South Okanagan 3478757 155602483 2007-09-04T10:36:15Z Topbanana 20151 Fix link to William Richards Bennett :''This page is for the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district named South Okanagan. For towns in and other information on the southern Okanagan region, please see [[Okanagan]]. For other electoral districts please see [[Okanagan (electoral districts)]].'' '''South Okanagan''' was a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]] beginning with the [[British Columbia general election, 1916|election of 1916]]. Following the [[British Columbia general election, 1975|1975 election]] boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to [[Okanagan South]]. The riding was originally part of the [[Yale (provincial electoral district)|Yale]] riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in [[Yale-East]] (1894-1900), and then in [[Okanagan (electoral district)|Okanagan]] (1903-1912). Both South Okanagan and [[North Okanagan]] were created in advance of the 1916 election. ==Notable MLAs== The most famous MLA from this riding was indubitably [[William Andrew Cecil Bennett|W.A.C. Bennett]], who won the seat originally as a Conservative in 1941, sat with the Coalition in '45 and '49, then joined the Social Credit League of British Columbia in the preferential-ballot melee of '52 and '53 which led to his securing majority rule for his long tenure as Premier from [[British Columbia general election, 1953|1953]] to [[British Columbia general election, 1972|1972]]. The second-most famous MLA from this riding was his son, [[William Richards Bennett]], Premier from [[British Columbia general election, 1975|1975 election]] to [[British Columbia general election, 1986|1986 election]]. ==Political geography== == Election results == ''Note: Winners of each election are in ''<b>bold</b>. {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[James William Jones]] |align="right"|<b>845 |align="right"|<b>54.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Leslie Vivian Rogers |align="right"|705 |align="right"|45.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,550 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[James William Jones]] |align="right"|<b>1,882 |align="right"|<b>56.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Leslie Vivian Rogers |align="right"|1,433 |align="right"|43.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,315 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[James William Jones]] |align="right"|<b>2,009 |align="right"|<b>52.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Charles Barrell Latta |align="right"|1,318 |align="right"|34.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}} |[[Canadian Labour Party]] |John William Stalker Logie |align="right"|125 |align="right"|3.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}} |[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]] |Hubert Bertram Daniel Lysons |align="right"|340 |align="right"|8.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,792 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[James William Jones]] |align="right"|<b>2,145 |align="right"|<b>56.08% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Daniel Wilbur Sutherland |align="right"|1,680 |align="right"|43.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,825 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|21 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Joseph Allen Harris]] |align="right"|<b>1,636 |align="right"|<b>36.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/IndCons/row}} |Independent Conservative <sup>1</sup> |James William Jones |align="right"|1,445 |align="right"|32.38% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Owen Lewis Jones |align="right"|1,382 |align="right"|30.97% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,463 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|0 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Endorsed by the Independent CCF.</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |<b>[[Cecil Robert Bull]] |align="right"|<b>2,388 |align="right"|<b>45.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Silvanus Noble Dixon |align="right"|815 |align="right"|15.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |Thomas Grantham Norris |align="right"|2,101 |align="right"|39.61% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,304 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|57 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] <sup>2</sup> |align="right"|<b>2,009 |align="right"|<b>37.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Cecil Robert Bull]] |align="right"|<b>1,769 |align="right"|<b>33.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Felicia Snowsell |align="right"|1,552 |align="right"|29.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,330 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|53 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>2</sup> <small>Electoral debut. Later 25th [[Premier of British Columbia]], [[1952]]-[[1972]], and father of 27th [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]], [[William Richards Bennett]] (both [[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|Social Credit]].</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|21st British Columbia election, 1945]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>3,706 |align="right"|<b>64.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Gladys Adelia Webster |align="right"|2,062 |align="right"|35.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,768 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|140 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}} |<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>6,555 |align="right"|<b>58.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Wilkinson |align="right"|4,669 |align="right"|41.60% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,224 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|171 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]]<sup>3</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|BC Social Credit League]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>6,082 |align="right"|<b>51.24% |align="right"|<b>6,082 |align="right"|<b>51.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Cecil Robert Bull]] |align="right"|1,763 |align="right"|14.85% |align="right"|1,763 |align="right"|14.85% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |William Bower Hughes-Games |align="right"|1,371 |align="right"|11.55% |align="right"|1,371 |align="right"|11.55% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Wilkinson |align="right"|<b>2,654 |align="right"|<b>22.36% |align="right"|<b>2,654 |align="right"|<b>22.36% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,870 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|11,870 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|543 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>3</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only needed in this riding.</small> |} {{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>4</sup>}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>6,756 |align="right"|<b>58.51% |align="right"|<b>6,756 |align="right"|<b>58.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Katharine Frances Huntington Weddell |align="right"|<b>403 |align="right"|<b>3.49% |align="right"|<b>403 |align="right"|<b>3.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Thomas Wilkinson |align="right"|2,427 |align="right"|21.02% |align="right"|2,427 |align="right"|21.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |John Victor Hyde Wilson |align="right"|1,961 |align="right"|16.98% |align="right"|1,961 |align="right"|16.98 % |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,547 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|11,547 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|477 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|<sup>4</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.</small> |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>7,694 |align="right"|<b>69.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Cecil Robert Bull]] |align="right"|1,230 |align="right"|11.14% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Walter Ratzlaff |align="right"|1,663 |align="right"|15.07% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Brian Coryell Weddell |align="right"|451 |align="right"|4.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,038 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|186 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Joseph M. Barre]] |align="right"|1,238 |align="right"|9.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>8,058 |align="right"|<b>59.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]] |Walter Ratzlaff |align="right"|2,902 |align="right"|21.57% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Hubert Stuart Harrison Smith |align="right"|1,256 |align="right"|9.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,454 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|301 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Barbara Sydney Bedell |align="right"|1,707 |align="right"|12.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>8,485 |align="right"|<b>63.69% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Arthur Parsons Dawe |align="right"|642 |align="right"|4.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |James Marshall |align="right"|2,488 |align="right"|18.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,322 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|115 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1966|28th British Columbia election, 1966]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>8,747 |align="right"|<b>73.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Leo Joseph Matte |align="right"|1,274 |align="right"|10.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Thomas Rose |align="right"|1,936 |align="right"|16.19% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,957 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|135 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>13,074 |align="right"|<b>72.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Robert Dickson Knox |align="right"|1,957 |align="right"|10.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Eva A. Pfeifer |align="right"|3,078 |align="right"|17.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|18,109 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|205 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1972|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Andrew Cecil Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>12,122 |align="right"|<b>49.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |James Crosland Doak |align="right"|2,188 |align="right"|9.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |Frank Snowsell |align="right"|6,060 |align="right"|24.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Roger MacPhail Tait |align="right"|3,917 |align="right"|16.13% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|24,287 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|304 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}} |<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] |<b>[[William Richards Bennett]] |align="right"|<b>17,918 |align="right"|<b>55.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} |[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]] |Alex William Crouch |align="right"|1,712 |align="right"|5.26% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]] |[[Hugh Duncan Dendy]] |align="right"|10,851 |align="right"|33.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Tom Finkelstein |align="right"|2,072 |align="right"|6.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|32,553 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|209 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5</sup> <small>27th [[Premier of British Columbia]].</small> |} Redistribution of the riding following the [[British Columbia general election, 1975|1975 election]] saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name, [[Okanagan South]], for the [[British Columbia general election, 1979|1979 election]]. ==Sources== [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data] [[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]