Boundary-Similkameen

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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).

1 Demographics
2 Political geography
3 Notable elections
4 Notable MLAs
5 Electoral history
6 Source

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966-1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Lois Mabel Haggen	3,669	31.07%		unknown
	Social Credit	Francis Xavier Richter	6,547	55.44%		unknown
	Liberal	John Victor Hyde Wilson	1,594	13.50%		unknown
Total valid votes			11,810	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			87
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Neville Langrell Barlee	4,957	30.09%		unknown
	Liberal	Donald Grant MacDonald	2,575	15.63%		unknown
	Social Credit	Francis Xavier Richter	8,944	54.29%		unknown
Total valid votes			16,476	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			122
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Neville Langreel Barlee	6,850	37.34%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Donald James Ewart	1,550	8.45%		unknown
	Social Credit	Francis Xavier Richter	8,092	44.11%		unknown
	Liberal	Ruth Schiller	1,855	10.11		unknown
Total valid votes			18,347	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			122
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	James Elder	580	2.60%		unknown
	Social Credit	James J. (Jim) Hewitt	10,784	48.31%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Donald Montgomery	1,778	7.96%		unknown
	New Democrat	Yvonne Joan Storey	9,183	41.13%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,325	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			161
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	James J. (Jim) Hewitt	13,739	47.56%		unknown
	New Democrat	Bryan Patrick McIver	11,485	39.76%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Edwin Swales	3,662	12.68%		unknown
Total valid votes			28,886	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			324
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kenneth Leslie Carig Hasanen	1,086	3.15%		unknown
	Social Credit	James J. (Jim) Hewitt	18,869	54.82%		unknown
	New Democrat	Yvonne Joan Storey	14,468	42.03%		unknown
Total valid votes			34,423	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			312
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986 ^2>
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	David G. Cursons	634	1.04%		unknown
	New Democrat	Eldon John Harrop	11,656	19.21%		unknown
	Social Credit	James J. (Jim) Hewitt	18,204	29.99%		unknown
	Green	John Mercer Hughes	893	1.47%		unknown
	Liberal	Anna Rita Lusier	1,729	2.85%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ivan Charles Messmer	16,150	26.61%		unknown
	New Democrat	Wesley G. Nickel	11,427	18.83%		unknown
Total valid votes			60,693	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			758
Turnout			%
² Seat increased to two members from one.

Boundary-Similkameen Byelection, June 8 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bill Barlee	15,778	52.82%		unknown
	Green	Rus Domer	361	1.21%		unknown
	Social Credit	Russ Fox	10,515	35.44%		unknown
	Liberal	Judy Tyabji	3,144	10.53%		unknown
Total valid votes			29,868	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			218
Turnout			%
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.