Okanagan—Kootenay

Okanagan—Kootenay
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

Okanagan—Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Kamloops—Shuswap, Kootenay East, and Okanagan North ridings.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke
28th	1968–1972	William Douglas Stewart	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	William Douglas Stewart	Liberal
30th	1974–1979	Howard Earl Johnston	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Kamloops—Shuswap, Kootenay East and Okanagan North

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Earl Johnston	17,164	39.79	+7.47
	Liberal	Hari Singh	15,051	34.89	+2.16
	New Democratic	Peter Maksylewich	8,163	18.92	-11.14
	Social Credit	Helmut Fandrich	2,438	5.65	+0.76
	Independent	Norm Baker	318	0.74	–
Total valid votes			43,134	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.66

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Douglas Stewart	12,416	32.73	-3.26
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Earl Johnston	12,258	32.32	+17.01
	New Democratic	Peter Maksylewich	11,400	30.06	-0.17
	Social Credit	Agner Dahl Jensen	1,855	4.89	-13.58
Total valid votes			37,929	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.14
Progressive Conservative candidate Howard Earl Johnston gained 13.85 percentage points from the 1968 election, when he ran as a Social Credit.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Douglas Stewart	11,370	35.99
	New Democratic	James Patterson	9,552	30.23
	Social Credit	Howard Earl Johnston	5,837	18.47
	Progressive Conservative	David Wilson McKechnie	4,837	15.31
Total valid votes			31,596	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan—Revelstoke, which elected a Progressive Conservative, a Liberal and a Social Credit, respectively, in the last election. Social Credit Howard Earl Johnston was the incumbent from Okanagan—Revelstoke.