Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1903 and lasting only until the election of 1912, after which it was succeeded by North Okanagan and South Okanagan. The riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890. When that riding was first broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East (1894–1900).

Notable MLAs

Political geography

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
  Conservative Price Ellison 725 56.77% unknown
  Liberal Thomas Willing Stirling 552 43.23% unknown
Total valid votes 1,277 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
  Conservative Price Ellison 893 54.85% unknown
SocialistJohn William Stalker Logie925.65%–unknown
  Liberal Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald 643 39.50% unknown
Total valid votes 1,628 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Francis Richard Edwin DeHart 741 30.04% unknown
  Conservative Price Ellison 1,538 62.34% unknown
SocialistJames Foulds Johnson1887.62%–unknown
Total valid votes 2,467 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
  Conservative Price Ellison 1,388 82.37% unknown
SocialistGeorge Faulds Sterling29717.63%–unknown
Total valid votes 1,685 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

Redistribution of the riding following the 1912 election and two new ridings, North Okanagan and South Okanagan first appeared in the election of 1916.

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data

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