Okanagan—Coquihalla

Okanagan—Coquihalla
British Columbia electoral district
	File:Okanagan-Coquihalla.png Okanagan—Coquihalla in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,836
Electors (2011)	83,242
Area (km²)	10,351.99
Pop. density (per km²)	11
Census subdivisions	Penticton, Summerland, Merritt, Peachland, Logan Lake, Central Okanagan J, Okanagan-Similkameen D, Okanagan-Similkameen E, Okanagan-Similkameen F, Tsinstikeptum 9

Okanagan—Coquihalla is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

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

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.

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

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

Canadian federal election, 2008
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

Canadian federal election, 2004
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.

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	M. 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

Canadian federal election, 1997
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.

v t e Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior
Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
New Democratic	Kootenay—Columbia Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Liberal	Kelowna—Lake Country

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