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{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
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'''Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt''' was a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[British Columbia]], Canada, that was represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from [[Okanagan—Similkameen]], and eliminated in 1996 when it was divided between [[Okanagan—Coquihalla]] and [[West Kootenay—Okanagan]].

The riding consisted of the west part of the Kootenay Boundary Regional District, the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, Electoral Areas M and N of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, and the city of [[Merritt, British Columbia|Merritt]].

==Members of Parliament==

{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding created from'' [[Okanagan—Similkameen]]}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1988
| ToYr = 1993
| Assembly# = 34
| CanParty = NDP
| RepName = Jack Whittaker
| RepLink = Jack Whittaker (politician)
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1993
| ToYr = 1997
| Assembly# = 35
| CanParty = Reform
| RepName = Jim Hart
| RepLink = Jim Hart (British Columbia politician)
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' [[Okanagan—Coquihalla]] ''and''<br>[[West Kootenay—Okanagan]]}}
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==Election results==

{{1993 Canadian federal election/Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt}}
{{1988 Canadian federal election/Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=936 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]]

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