Boundary-Similkameen

Boundary-Similkameen
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Linda Larson
Liberal
District created 1988
First contested 1988
Last contested 2013

Boundary-Similkameen is a riding which was formed in 2008 assembled together with populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet.[1] The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries (see History section).

Member of Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Bill Barisoff, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election and 2001 election to the Penticton-Okanagan Valley riding, where the bulk of the new riding's population resides. Katrine Conroy, NDP. was the MLA for West Kootenay-Boundary, while Harry Lali, NDP, was the MLA for Yale-Lillooet (the areas of those ridings added to Boundary-Similkameen are less-populated and were not main population centres in their ridings).

History

The original riding of Boundary-Similkameen was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It spanned the Boundary Country, around the towns of Grand Forks and Rock Creek west including Oliver and Osoyoos to the Similkameen Valley towns of Keremeos and Princeton. The riding first appeared in the 1966 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Grand Forks-Greenwood (1924–1963) and Similkameen. Until the re-creation of Boundary-Similkameen, the former area was part of West Kootenay-Boundary; areas in the Similkameen had been part of Yale-Lillooet (which has been reconstituted as Fraser-Nicola).

For other historical and current ridings in the region, see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

British Columbia general election, 2017
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLinda Larson9,51342.80
New DemocraticColleen Ross7,27532.73
IndependentPeter Entwistle3,16514.24
GreenVonnie Lavers2,27410.23
Total valid votes 22,227100.00
Source: Elections BC[2]
British Columbia general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLinda Larson8,49946.59
New DemocraticSam Hancheroff7,11338.99
GreenJohn Kwasnica1,6028.78
No AffiliationMischa Popoff6553.59
IndependentDoug Pederson3752.06
Total valid votes 18,244100.00
Total rejected ballots 1130.62
Turnout 18,35761.85
Source: Elections BC[3]
B.C. General Election 2009 Boundary-Similkameen
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
LiberalJohn Slater6,68137.45%-8.25 $99,832
  NDP Lakhvinder Jhaj 5,870 32.91% -7.89 $52,629
ConservativeJoe Cardoso3,59620.16%$20,592
GreenBob Grieve1,6919.48%-0.02$2,025
Total valid votes 17,838 100%
Total rejected ballots 122 0.68%
Turnout 17,960 62.31%
Boundary-Similkameen Byelection, June 8, 1988
resignation of Jim Hewitt
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticBill Barlee15,77852.82%unknown
Social CreditRuss Fox10,51535.44%–unknown
LiberalJudi Tyabji3,14410.53%–unknown
GreenRus Domer3611.21%–unknown
Total valid votes 29,868 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 218
Turnout %
2 Seat increased to two members from one.

The 1988 byelection, which elected NDP member Bill Barlee, was the last appearance of the Boundary-Similkameen riding until its recreation in 2009. For the 1991 election, the area became represented by Okanagan-Boundary.

34th British Columbia election, 1986 2>
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditJim Hewitt18,20429.99%–unknown
Social CreditIvan Messmer16,15026.61%–unknown
New DemocraticEldon John Harrop11,65619.21%unknown
New DemocraticWesley G. Nickel11,42718.83%unknown
LiberalAnna Rita Lusier1,7292.85%–unknown
GreenJohn Mercer Hughes8931.47%–unknown
GreenDavid G. Cursons6341.04%–unknown
Total valid votes 60,693 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 758
Turnout %
2 Seat increased to two members from one.
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditJim Hewitt18,86954.82%–unknown
New DemocraticYvonne Joan Storey14,46842.03%unknown
LiberalKenneth Leslie Carig Hasanen1,0863.15%–unknown
Total valid votes 34,423 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 312
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditJim Hewitt13,73947.56%–unknown
New DemocraticBryan Patrick McIver11,48539.76%unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Edwin Swales 3,662 12.68% unknown
Total valid votes 28,886 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 324
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditJim Hewitt10,78448.31%–unknown
New DemocraticYvonne Joan Storey9,18341.13%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Barry Donald Montgomery 1,778 7.96% unknown
LiberalJames Elder5802.60%–unknown
Total valid votes 22,325 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 161
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditFrank Richter, Jr.8,09244.11%–unknown
New DemocraticBill Barlee6,85037.34%unknown
LiberalRuth Schiller1,85510.11–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Donald James Ewart 1,550 8.45% unknown
Total valid votes 18,347 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 122
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditFrank Richter, Jr.8,94454.29%–unknown
New DemocraticBill Barlee4,95730.09%unknown
LiberalDonald Grant MacDonald2,57515.63%–unknown
Total valid votes 16,476 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 122
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditFrank Richter, Jr.6,54755.44%–unknown
New DemocraticLois Haggen3,66931.07%unknown
LiberalJohn Victor Hyde Wilson1,59413.50%–unknown
Total valid votes 11,810 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 87
Turnout %

References

  1. ↑ "CBC.ca - B.C. Votes - Boundary-Similkameen". CBC. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  2. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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