South Okanagan

South Okanagan

:"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 election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan South. The riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East (1894-1900), and then in 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 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 1953 to 1972. The second-most famous MLA from this riding was his son, William Richards Bennett, Premier from 1975 election to 1986 election.

Political geography

Election results

"Note: Winners of each election are in "bold.
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Conservative
James William Jones
align="right"|845
align="right"|54.52%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
James William Jones
align="right"|1,882
align="right"|56.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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|1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.
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Conservative
James William Jones
align="right"|2,009
align="right"|52.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Charles Barrell Latta
align="right"|1,318
align="right"|34.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Canadian Labour Party
John William Stalker Logie
align="right"|125
align="right"|3.30%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Conservative
James William Jones
align="right"|2,145
align="right"|56.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Liberal
Joseph Allen Harris
align="right"|1,636
align="right"|36.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent Conservative 1
James William Jones
align="right"|1,445
align="right"|32.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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|1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
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Liberal
Cecil Robert Bull
align="right"|2,388
align="right"|45.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Silvanus Noble Dixon
align="right"|815
align="right"|15.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Conservative
William Andrew Cecil Bennett 2
align="right"|2,009
align="right"|37.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Cecil Robert Bull
align="right"|1,769
align="right"|33.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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|2 Electoral debut. Later 25th Premier of British Columbia, 1952-1972, and father of 27th Premier, William Richards Bennett (both Social Credit.
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Coalition
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|3,706
align="right"|64.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Coalition
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|6,555
align="right"|58.40%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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BC Social Credit League
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|6,082
align="right"|51.24%
align="right"|6,082
align="right"|51.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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
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
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Thomas Wilkinson
align="right"|2,654
align="right"|22.36%
align="right"|2,654
align="right"|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|3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only needed in this riding.
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Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|6,756
align="right"|58.51%
align="right"|6,756
align="right"|58.51%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Katharine Frances Huntington Weddell
align="right"|403
align="right"|3.49%
align="right"|403
align="right"|3.49%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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
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|4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.
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Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|7,694
align="right"|69.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Cecil Robert Bull
align="right"|1,230
align="right"|11.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Walter Ratzlaff
align="right"|1,663
align="right"|15.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Liberal
Joseph M. Barre
align="right"|1,238
align="right"|9.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|8,058
align="right"|59.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Walter Ratzlaff
align="right"|2,902
align="right"|21.57%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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New Democrat
Barbara Sydney Bedell
align="right"|1,707
align="right"|12.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|8,485
align="right"|63.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Arthur Parsons Dawe
align="right"|642
align="right"|4.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|8,747
align="right"|73.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Leo Joseph Matte
align="right"|1,274
align="right"|10.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|13,074
align="right"|72.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Robert Dickson Knox
align="right"|1,957
align="right"|10.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Social Credit
William Andrew Cecil Bennett
align="right"|12,122
align="right"|49.91%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
James Crosland Doak
align="right"|2,188
align="right"|9.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Frank Snowsell
align="right"|6,060
align="right"|24.95%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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"

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Social Credit
William Richards Bennett
align="right"|17,918
align="right"|55.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Alex William Crouch
align="right"|1,712
align="right"|5.26%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Hugh Duncan Dendy
align="right"|10,851
align="right"|33.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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|5 27th Premier of British Columbia.

Redistribution of the riding following the 1975 election saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name, Okanagan South, for the 1979 election.

ources

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]


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