Vernon-Monashee

Vernon-Monashee (2009–)
Okanagan-Vernon (1991–2009)

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Eric Foster BC Liberal
District created	1988
First contested	1991
Demographics
Population (2001)	56,926
Electors
Area (km²)	5,458
Pop. density (per km²)	10.4
Census divisions	Regional District of North Okanagan
Census subdivisions	Vernon, Clearwater, Lumby

Vernon-Monashee (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, named Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,926
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.8%
Area (km²)	5,458
Pop. Density (people per km²)	10

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Eric Foster, a former teacher and forestry worker. He was first elected in the 2009 British Columbia general election and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election history

B.C. General Election 2009: Vernon-Monashee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Eric Foster	9,015	37%	n/a	$89,935
	NDP	Mark Olsen	7,698	32%	n/a	$42,427
	Green	Huguette Allen	4,029	17%	n/a	$18,783
	Conservative	Dean Skoreyko	1,972	8%	n/a	$5,617
	Non-affiliated	Gordon Campbell	1,397	6%	n/a	$250
	Refederation	R.J. Busch	76	0.3%	n/a	$260
Total Valid Votes			24,187	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			213	0.9%
Turnout			24,400	54%

B.C. General Election 2005 Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Tom Christensen	11,566	43.20%		$91,684
	NDP	Juliette Marie Cunningham	8,995	33.59%		$24,514
	Conservative	Colin Black	3,095	11.56%		$9,633
	Green	Erin Nelson	1,867	6.97%		$356
	No Affiliation	Gordon Campbell	945	3.53%		$100
	Marijuana	Michael Toponce	260	0.97%		$100
	Patriot	Tibor Lesley Tusnady	48	0.18%		$100
Total Valid Votes			26,776	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			307	1.15%
Turnout			27,083	61.10%

B.C. General Election 2001: Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Tom Christensen	13,868	56.51%		$39,988
	NDP	Troy Sebastian	3,529	14.38%		$12,122
	Unity	Doug MacDonald	3,213	13.09%		$9,001
	Green	Erin Nelson	2,214	9.02%		$409
	Marijuana	Michael Jones	917	3.74%		$403
	Independent	Herb Wong	562	2.29%		$1,061
	Independent	Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels	157	0.64%		$100
	Patriot	Andrew N. Hokhold	82	0.33%		$100
Total Valid Votes			24,542	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			68	0.28%
Turnout			24,610	69.06%

B.C. General Election 1996: Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	April Sanders	9,776	39.06%		$41,378
	NDP	Howard Brown	7,497	29.95%		$18,338
	BC Reform	Heinz Weiss	5,356	21.40%		$30,326
	PDA	Geoff Jell	1,839	7.35%		$5,768
	Green	Jane Peach	334	1.33%		$100
	Social Credit	Clinton Henry	227	0.91%		$8,350
Total Valid Votes			25,029	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			82	0.33%
Turnout			25,111	71.03%

B.C. General Election 1991: Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Lyall Hanson	8,615	37.99%		$32,016
	NDP	Gilles De Chantal	7,720	34.05%		$33,069
	BC Liberal	Ernst Juli	6,065	26.75%		$4,672
	Independent	Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels	275	1.21%		$56
Total Valid Votes			22,675	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			401	1.74%
Turnout			23,076	76.06%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia