Kelowna—Lake Country

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Kelowna—Lake Country
British Columbia electoral district
Kelowna—Lake Country.png
Kelowna—Lake Country in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Tracy Gray
Conservative
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]110,051
Electors (2019)99,992
Area (km²)[1]1,670
Pop. density (per km²)65.9
Census subdivision(s)Kelowna, Lake Country, Central Okanagan

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] The redefined Kelowna—Lake Country loses a portion of its current territory to the new district of 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[]

Ethnic groups in Kelowna—Lake Country (2016)
Source: [1]		 Population %
Ethnic group European 95,075 80.9%
Aboriginal 7,635 6.5%
South Asian 3,170 2.7%
Chinese 1,565 1.3%
Filipino 1,310 1.1%
Japanese 1,100 0.9%
Black 825 0.7%
Southeast Asian 490 0.4%
Korean 380 0.3%
Latin American 295 0.3%
West Asian 250 0.2%
Arab 205 0.2%
Multiple minorities 315 0.3%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 205 0.2%
Total population 119,388 100%

Members of Parliament[]

Parliament Years Member Party
Kelowna
Riding created from Okanagan Centre
36th  1997–2000     Werner Schmidt Reform
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004     Conservative
Kelowna—Lake Country
38th  2004–2006     Werner Schmidt Conservative
39th  2006–2008 Ron Cannan
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019     Stephen Fuhr Liberal
43rd  2019–2021     Tracy Gray Conservative
44th  2021–present

Current Member of Parliament[]

The Member of Parliament is Tracy Gray. She unseated Liberal incumbent Stephen Fuhr in the 2019 federal election.[4]

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Kelowna—Lake Country (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Kelowna—Lake Country, 2004–present[]

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Tracy Gray 30,409 45.3 -0.3
Liberal Tim Krupa 17,767 26.5 -6.2
New Democratic Cade Desjarlais 12,204 18.2 +6.1
People's Brian Rogers 4,688 7.0 +5.2
Green Imre Szeman 2,074 3.1 -4.4
Total valid votes 67,142 99.5
Total rejected ballots 346 0.5
Turnout 67,488 63.9
Eligible voters 105,621
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
Source: Elections Canada[5]
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[6][7][8]
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[9][10][11]
2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 28,220 58.38
  New Democratic 10,329 21.37
  Liberal 5,546 11.47
  Green 4,244 8.78
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Ron Cannan 34,566 57.40 +1.47
New Democratic Patricia Kalmanovitch 13,322 22.12 +7.01
Liberal Kris Stewart 7,069 11.74 -1.97
Green Alice Hooper 5,265 8.74 -4.97
Total valid votes/expense limit 60,222 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 146 0.24 -0.05
Turnout 60,368 60.27 +1.51
Eligible voters 100,169 – –
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.

Kelowna, 1997–2004[]

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[]

  • "(Code 59011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
  • Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996–2003)
  • Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003–present)
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
  • Expenditures - 2004
  • Expenditures – 2000
  • Expenditures – 1997

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Final Report – British Columbia
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Potenteau, Doyle (October 21, 2019). "Kelowna-Lake Country turns blue again with Gray victory". Global Okanagan. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kelowna—Lake Country, 30 September 2015
  10. ^ Official Voting Results - Kelowna—Lake Country
  11. ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
  12. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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