| Defunct federal electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
Okanagan—Similkameen was a federalelectoral district inBritish Columbia, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. Theriding was created in 1976 from parts ofFraser Valley East,Kamloops—Cariboo andOkanagan Boundary ridings.
It consisted of:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created fromFraser Valley East,Kamloops—Cariboo andOkanagan Boundary | ||||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Frederick King | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| Riding dissolved intoOkanagan Centreand Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt | ||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred King | 27,071 | 52.21 | +12.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter J. Merry | 15,181 | 29.28 | -9.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilson Rutherford | 8,106 | 15.63 | -3.79 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Sam Davidson | 672 | 1.30 | – | ||||
| Green | Russ Domer | 417 | 0.80 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Hamersley | 402 | 0.78 | -0.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,849 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +11.36 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred King | 19,161 | 39.46 | -10.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Darwin Sigurgeirson | 19,058 | 39.24 | +11.61 | ||||
| Liberal | Don Moses | 9,433 | 19.42 | -2.80 | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Hamersley | 593 | 1.22 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | André Kruger | 317 | 0.65 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,562 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | -10.86 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred King | 21,008 | 49.56 | |||||
| New Democratic | Darwin Sigurgeirson | 11,715 | 27.63 | |||||
| Liberal | Don Moses | 9,421 | 22.22 | |||||
| No affiliation | Alexander V. Barker | 249 | 0.59 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,393 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts ofFraser Valley East,Kamloops—Cariboo andOkanagan Boundary, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo) in the previous election. | ||||||||