Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district)

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.

Demographics

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

History

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

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)

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Norm Letnick a former city councillor.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009 Kelowna-Lake Country
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Norm Letnick	10,281	52.11%		$119,561
	NDP	Matthew Reed	5,250	26.61%		$17,764
	Conservative	Mary-Ann Graham	2,253	11.42%		$21,044
	Green	Ryan Fugger	1,375	6.97%		$350
	Independent	Alan Clarke	571	2.89%		$8,830
Total valid votes			19,730	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			89	0.45%
Turnout			19,819	47.25%

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%

External links

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