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:''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>
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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]]