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{{about|the defunct provincial electoral district|the region|Okanagan|other electoral districts|Okanagan (electoral districts)}}

'''North Okanagan''' was the name of a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]] beginning with the [[1916 British Columbia general election|election of 1916]].  Following the [[1975 British Columbia general election|1975 election]] boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to [[Okanagan North provincial electoral district|Okanagan North]].  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 (provincial electoral district)|Okanagan]] (1903–1912).  Both North Okanagan and [[South Okanagan]] were created in advance of the 1916 election.

==Notable MLAs==
*[[Price Ellison]]
*[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]], 1916–1928, 1933-1945 (d. in office), Liberal
*[[Lorne Shantz]] - Social Credit
*[[Patricia Jordan]]

==Political geography==

{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

== Election results ==
''Note: Winners of each election are in '''bold'''.''
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1916 British Columbia general election|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|[[Price Ellison]]|948 			|42.92%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,261'''
|align="right"|'''57.08%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,209 
!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"|
|}
   	  	  	  	 
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1920/North Okanagan}}
  	  	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1924 British Columbia general election|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
{{CANelec |BC |Provincial |Richard John Coltart |1,070 |26.08%}}
{{CANelec |BC |Independent Conservative |[[Price Ellison]] |764 |18.62%}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|[[Arthur Thomas Howe]]|907 	 			|22.11%}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,362'''
|align="right"|'''33.20%'''
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,103 
!align="right"|100.00%
{{end}}	  	  	  	  	  	 
 	 	  	 
{{CANelec/top|BC|1928|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|BC|Independent Farmer|[[Arthur Thomas Howe]] |128  |2.93%}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative |'''[[William Farris Kennedy]]''' |2,361 |54.03%}}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal |Peter Douglas Van Kleeck |1,881 |43.04%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes |4,370 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots |57}}
{{end}}
 	  	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1933 British Columbia general election|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Stephen Freeman
|align="right"|868 		
|align="right"|17.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |NPIG |[[Matthew Hassen]] |1,646 	 |34.04% |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]]'''
|align="right"|'''2,322'''
|align="right"|'''48.01%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,836 	
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|46
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|} 	  	  	  	 
  	  	  	  	 	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1937 British Columbia general election|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Stephen Freeman
|align="right"|700 			
|align="right"|13.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Gordon Lindsay|1,719 		|33.65%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]]'''
|align="right"|'''2,689'''
|align="right"|'''52.64%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,108  
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|81
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|} 	
  	  	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1941 British Columbia general election|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Gordon Daniel Herbert
|align="right"|1,071 	 		
|align="right"|18.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Lindsay Gordon|2,320 	|39.33%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]'''
|'''[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]]'''
|align="right"|'''2,508'''
|align="right"|'''42.52%'''
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,899 	
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|79
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

  	  	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1945 British Columbia general election|21st British Columbia election, 1945]]}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Coalition |'''[[Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald]]''' <sup>7</sup> |'''2,990''' 				 |'''59.78%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Social Credit Alliance|Oswald Scheir|430 |8.60%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Leonard Warner Wood
|align="right"|1,582 			
|align="right"|31.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,002 
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|102
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> <small>Died after the election and before the opening of the new legislature.</small>
|}
  	  	  	  	   	  	 	  	  	   	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1949 British Columbia general election|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|William Alfred Monk
|align="right"|2,657 	 	 		
|align="right"|32.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Coalition |'''[[Charles William Morrow]]'''  |'''4,966''' 		 	 		 |'''60.95%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Social Credit|row}}
|[[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|Social Credit]]
|[[Lorne Shantz]]
|align="right"|525 		 		
|align="right"|6.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,148
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|190
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

{{Election Pref begin | title=[[1952 British Columbia general election|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]]<sup>8</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|David Fremont Buell Kinloch
|align="right"|1,240              
|align="right"|13.08%
|align="right"| - 
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|William Alfred Monk
|align="right"|1,786                       
|align="right"|18.85% 
|align="right"| -   
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Charles William Morrow
|align="right"|2,104           
|align="right"|22.20%
|align="right"|3,063  	 	
|align="right"|35.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit League |'''[[Lorne Shantz]]''' |'''4,347''' |'''45.87%''' |'''5,447''' |'''64.01%'''}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,477       
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|8,510 
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|392
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|<sup>8</sup> <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; first and final of three (3) counts shown only.</small>
|}	  	 	 
 	  	  	  	  	   	  	  	 	  	  	 
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[1953 British Columbia general election|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>9</sup>}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Neville Ross Patrick Duke
|align="right"|700 	 		 	                     
|align="right"|7.77% 
|align="right"| - 
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Bruce Edward Emerson  	 	 	
|align="right"|1,749 	 	 	 	 		 	       
|align="right"|19.42% 
|align="right"|1,868  
|align="right"|21.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Labor-Progressive|Nicholas (Nick) Klim 	 	|90 	 	 	 	 	 		 	       |1.00% | -   | -.-%||unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Lorne Shantz]]''' |'''4,398''' |'''48.82%''' |'''4,578''' |'''51.71%'''}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Franklyn Valair
|align="right"|2,071 	 	 	 	 				 	 	     
|align="right"|22.99% 
|align="right"|2,407 
|align="right"|27.19% 
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,008 	  		  		   	  	       
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|8,853 
!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>9</sup>  <small>Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown.</small>
|}
  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	   	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1956 British Columbia general election|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John A. Davis
|align="right"|2,272 		          
|align="right"|27.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Labor-Progressive|Nicholas (Nick) Klim 	 	|88 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	       |1.05% ||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|William Alfred Monk
|align="right"|1,429 	 	
|align="right"|17.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Lorne Shantz]]'''  |'''4,583''' 	 	         		 |'''54.74%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,372   
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|184
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
  	  	  	  	   	  	   	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1960 British Columbia general election|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John A. Davis
|align="right"|1,817 			          
|align="right"|17.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Labor-Progressive|Nicholas (Nick) Klim 	 	|91 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	       |0.86% ||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|John M. Kosty
|align="right"|1,098 	 	 		 	                     
|align="right"|10.37% 
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|CCF|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Isabella Pothecary <sup>10</sup>
|align="right"|3,028 		 	
|align="right"|28.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Lorne Shantz]]'''  |'''4,553''' 	 	         		 |'''43.01%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,587 
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|118
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>10</sup>  <small>In 1963 Statement of Votes listed as Isobel.</small>
|}
  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1963 British Columbia general election|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Frank F. Becker
|align="right"|2,076 	 	
|align="right"|20.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Harry W. Byatt
|align="right"|1,765 	 		 	
|align="right"|17.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[George William McLeod]]'''  |'''4,157''' 	         		 |'''41.55%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Isobel Pothecary|2,008 	 	 	|20.07%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,006
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|69
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}	  	  	  
  	  	  	  	   	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1966 British Columbia general election|28th British Columbia election, 1966]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Frank F. Becker
|align="right"|2,408 		 	 	
|align="right"|30.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Patricia Jordan]]'''  |'''3,841''' 				         		 |'''48.59%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|James McAnulty|1,535 		 	 	|19.42%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Ellwood Charles Rice
|align="right"|121
|align="right"|19.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,905 	 	
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}  	  	  	 
  	  	  	  	   	  	  	   	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1969 British Columbia general election|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Patricia Jordan]]'''  |'''6,610''' 			         		 |'''60.01%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Robert Richard Neil
|align="right"|2,127 	 		 	
|align="right"|19.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Colleen Wilhelmina Pringle|2,278 	 	 	 	 	|20.68%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,015 	
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|103
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}  	
  	  	  	  	 
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1972 British Columbia general election|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Kenneth Leyden Christensen
|align="right"|2,960 		 	 	
|align="right"|20.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Patricia Jordan]]'''  |'''5,323''' 		 			         		 |'''37.43%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Brian George Usher
|align="right"|2,080 		 		 	
|align="right"|14.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Jerry Winters|3,859 		 		 	 	|27.13%||unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,222 		
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|118
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}  		

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1975 British Columbia general election|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Daniel Gaetano DeGirolamo
|align="right"|2,305 	 	 	 	 	
|align="right"|12.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|James Arthur Foord|6,510 	 	|34.78%||unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |'''[[Patricia Jordan]]'''  |'''9,900''' 		 			         		 |'''52.90%''' |&ndash; |unknown}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|18,715 
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|165
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|} 
   	 
Redistribution of the riding following the 1975 election saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name, [[Okanagan North provincial electoral district|Okanagan North]].

== External links ==
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/resource-centre/electoral-history-of-bc/ Elections BC website - historical election data]

[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia]]