Okanagan—Coquihalla

Okanagan—Coquihalla was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.

Okanagan—Coquihalla

British Columbia electoral district
Okanagan—Coquihalla in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	50.522°N 119.488°W / 50.522; -119.488
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2013
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	113,836
Electors (2011)	83,242
Area (km²)[2]	10,351.99
Census subdivision(s)	Penticton, Summerland, Merritt, Peachland, Logan Lake, West Kelowna, Central Okanagan J, Okanagan-Similkameen D, Okanagan-Similkameen E, Okanagan-Similkameen F, Tsinstikeptum 9

Geography

The electoral district included the towns of Penticton, Merritt, Summerland, Logan Lake, West Kelowna and Peachland.

History

This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Fraser Valley East and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt ridings. In 2003, it underwent slight boundary changes, with small parts added from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys and Kelowna ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
36th	1997–2000		Jim Hart	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
	2000–2000		Stockwell Day
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Dan Albas
Riding dissolved into Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola and South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Albas	28,525	53.59	-4.54
	New Democratic	David Finnis	12,853	24.15	+7.51
	Liberal	John Kidder	5,815	10.92	-0.97
	Green	Dan Bouchard	5,005	9.39	-3.95
	Independent	Sean Upshaw	860	1.62	–
	Independent	Dietrich Wittel	180	0.34	–
Total valid votes			53,238	100.0
Total rejected ballots			121	0.23	-0.07
Turnout			53,359	62.69	+3.1
Eligible voters			85,117
	Conservative hold		Swing		-6.02

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stockwell Day	28,765	58.13	+7.86	$59,382
	New Democratic	Ralph Poynting	8,236	16.64	-2.57	$8,169
	Green	Dan Bouchard	6,603	13.34	+5.78	$592
	Liberal	Valerie Hallford	5,883	11.89	-11.08
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,487	100.0		$91,800
Total rejected ballots			148	0.30	+0.04
Turnout			49,635	59.6	-3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.22

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stockwell Day	25,283	50.27	+0.48	$46,867
	Liberal	David Perry	11,552	22.97	-0.07	$5,727
	New Democratic	John Harrop	9,660	19.21	-0.33	$6,809
	Green	Karan Bowyer	3,802	7.56	+1.61	$1,328
Total valid votes			50,297	100.0
Total rejected ballots			130	0.26	-0.18
Turnout			50,445	62.8	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.28

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stockwell Day	24,220	49.79	-15.62	$63,012
	Liberal	Vanessa Sutton	11,212	23.04	+2.59	$36,417
	New Democratic	Joyce Procure	9,509	19.54	+11.10	$7,994
	Green	Harry Naegel	2,896	5.95	+3.67	$1,105
	Marijuana	Jack William Peach	548	1.12	-0.56
	Canadian Action	Lelannd Haver	259	0.53	-0.42	$397
Total valid votes			48,644	100.0
Total rejected ballots			214	0.44	+0.10
Turnout			48,858	63.55	-1.95
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.10
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Stockwell Day	28,794	59.36	-10.94	$61,098
	Liberal	Tom Chapman	9,923	20.45	–	$15,521
	New Democratic	Ken Ellis	4,096	8.44	-4.12	$4,470
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon John Seiter	2,939	6.05	–	$697
	Green	Harry Naegel	1,110	2.28	-5.38	$5,034
	Marijuana	Teresa Taylor	818	1.68	–
	Canadian Action	Larry Taylor	461	0.95	-3.25	$1,502
	Natural Law	Elizabeth Innes	167	0.34	–	$514
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	99	0.20	–	$123
	Independent	Clay Harmon	95	0.19	–
Total valid votes			48,502	100.0
Total rejected ballots			166	0.34
Turnout			48,668	65.50	+0.44
	Alliance hold		Swing		-15.70

Canadian federal by-election, 11 September 2000 On the resignation of Jim Hart
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Stockwell Day	19,417	70.30	+17.24
	New Democratic	Ken Ellis	3,470	12.56	+0.81
	Green	Joan Russow	2,115	7.66	+5.49
	Canadian Action	Jack William Peach	1,159	4.20	–
	Independent	Jim Strauss	689	2.49	–
	Independent	Marc-Boris St-Maurice	438	1.59	–
	Independent	Dennis Earl Baker	223	0.81	–
	Independent	Rad Gajic	108	0.39	–
Total valid votes			27,619	100.0
	Alliance hold		Swing		+8.22

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jim Hart	24,570	53.06	$48,868
	Liberal	Bruce Murdock	12,241	26.43	$66,877
	New Democratic	David Finnis	5,441	11.75	$18,388
	Progressive Conservative	Ramesh Rikhi	2,523	5.44	$23,815
	Green	Harry Naegel	1,008	2.17	$691
	Christian Heritage	Stuart Allan Town	318	0.68	$2,109
	Independent	Janice G.A.E. Switlo	202	0.43	$550
Total valid votes			46,303	100.0
Total rejected ballots			159	0.34
Turnout			46,462	65.06
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt, both of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election. Jim Hart was the incumbent from Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
• Controversies in the 2011 Canadian federal election