Boundary-Similkameen

Boundary-Similkameen

Boundary-Similkameen was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It spanned the Boundary Country, around the towns of Grand Forks and Rock Creek west including Oliver and Osoyoos to the Similkameen valley towns of Keremeos and Princeton. The riding first appeared in the 1966 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Grand Forks-Greenwood (1924-1963) and Similkameen. The same area is now part of West Kootenay-Boundary.

For other historical and current ridings in the region, see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).

Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners in each election are in" bold.
New Democrat
Lois Mabel Haggen
align="right"|3,669
align="right"|31.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter
align="right"|6,547
align="right"|55.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Victor Hyde Wilson
align="right"|1,594
align="right"|13.50%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|11,810!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|87!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Neville Langrell Barlee
align="right"|4,957
align="right"|30.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Donald Grant MacDonald
align="right"|2,575
align="right"|15.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter
align="right"|8,944
align="right"|54.29%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|16,476!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|122!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Neville Langreel Barlee
align="right"|6,850
align="right"|37.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Donald James Ewart
align="right"|1,550
align="right"|8.45%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter
align="right"|8,092
align="right"|44.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Ruth Schiller
align="right"|1,855
align="right"|10.11
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|18,347!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|122!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
James Elder
align="right"|580
align="right"|2.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
James J. (Jim) Hewitt
align="right"|10,784
align="right"|48.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Barry Donald Montgomery
align="right"|1,778
align="right"|7.96%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Yvonne Joan Storey
align="right"|9,183
align="right"|41.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|22,325!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|161!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Social Credit
James J. (Jim) Hewitt
align="right"|13,739
align="right"|47.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Bryan Patrick McIver
align="right"|11,485
align="right"|39.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
John Edwin Swales
align="right"|3,662
align="right"|12.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|28,886 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|324!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Kenneth Leslie Carig Hasanen
align="right"|1,086
align="right"|3.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
James J. (Jim) Hewitt
align="right"|18,869
align="right"|54.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Yvonne Joan Storey
align="right"|14,468
align="right"|42.03%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|34,423 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|312!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Green
David G. Cursons
align="right"|634
align="right"|1.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Eldon John Harrop
align="right"|11,656
align="right"|19.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
James J. (Jim) Hewitt
align="right"|18,204
align="right"|29.99%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Green
John Mercer Hughes
align="right"|893
align="right"|1.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Anna Rita Lusier
align="right"|1,729
align="right"|2.85%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Ivan Charles Messmer
align="right"|16,150
align="right"|26.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Wesley G. Nickel
align="right"|11,427
align="right"|18.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|60,693 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|758!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Seat increased to two members from one.
New Democrat
Bill Barlee
align="right"|15,778
align="right"|52.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Green
Rus Domer
align="right"|361
align="right"|1.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Russ Fox
align="right"|10,515
align="right"|35.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Judy Tyabji
align="right"|3,144
align="right"|10.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|29,868!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|218!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 Seat increased to two members from one.

The 1988 byelection, which elected NDP member Bill Barlee, is the last appearance of the Boundary-Similkameen riding. For the 1991 election, the area became represented by Okanagan-Boundary.

Source

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]


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