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] 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 [ ]
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.[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 [ ]
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]
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 [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ a b Statistics Canada : 2011
^ Final Report – British Columbia
^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
^ 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 .
^ "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
External links [ ]