South Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan South. The riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East (1894–1900), and then in Okanagan (1903–1912). Both South Okanagan and North Okanagan were created in advance of the 1916 election. Notable MLAs The most famous MLA from this riding was indubitably W.A.C. Bennett, who won the seat originally as a Conservative in 1941, sat with the Coalition in '45 and '49, then joined the Social Credit League of British Columbia in the preferential-ballot melee of '52 and '53 which led to his securing majority rule for his long tenure as Premier from 1953 to 1972. The second-most famous MLA from this riding was his son, William Richards Bennett, Premier from 1975 election to 1986 election. Political geography Election results |- |Liberal |Leslie Vivian Rogers |align="right"|705 |align="right"|45.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,550 !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"| |} |- |Liberal |Leslie Vivian Rogers |align="right"|1,433 |align="right"|43.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,315 !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 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform. |} |- |Liberal |Charles Barrell Latta |align="right"|1,318 |align="right"|34.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Canadian Labour Party |John William Stalker Logie |align="right"|125 |align="right"|3.30% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,792 !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"| |} |- |Independent |Daniel Wilbur Sutherland |align="right"|1,680 |align="right"|43.92% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,825 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|21 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |} |- |Liberal |Joseph Allen Harris |align="right"|1,636 |align="right"|36.66% |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Owen Lewis Jones |align="right"|1,382 |align="right"|30.97% |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,463 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|0 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF. |} |- |Liberal |Cecil Robert Bull |align="right"|2,388 |align="right"|45.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Silvanus Noble Dixon |align="right"|815 |align="right"|15.37% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,304 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white"