Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

Shuswap

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Greg Kyllo Liberal
First contested	1991
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,240
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. density (per km²)	6.4
Census division(s)	Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous

Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops (provincial electoral district), Kamloops (electoral district) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,240
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.8%
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. Density (people per km²)	6

Members of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Hon. George Abbott, a former political science instructor at Okanagan University College. He also owned the oldest and largest berry farm in the Interior. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Abbott was appointed Minister of Sustainable Resource Management on Jan. 26, 2004. He previously served as Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		Shannon O'Neill	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		George Abbott	Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Greg Kyllo
41st	2017–present

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	14,829	55.80	+7.88	$68,341
	New Democratic	Sylvia Jean Lindgren	7,161	26.95	−2.62	$27,270
	Green	Kevin Babcock	4,175	15.71	+6.37	$1,503
	Libertarian	Kyle McCormack	410	1.54	–	$0
Total valid votes			26,575	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			103	0.39	+0.10
Turnout			26,678	62.80	+2.39
Registered voters			42,481
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	11,992	47.92	+1.30
	New Democratic	Steve Gunner	7,398	29.57	−0.97
	Conservative	Tom Birch	3,232	12.92	+2.64
	Green	Chris George	2,338	9.34	−1.66
	Advocational	Johanna Zalcik	63	0.25	NA
Total valid votes			25,023	100.00
Total rejected ballots			74	0.29
Turnout			25,097	60.41
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009 Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	10,764	46.62%		$92,432
	NDP	Steve Gunner	7,051	30.54%		$41,011
	Green	Michel Saab	2,539	11.00%	–	$7,149	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,374	10.28%		$9,378
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	361	1.56%		$550
Total valid votes			23,089	100%
Total rejected ballots			79	0.34%
Turnout			23,168	56.82%

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	12,950	56.27%	$46,736
	NDP	Wayne Fowler	3,788	16.46%	$12,950
	Unity	Al Thiessen	2,857	12.41%	$7,793
	Green	Larissa Lutjen	2,423	10.53%	$892
	Marijuana	Paddy Roberts	835	3.63%	$919
	No Affiliation	Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan	119	0.52%	$100
	Central	Scott Yee	41	0.18%	$6
Total valid votes			23,013	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			65	0.28%
Turnout			23,078	72.01%

B.C. General Election 1996: Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	8,596	34.55%		$35,489
	NDP	Calvin White	7,869	31.63%		$37,552
	Reform	Colin Mayes	5,356	22.58%		$21,375
	Progressive Democrat	Bev Torrens	1,325	5.33%	–	$4,193
	No Affiliation	Gordon Campbell	810	3.26%
	Green	Paul Stephen De Felice	237	0.95%	–	$100
	Social Credit	Robert Goss	221	0.89%	–	$1,363
	Independent	Merv Ritchie	204	0.82%		$505
Total valid votes			24,879	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			200	0.80%
Turnout			25,079	72.79%

B.C. General Election 1991: Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Shannon O'Neill	7,687	35.50%		$33,572
	Liberal	Michel Saab	7,282	33.63%		$6,267
	Social Credit	Edith E. Rizzi	6,262	28.92%	–	$45,222
	Green	Connie Harris	422	1.95%	–	$635
Total valid votes			21,653	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			356	1.62%
Turnout			22,009	76.42%

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