Okanagan—Revelstoke

Okanagan—Revelstoke
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1966
First contested	1953
Last contested	1965

Okanagan—Revelstoke was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Kamloops and Yale ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Kootenay West, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Kamloops and Yale
22nd	1953–1957	George McLeod	Social Credit
23rd	1957–1958	George McLeod	Social Credit
24th	1958–1962	Stuart Fleming	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968	Howard Earl Johnston	Social Credit
Riding dissolved into Kootenay West, Okanagan Boundary and Okanagan—Kootenay

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Howard Earl Johnston	4,294	27.44	+7.34
	Liberal	Frank F. Becker	4,060	25.95	+2.78
	Progressive Conservative	John Gracey	3,983	25.45	-9.72
	New Democratic	Walter Inglis	3,176	20.30	-1.25
	Communist	Alexander Mowers	135	0.86	–
Total valid votes			15,648	100.0
	Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+2.28

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Fleming	5,800	35.17	+1.11
	Liberal	Everard Clarke	3,821	23.17	-0.15
	New Democratic	Isobel Pothecary	3,554	21.55	-2.72
	Social Credit	Peer Paynter	3,314	20.10	+1.75
Total valid votes			16,489	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.63

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Fleming	5,265	34.06	-13.88
	New Democratic	Les McLean	3,751	24.27	+11.55
	Liberal	Franklyn Valair	3,604	23.32	+7.38
	Social Credit	Bob Thomas	2,837	18.35	-3.64
Total valid votes			15,457	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.72
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Fleming	7,004	47.94	+23.55
	Social Credit	George William McLeod	3,213	21.99	-17.68
	Liberal	Hilda Cryderman	2,329	15.94	-9.26
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Dyck	1,859	12.72	+1.98
	Labor–Progressive	Alexander W. Mowers	205	1.40	–
Total valid votes			14,610	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		+20.62

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Credit	George William McLeod	3,537	30.10
	Liberal	Hilda Luella Cryderman	3,340	28.42
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur Southcombe Parker	2,348	19.98
	Progressive Conservative	Theodore Robert Bruce Adams	2,132	18.14
	Labor–Progressive	John Henry Codd	395	3.36
Total valid votes			11,752	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops and Yale, which elected a Progressive Conservative and a Co-operative Commonwealth candidate, respectively, in the previous election.

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