Penticton (electoral district)

Penticton (2009-)
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
(2001–2009)
Okanagan-Penticton (1991–2001)

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Dan Ashton Liberal
District created	1991 as Okanagan-Penticton
First contested	2009
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2006)	51,958
Area (km²)	1,139.78
Pop. density (per km²)	45.6
Census division(s)	Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, Regional District of Central Okanagan
Census subdivision(s)	Penticton, Summerland, Peachland

Penticton is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 Previous versions of the riding were named Penticton-Okanagan-Valley from 2001 to 2009 and it was known as Okanagan-Penticton from 1991 to 2001. It was contested for the first time in its current reiteration in the 2009 election.

History

Okanagan-Penticton was created for the 1991 election from parts of the dual member ridings of Boundary-Similkameen and Okanagan South.

1999 Redistribution

From Okanagan-Penticton and the western portion of Okanagan-Boundary to Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Okanagan-Penticton
35th	1991–1996		Jim Beattie	NDP
36th	1996–2001		Rick Thorpe	Liberal
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
37th	2001–2005		Bill Barisoff	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
Penticton
39th	2009–2013		Bill Barisoff	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Dan Ashton

Electoral history

Penticton

2017 British Columbia general election: Penticton
The 2017 general election will be held on May 9.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Ashton
	Green	Connie Sahlmark
	New Democratic	Tarik Sayeed
Total valid votes				100.0

B.C. General Election 2013: Penticton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Ashton	10,489	45.83%	+1.87%
	New Democratic	Richard Cannings	9,225	40.30%	+9.15%
	Conservative	Sean Upshaw	2,117	9.25%	+0.35%
	BC First	Doug Maxwell	1,057	4.62%	n/a
Total Valid Votes			22,888	100%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009 - Penticton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	10,346	43.96	–	$97,580
	NDP	Cameron Phillips	7,331	31.15		$30,828
	Green	Julius Bloomfield	3,685	15.66	–	$37,129	Conservative	Chris Delaney	2,095	8.90		$16,210
	Refederation	Wendy Dion	78	0.33	–	$730
Total valid votes			23,535	100
Total rejected ballots			114	0.48
Turnout			23,649	56.16

Penticton-Okanagan Valley

B.C. General Election 2005 Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	13,650	50.23%		$127,216
	NDP	Garry Litke	10,197	37.52%		$33,019
	Green	James Patrick Cunningham	2,669	9.82%	–	$467
	Independent	Jane Turnell	660	2.43%		$282
Total valid votes			27,176	100%
Total rejected ballots			142	0.52%
Turnout			27,318	62.61%

B.C. General Election 2001: Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	15,609	62.73%	$46,209
	NDP	Naga Terada	3,887	15.62%	$8,128
	Green	Harry Naegel	3,524	14.16%	$358
	Marijuana	Riley Goldstone	786	3.16%	$386
	Unity	Walter Ozero	553	2.23%	$1,197
	Citizens Alliance Now	Kal Gidda	522	2.10%	$8,682
Total valid votes			24,881	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			73	0.29%
Turnout			24,954	68.15%