Okanagan–Shuswap

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Okanagan–Shuswap

British Columbia electoral district
Okanagan–Shuswap in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Colin Mayes Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	116,236
Electors (2006)	84,961
Area (km²)	14,223
Pop. density (per km²)	8.2
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Vernon, Armstrong, Coldstream, Salmon Arm, Spallumcheen, North Okanagan C, North Okanagan F, Columbia-Shuswap C, Columbia-Shuswap D, Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks),

Okanagan–Shuswap (formerly known as North Okanagan–Shuswap) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Okanagan–Shuswap 3.2 Okanagan–Shuswap 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

North Okanagan–Shuswap consists of Subdivision C of Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, and the North Okanagan Regional District. This electoral district includes the towns of Salmon Arm, Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby and Armstrong.

[edit] History

This district was created in 1987 from Kamloops–Shuswap and Okanagan North ridings.

In 1996, the riding was abolished and replaced by "North Okanagan–Shuswap". In 1997, the name of this riding was changed to "Okanagan–Shuswap". There were no elections during this time.

The riding was abolished again in 2003, and was again replaced by a riding called "North Okanagan–Shuswap". In 2004, the name was changed back to "Okanagan–Shuswap".

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. 1993-2006: Darrel Stinson - Reform/Canadian Alliance/Conservative
2. 2006-present: Colin Mayes - Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Colin Mayes of the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Okanagan–Shuswap

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Colin Mayes	28,002	51.72%		$61,199
	New Democrat	Alice Brown	10,664	19.70%		$17,160
	Green	Huguette Allen	9,368	17.30%		$29,673
	Liberal	Janna Francis	5,414	10.00%		$25,825
	Not affiliated	Gordie Campbell	416	0.77%		$0
	Canadian Action	Darren Seymour	278	0.51%		$33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,142	100%		$96,364
Total rejected ballots			137
Turnout			54,279

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Colin Mayes	24,448	45.01%	-1.38%	$77,064
	New Democrat	Alice Brown	14,357	26.43%	+2.23%	$31,917
	Liberal	Will Hansma	12,340	22.72%	+0.25%	$36,301
	Green	Harry Naegel	2,215	4.08%	-0.42%	$128
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	425	0.78%	+0.01%	--
	Independent	Darren Seymour	359	0.66%		$606
	Canadian Action	Neville O'Grady	172	0.32%	-0.17%	$3,084
Total valid votes			54,316
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Darrel Stinson (Armstrong)	24,014	46.39%		$73,168
	New Democrat	Alice Brown (Falkland)	12,528	24.20%		$36,696
	Liberal	Will Hansma (Spallumcheen)	11,636	22.47%		$51,772
	Green	Erin Nelson (Coldstream)	2,333	4.50%		$960
	Marijuana	Blair Longley (Montreal, Quebec)	492	0.95%		$400
	Independent	Gordon Campbell (Armstrong)	401	0.77%
	Canadian Action	Claire Foss (Lumby)	257	0.49%		$1,558
	Independent	K. No. Daniels (Armstrong)	104	0.20%
Total valid votes			51,765	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			174	0.34%
Turnout			51,939

[edit] Okanagan–Shuswap

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Darrel Stinson	29,345	61.29%		$62,411
	Liberal	Marvin Friesen	9,855	20.58%		$41,376
	New Democrat	Wayne Alexander Fowler	4,060	8.48%		$4,575
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila Marguerite Wardman	3,096	6.46%		$2,992
	Canadian Action	Vera Gottlieb	724	1.51%		$1,855
	Independent	K. No Daniels	447	0.93%
	Communist	David Lethbridge	347	0.72%		$304
Total valid votes			47,874	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			118	0.25%
Turnout			47,992	65.61%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Darrel Stinson	24,952	53.12%		$63,898
	Liberal	Lyle MacWilliam	11,585	24.66%		$60,414
	New Democrat	Calvin White	5,839	12.43%		$17,699
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Crerar	3,160	6.72%		$18,143
	Canadian Action	Claire Foss	802	1.70%		$5,555
	Independent	David Lethbridge	370	0.78%		$1,657
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	257	0.54%
Total valid votes			46,965	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			147	0.31%
Turnout			47,112	67.06%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Darrel Stinson	21,023
	New Democrat	Lyle Macwilliam	11,760
	Liberal	Brooke Jeffrey	9,124
	Progressive Conservative	Alice Klim	4,871
	National	Don MacLennan	2,018
	Green	Hermann Bruns	312
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	211
	Natural Law	Rig Gelfand	130
	Canada Party	Claire Foss	78

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Lyle Dean MacWilliam	18,749
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Spoor	15,606
	Liberal	David L. Simpson	6,868
	Reform	Donald McDonell	1,321
	Green	Connie K. Harris	495
	Not affiliated	Kathleen Daniels	89

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Salmon Arm's Home Page
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1987-1996)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996-1997)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1997-2003)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004-present)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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