- Okanagan South
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- This page is for the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district named Okanagan South. For towns in and other information on the southern Okanagan region, please see Okanagan. For other electoral districts please see Okanagan (electoral districts).
Okanagan South was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1979 and lasting until the 1986 election. The riding is similar to, but not the same as, its main predecessor, South Okanagan, which expired in 1975 but had been the longtime seat of Okanagan South's first member's father W.A.C. Bennett. The area of the riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East (1894–1900), and then in Okanagan (1903–1912), and then since that time until 1975 in South Okanagan.
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Notable MLAs
The most famous MLA from this riding was indubitably William Richards Bennett, Premier of BC 1975-1986.
Political geography
Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit William Richards Bennett 20,552 62.45% unknown New Democrat Hugh Duncan Dendy 10,881 33.06% unknown Progressive Conservative Ernest Garedner Arthur 1,479 4.49% unknown Total valid votes 32,912 100.00% Total rejected ballots 324 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Frederick L. Bartell 165 0.39% unknown Social Credit William Richards Bennett 27,647 66.05% unknown Independent Peter C.L. Griffiths 338 0.81% unknown Liberal Robert N, McKee 848 2.03% unknown New Democrat Brian Christopher Taylor 12,859 30.72% unknown Total valid votes 41,857 100.00% Total rejected ballots 476 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1986 1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Republic Party Frederick L. Bartell 245 0.31% unknown Social Credit Larry Chalmers 23,380 29.25% unknown New Democrat Hugh Duncan Dendy 13,035 16.31% unknown Liberal William Henry Gow 3,225 4.03% unknown Liberal David G. King 3,651 4.57% unknown New Democrat Eileen M. Robertson 12,111 15.15% unknown Social Credit Clifford Jack Serwa 24,287 30.38% unknown Total valid votes 79,934 100.00% Total rejected ballots 1,094 Turnout % 1 Seat increased to two members from one. Redistribution of the riding following the 1986 election saw the seat broken into two, Okanagan West and Okanagan East.
Sources
Elections BC website - historical election data
Categories:- Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
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