Okanagan—Coquihalla

Okanagan—Coquihalla
British Columbia electoral district
	Okanagan—Coquihalla in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	50°31′19″N 119°29′17″W / 50.522°N 119.488°W
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)	113,836
Electors (2011)	83,242
Area (km²)	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

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.

Geography

The electoral district included 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
37th	2000–2003
37th	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

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

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.

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.