Okanagan Centre

This article is about the former electoral district. For the neighbourhood within Lake Country, see Okanagan Centre, British Columbia.
Okanagan Centre
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 1996
First contested 1988
Last contested 1993

Okanagan Centre was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen, and eliminated in 1996 when it was merged into Kelowna.

Okanagan Centre consisted of the Central Okanagan Regional District.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen
34th  1988–1993     Al Horning Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Werner Schmidt Reform
Riding dissolved into Kelowna

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ReformWerner Schmidt 30,653 46.62 +32.09
LiberalMurli Pendharkar 15,667 23.83 +6.77
Progressive ConservativeAl Horning 12,608 19.18 -18.07
New DemocraticBryan Mciver 4,556 6.93 -23.28
NationalJack Davis 1,080 1.64
GreenDavid Hughes 665 1.01 +0.06
Natural LawDouglas Walker 208 0.32
Canada PartyFaye Stroo 179 0.27
IndependentTrevor L. Adams 134 0.20
Total valid votes 65,750100.0  
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +12.66
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeAl Horning 19,485 37.25
New DemocraticBryan Mciver 15,800 30.21
LiberalMurli Pendharkar 8,922 17.06
ReformWerner Schmidt 7,599 14.53
GreenDavid Hughes 496 0.95
Total valid votes 52,302100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election.

See also

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