Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district)

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Kelowna-Lake Country

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA		Norm Letnick Liberal
District created
Demographics
Population (2001)	56,166
Electors
Area (km²)	1,408
Pop. density (per km²)	39.9
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Kelowna-Lake Country is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Kelowna—Lake Country, which encompasses a somewhat larger area.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 1999 redistribution 4 MLAs 5 Member of the Legislative Assembly 6 Election results 7 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	56,166
Population Change, 1996-2001	9.5%
Area (km²)	1,408
Pop. Density (people per km²)	40

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] 1999 redistribution

Changes from Okanagan East to Kelowna-Lake Country include:

• removal of area south and southeast of Kelowna
• addition of area north of Kelowna

[edit] MLAs

• W.A.C. Bennett, Social Credit (1941-1973)
• Bill Bennett, Social Credit (1973-1986)
• Larry Chalmers, Social Credit and Cliff Serwa, Social Credit (1986-1991)
• Judi Tyabji, Liberal (1991-1993); Independent (1993-1996); PDA (1996)
• John Weisbeck, Liberal (1996-2005)
• Al Horning, Liberal (2005-2009)
• Norm Letnick, Liberal (2009-present)

[edit] Member of the Legislative Assembly

The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Al Horning, a former real estate agent, Member of Parliament, and city councillor.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2009 Kelowna-Lake Country
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Clarke
	Green	Ryan Fugger
	Conservative	Mary-Ann Graham
	BC Liberal	Norm Letnick
	NDP	Matthew Reed
Total

B.C. general election 2005: Kelowna-Lake Country
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Al Horning	12,247	50.37%		$51, 907
	New Democratic Party	John Pugsley	7,390	30.40%		$18,967
	Green	Kevin Ade	2,541	10.45%		$4,735
	Democratic Reform BC	Al Clarke	1,793	7.37%		$31,253
	Marijuana	David Hunter Thomson	341	1.40%		$1,002
Total valid votes			24,312	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			147	0.60%
Turnout			24, 459	54.88%

B.C. general election 2001: Kelowna-Lake Country
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	John Alan Weisbeck	14,093	63.19%		$38,373
	New Democratic Party	Janet Elizabeth Scotland	3,102	13.91%		$9,340
	Green	Devra Lynn Rice	2,606	11.68%		$1,098
	Unity	Kevin Wendland	1,496	6.71%		$1,493
	Marijuana	Paul Halonen	734	3.29%		$444
	BC Action	David Thomson	272	1.22%		$790
Total valid votes			22,303	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			104	0.47%
Turnout			22,407	66.91%

[edit] External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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