,
Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen

## Election results

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1974 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | George Whittaker | 23,089 | 43.17 | +0.68
| Liberal | John Dyck | 19,421 | 36.31 | +6.80
| New Democratic | Arnet Tuffs | 8,975 | 16.78 | -11.22
| Social Credit | Violet R. Sharp | 2,002 | 3.74 | -
Total valid votes  | 53,487 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.06
1972 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | George Whittaker | 20,468 | 42.49 | +14.14
| Liberal | Bruce Howard | 14,213 | 29.51 | -3.16
| New Democratic | Bryan McIver | 13,487 | 28.00 | +0.21
Total valid votes  | 48,168 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.65
1968 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Bruce Howard | 12,321 | 32.67 | +12.07
| Progressive Conservative | David Vaughan Pugh | 10,691 | 28.35 | -2.50
| New Democratic | Alex Turner | 10,481 | 27.79 | +3.36
| Social Credit | Dave Sparrow | 4,217 | 11.18 | -12.95
Total valid votes  | 37,710 | 100.0
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +7.28
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | David Vaughan Pugh | 9,499 | 30.85 | -2.21
| New Democratic | D.A. Alex Turner | 7,522 | 24.43 | +3.25
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Emery | 7,431 | 24.13 | -0.36
| Liberal | Bruce Howard | 6,343 | 20.60 | -0.67
Total valid votes  | 30,795 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.73
1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | David Vaughan Pugh | 10,031 | 33.06 | +1.71
| Social Credit | Frederick Davis Shaw | 7,430 | 24.49 | +1.10
| Liberal | William Andrew Gilmour | 6,453 | 21.27 | +3.50
| New Democratic | J.A. Young | 6,425 | 21.18 | -6.32
Total valid votes  | 30,339 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.30
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | David Vaughan Pugh | 9,069 | 31.35 | -17.04
| New Democratic | Owen Lewis Jones | 7,956 | 27.50 | -1.50
| Social Credit | Frederick Davis Shaw | 6,766 | 23.39 | +10.54
| Liberal | Elmore Philpott | 5,141 | 17.77 | +8.00
Total valid votes  | 28,932 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.78
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | David Vaughan Pugh | 13,065 | 48.39 | +22.41
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Owen Lewis Jones | 7,829 | 29.00 | -0.95
| Social Credit | Henry Carson | 3,470 | 12.85 | -17.61
| Liberal | William Andrew Gilmour | 2,637 | 9.77 | -3.84
Total valid votes  | 27,001 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | +11.68
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Social Credit | Frank Christian | 7,465 | 30.46 | -6.01
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Owen Lewis Jones | 7,340 | 29.95 | -9.15
| Progressive Conservative | David Vaughan Pugh | 6,368 | 25.98 | -
| Liberal | Melville Joseph Butler | 3,336 | 13.61 | -10.82
Total valid votes  | 24,509 | 100.0
| Social Credit gain from Co-operative Commonwealth | Swing | +1.57
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Owen Lewis Jones | 8,086 | 39.10
| Social Credit | Ivor James Newman | 7,543 | 36.47
| Liberal | William Allen Rathbun | 5,053 | 24.43
Total valid votes  | 20,682 | 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. Owen Jones was the incumbent from Yale.

## See also

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* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## External links

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* Riding history from the Library of Parliament