Similkameen (electoral district)
Encyclopedia
Similkameen was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia
formed around the historic mining district of the same name. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903
. After the 1963 election
, which was the occasion of this riding's last appearance, this electoral district was combined with the Boundary District
to form Boundary-Similkameen
for the 1966 election
.
|Conservative
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|299
|align="right"|58.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|William Alexander McLean
|align="right"|214
|align="right"|41.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|513
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
|Conservative
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|298
|align="right"|56.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Curtis Smith
|align="right"|200
|align="right"|37.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Socialist
|George Edgar Winkler
|align="right"|29
|align="right"|5.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|527
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
|Conservative
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|440
|align="right"|68.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Richard Elmhirst
|align="right"|205
|align="right"|31.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|645
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right" colspan=7|1 Also spelled Elmhurst.
|}
|Conservative
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|650
|align="right"|55.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Robert Scott Conklin
|align="right"|523
|align="right"|44.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,173
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
|Conservative
|William Alexander McKenzie
|align="right"|1,354
|align="right"|51.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Edward John Chambers
|align="right"|1,264
|align="right"|48.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,618
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
|Conservative
|William Alexander McKenzie
|align="right"|1,306
|align="right"|39.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Provincial
|Percy Walter Gregory
|align="right"|1,224
|align="right"|37.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Zella May McGregor
|align="right"|771
|align="right"|23.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,301
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
|William Alexander McKenzie
|align="right"|2,079
|align="right"|55.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper 2
|align="right"|1,665
|align="right"|44.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,744
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Not to be confused with Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper or his son, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
.
|}
|Liberal
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="right"|1,765
|align="right"|43.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Non-Partisan Independent Group
|William Alexander McKenzie
|align="right"|1,386
|align="right"|33.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Francis Henry (Frank) Brown
|align="right"|730
|align="right"|17.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Thomas Heeney
|align="right"|202
|align="right"|4.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"| 4,083
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|81
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
|Liberal
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="right"|2,266
|align="right"|43.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Harry Howes Boyle
|align="right"|2,130
|align="right"|40.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Francis Henry (Frank) Brown
|align="right"|807
|align="right"|15.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,203
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|71
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|George Bernard Webber
|align="right"|2,601
|align="right"|41.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="right"|1,965
|align="right"|31.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Thomas F. Daly
|align="right"|1,753
|align="right"|27.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,319
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|118
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Coalition
|Reginald Robert Laird
|align="right"|3,447
|align="right"|57.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Bernard George Webber
|align="right"|2,591
|align="right"|42.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,038
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Coalition
|Maurice Patrick Finnerty
|align="right"|5,744
|align="right"|58.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Bernard George Webber
|align="right"|4,028
|align="right"|41.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,772
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|284
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Harold Sidney Kenyon
|align="right"|3,433
|align="right"|32.02%
|align="right"|4,668
|align="right"|49.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|B.C. Social Credit League
|Harry Denyer Francis
|align="right"|3,344
|align="right"|31.19%
|align="right"|4,712
|align="right"|50.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Maurice Patrick Finnerty
|align="right"|2,545
|align="right"|23.73%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,723
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"| 9,380
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|296
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
|}
|Social Credit
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|4,465
|align="right"|43.29%
|align="right"|5,418
|align="right"|56.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Harold Sidney Kenyon
|align="right"|3,419
|align="right"|33.14%
|align="right"|4,105
|align="right"|43.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|James Bowie Fairley
|align="right"|2,109
|align="right"|20.44%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|John Brown McLaren Clarke
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|3.13%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,316
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|9,523
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|347
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|4 Preferential ballot. First and second of three counts only shown.
|}
|Social Credit
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|5,189
|align="right"|53.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Frank William Laird
|align="right"|1,181
|align="right"|37.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Stephen Archibald Mepham
|align="right"|2,200
|align="right"|22.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|James Douglas Southworth
|align="right"|487
|align="right"|5.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,620
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|90
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|4,797
|align="right"|46.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|CCF
|Francis Douglas Stuart
|align="right"|3,151
|align="right"|30.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Johannes Joseph Winkelaar
|align="right"|1,454
|align="right"|14.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Winnifred Odetta Mathias
|align="right"|840
|align="right"|8.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,242
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|75
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|5,093
|align="right"|48.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Francis Douglas Stuart
|align="right"|2,636
|align="right"|25.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Alwyn Day Coleman Washington
|align="right"|1,423
|align="right"|13.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Evelyn Annie McElroy
|align="right"|1,303
|align="right"|12.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,455
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|86
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
The riding was redistributed following the 1963 election. The main successor riding was Boundary-Similkameen
.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
formed around the historic mining district of the same name. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903
British Columbia general election, 1903
The British Columbia general election of 1903 was the tenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903...
. After the 1963 election
British Columbia general election, 1963
The British Columbia general election of 1963 was the 27th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963...
, which was the occasion of this riding's last appearance, this electoral district was combined with the Boundary District
Boundary Country
The Boundary Country is a historical designation for a district in southern British Columbia lying, as its name suggests, along the boundary between Canada and the United States. It lies to the east of the southern Okanagan Valley and to the west of the West Kootenay. It is often included in...
to form Boundary-Similkameen
Boundary-Similkameen
Boundary-Similkameen is a new riding which was formed in 2008 assembled together with populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet...
for the 1966 election
British Columbia general election, 1966
The British Columbia general election of 1966 was the 28th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 5, 1966 and held on September 12, 1966...
.
Demographics
| Population, 1901 | |
| Population change, 1901–1961 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
Notable MLAs
- Lytton Wilmot Shatford (Conservative, 1903–1917)
- William Alexander McKenzieWilliam Alexander McKenzieWilliam Alexander McKenzie was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative....
(Conservative, 1918–1933) - Charles Herbert Percy Tupper (Liberal, 1933–1941)
- Frank Richter, Jr. (Social Credit, 1953–1966)
Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|299
|align="right"|58.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|William Alexander McLean
|align="right"|214
|align="right"|41.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|513
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|298
|align="right"|56.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Curtis Smith
|align="right"|200
|align="right"|37.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Socialist
Socialist Party of Canada
There have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...
|George Edgar Winkler
|align="right"|29
|align="right"|5.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|527
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|440
|align="right"|68.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Richard Elmhirst
|align="right"|205
|align="right"|31.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|645
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Also spelled Elmhurst.
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.-%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="right"|650
|align="right"|55.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Robert Scott Conklin
|align="right"|523
|align="right"|44.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,173
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative....
|align="right"|1,354
|align="right"|51.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Edward John Chambers
|align="right"|1,264
|align="right"|48.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,618
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative....
|align="right"|1,306
|align="right"|39.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Provincial
|Percy Walter Gregory
|align="right"|1,224
|align="right"|37.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Zella May McGregor
|align="right"|771
|align="right"|23.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,301
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative....
|align="right"|2,079
|align="right"|55.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper 2
|align="right"|1,665
|align="right"|44.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,744
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Not to be confused with Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper or his son, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
Charles Hibbert Tupper
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, KCMG, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.-Family, early career:Tupper was the second son of Sir Charles Tupper, a physician, leading Conservative politician, and Canadian diplomat...
.
|}
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="right"|1,765
|align="right"|43.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Non-Partisan Independent Group
|William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie
William Alexander McKenzie was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative....
|align="right"|1,386
|align="right"|33.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Francis Henry (Frank) Brown
|align="right"|730
|align="right"|17.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Thomas Heeney
|align="right"|202
|align="right"|4.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"| 4,083
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|81
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="right"|2,266
|align="right"|43.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Harry Howes Boyle
|align="right"|2,130
|align="right"|40.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Francis Henry (Frank) Brown
|align="right"|807
|align="right"|15.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,203
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|71
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|George Bernard Webber
|align="right"|2,601
|align="right"|41.16%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="right"|1,965
|align="right"|31.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Thomas F. Daly
|align="right"|1,753
|align="right"|27.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,319
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|118
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Coalition
|Reginald Robert Laird
|align="right"|3,447
|align="right"|57.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Bernard George Webber
Bernard George Webber
Bernard George Webber was an educator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen from 1941 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member.He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
|align="right"|2,591
|align="right"|42.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|6,038
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Coalition
|Maurice Patrick Finnerty
|align="right"|5,744
|align="right"|58.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Bernard George Webber
Bernard George Webber
Bernard George Webber was an educator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen from 1941 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member.He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
|align="right"|4,028
|align="right"|41.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,772
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|284
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Harold Sidney Kenyon
|align="right"|3,433
|align="right"|32.02%
|align="right"|4,668
|align="right"|49.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|B.C. Social Credit League
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Harry Denyer Francis
|align="right"|3,344
|align="right"|31.19%
|align="right"|4,712
|align="right"|50.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Maurice Patrick Finnerty
|align="right"|2,545
|align="right"|23.73%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,723
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"| 9,380
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|296
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|3 Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|4,465
|align="right"|43.29%
|align="right"|5,418
|align="right"|56.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Harold Sidney Kenyon
|align="right"|3,419
|align="right"|33.14%
|align="right"|4,105
|align="right"|43.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|James Bowie Fairley
|align="right"|2,109
|align="right"|20.44%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|John Brown McLaren Clarke
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|3.13%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,316
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|9,523
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|347
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|4 Preferential ballot. First and second of three counts only shown.
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|5,189
|align="right"|53.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Frank William Laird
|align="right"|1,181
|align="right"|37.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Stephen Archibald Mepham
|align="right"|2,200
|align="right"|22.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James Douglas Southworth
|align="right"|487
|align="right"|5.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|9,620
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|90
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|4,797
|align="right"|46.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|CCF
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Francis Douglas Stuart
|align="right"|3,151
|align="right"|30.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Johannes Joseph Winkelaar
|align="right"|1,454
|align="right"|14.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Winnifred Odetta Mathias
|align="right"|840
|align="right"|8.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,242
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|75
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Frank Richter, Jr.
|align="right"|5,093
|align="right"|48.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Francis Douglas Stuart
|align="right"|2,636
|align="right"|25.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Alwyn Day Coleman Washington
|align="right"|1,423
|align="right"|13.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Evelyn Annie McElroy
|align="right"|1,303
|align="right"|12.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,455
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|86
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
The riding was redistributed following the 1963 election. The main successor riding was Boundary-Similkameen
Boundary-Similkameen
Boundary-Similkameen is a new riding which was formed in 2008 assembled together with populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet...
.