Kelowna—Lake Country (federal electoral district) Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Kelowna—Lake Country (formerly known as Kelowna ) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
History
This district was created as "Kelowna" electoral district in 1996 from a portion of Okanagan Centre riding.
In 2003, it was renamed "Kelowna—Lake Country".
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kelowna—Lake Country should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.[ 2] Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola . These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election , scheduled for 19 October 2015.[ 3]
Demographics
Panethnic groups in Kelowna—Lake Country (2011−2021)
Panethnic 2021[ 4]
2016[ 5]
2011[ 6]
Pop. %
Pop.
%
Pop.
%
European [ a] 109,310
100,480
96,565
Indigenous
7,940
6,605
4,540
South Asian
5,955
3,170
2,505
East Asian [ b] 4,005
3,045
2,340
Southeast Asian [ c] 2,880
1,800
920
African
1,515
825
420
Latin American
1,090
655
475
Middle Eastern [ d] 995
455
225
Other[ e]
875
520
400
Total responses
134,580
117,570
108,390
Total population
136,290
119,388
110,051
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.
Members of Parliament
Current member of Parliament
The member of Parliament is Tracy Gray . She unseated Liberal incumbent Stephen Fuhr in the 2019 federal election.[ 7]
Election results
Graph of election results in Kelowna, Kelowna—Lake Country (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Graph of election results in Kelowna—Lake Country (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Tracy Gray 30,409
45.3
-0.3
$107,510.46
Liberal Tim Krupa
17,767
26.5
-6.2
$121,419.18
New Democratic Cade Desjarlais
12,204
18.2
+6.1
$5,052.71
People's Brian Rogers
4,688
7.0
+5.2
$0.00
Green Imre Szeman
2,074
3.1
-4.4
$14,210.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit
67,142 99.5 – $131,152.01
Total rejected ballots
346 0.5
Turnout
67,488 63.9
Eligible voters
105,621
Conservative hold
Swing
+3.0
Source: Elections Canada [ 8]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Tracy Gray 31,497
45.57
+5.82
$118,425.23
Liberal Stephen Fuhr 22,627
32.74
-13.42
$103,263.61
New Democratic Justin Kulik
8,381
12.13
-1.96
$12,410.64
Green Travis Ashley
5,171
7.48
–
$6,745.70
People's John Barr
1,225
1.77
–
$7,213.32
Independent Daniel Joseph
152
0.22
–
none listed
Independent Silverado Socrates
67
0.10
–
$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
69,120 99.56
Total rejected ballots
305 0.44 +0.08
Turnout
69,425 68.39 -2.26
Eligible voters
101,507
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+9.62
Source: Elections Canada [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal Stephen Fuhr 29,614
46.16
+34.69
$127,002.68
Conservative Ron Cannan 25,502
39.75
-18.63
$70,942.48
New Democratic Norah Mary Bowman
9,039
14.09
-7.28
$33,945.86
Total valid votes/expense limit
64,155 99.64 $228,718.18
Total rejected ballots
230 0.36 –
Turnout
64,385 70.65 –
Eligible voters
91,131
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+26.66
Source: Elections Canada [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Ron Cannan 31,907
55.93
+6.77
$66,354
New Democratic Tish Lakes
8,624
15.11
-1.53
–
Liberal Diana Cabott
8,469
14.84
-10.99
$37,576
Green Angela Reid
7,821
13.71
+5.75
$13,334
Communist Mark Haley
218
0.38
–
$566
Total valid votes/expense limit
57,039 100.00 $95,647
Total rejected ballots
168 0.29 +0.09
Turnout
57,207 58.76 -0.8
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Werner Schmidt 25,553
48.0
-19.7
$61,185
Liberal Vern Nielsen
14,109
26.5
+2.7
$58,986
New Democratic Starleigh Grass
8,954
16.8
+10.5
$14,000
Green Kevin Ade
3,903
7.3
–
$4,993
Marijuana Huguette Plourde
447
0.8
–
Canadian Action Michael Cassidyne-Hook
271
0.5
-1.6
Total valid votes
53,237 100.0
Total rejected ballots
159 0.3 -0.1
Turnout
53,396 62.1 -1.9
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Graph of election results in Kelowna (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Alliance Werner Schmidt 33,810
59.5
+9.5
$44,990
Liberal Joe Leask
13,564
23.9
+1.5
$46,876
Progressive Conservative Doug Mallo
4,708
8.3
-8.5
$9,791
New Democratic John O. Powell
3,572
6.3
-1.3
$9,493
Canadian Action Jack W. Peach
1,199
2.1
–
$3,652
Total valid votes
56,853 100.0
Total rejected ballots
223 0.4 +0.2
Turnout
57,076 64.0 +1.2
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Reform Werner Schmidt 25,246
50.0
–
$48,355
Liberal Janna Francis
11,306
22.4
–
$32,838
Progressive Conservative Al Horning 8,477
16.8
–
$47,498
New Democratic Fred Steele
3,838
7.6
–
$11,443
Green David Hughes
1,612
3.2
–
$1,014
Total valid votes
50,479 100.0
Total rejected ballots
123 0.2
Turnout
50,602 62.8
See also
References
Notes
^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e. " and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
^ a b Statistics Canada : 2011^ Final Report – British Columbia ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved February 14, 2023 . ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved February 14, 2023 . ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved February 14, 2023 . ^ Potenteau, Doyle (October 21, 2019). "Kelowna-Lake Country turns blue again with Gray victory" . Global Okanagan . Retrieved October 25, 2019 . ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election" . Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021 .^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders" . Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024 .^ "List of confirmed candidates" . Elections Canada . Retrieved October 4, 2019 .^ "Official Voting Results" . Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021 .^ "Candidate Campaign Returns" . Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020 .^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kelowna—Lake Country, 30 September 2015 ^ Official Voting Results - Kelowna—Lake Country ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates" . Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections ^ "Thirty-ninth General Election 2006: Official Voting Results (raw data) - Elections Canada" . Elections Canada . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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