South Okanagan—West Kootenay
South Okanagan—West Kootenay (French: Okanagan-Sud—Kootenay-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of British Columbia Southern Interior (58%), Kootenay—Columbia (3%), and Okanagan—Coquihalla (39%).[2]
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 112,096 | ||
Electors (2011) | 88,519 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 18,139 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 6.2 | ||
Census divisions | Central Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary, Okanagan-Similkameen | ||
Census subdivisions | Castlegar, Central Kootenay H, Grand Forks, Okanagan-Similkameen C, Okanagan-Similkameen D, Oliver, Osoyoos, Penticton, Rossland, Trail |
South Okanagan—West Kootenay was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]
Demographics
Ethnic groups in South Okanagan—West Kootenay (2016) Source: | Population | % | |
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Ethnic group | European | 93,725 | 84% |
Aboriginal | 9,065 | 8.1% | |
South Asian | 2,850 | 2.6% | |
Filipino | 695 | 0.6% | |
Chinese | 685 | 0.6% | |
Japanese | 505 | 0.5% | |
Black | 470 | 0.4% | |
Southeast Asian | 320 | 0.3% | |
Latin American | 310 | 0.3% | |
Korean | 195 | 0.2% | |
West Asian | 45 | 0% | |
Arab | 35 | 0% | |
Multiple minorities | 170 | 0.2% | |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 100 | 0.1% | |
Total population | 114,695 | 100% |
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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South Okanagan—West Kootenay Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kootenay—Columbia and Okanagan—Coquihalla |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Richard Cannings | New Democratic | |
43rd | 2019–present |
Election results
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Graph of election results in South Okanagan—West Kootenay (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 24,809 | 36.4 | |||||
Conservative | Helena Konanz | 24,053 | 35.2 | |||||
Liberal | Connie Denesiuk | 11,705 | 17.2 | |||||
Green | Tara-Lyn Howse | 5,672 | 8.3 | |||||
People's | Sean Taylor | 1,638 | 2.4 | |||||
Independent | Carolina Marie Hopkins | 359 | 0.2 | |||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 68,196 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 381 | |||||||
Turnout | 68,577 | 69.56 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 98,589 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 24,823 | 37.28 | -2.16 | $120,417.22 | |||
Conservative | Marshall Neufeld | 19,871 | 29.84 | -14.93 | $156,966.44 | |||
Liberal | Connie Denesiuk | 18,732 | 28.13 | +21.03 | $26,034.25 | |||
Green | Samantha Troy | 2,792 | 4.19 | -3.94 | $153.48 | |||
Independent | Brian Gray | 376 | 0.56 | – | $115.36 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 66,594 | 100.00 | $247,730.42 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.32 | – | |||||
Turnout | 66,810 | 73.67 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 90,694 | |||||||
New Democratic notional gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.39 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 24,846 | 44.77 | |
New Democratic | 21,886 | 39.44 | |
Green | 4,512 | 8.13 | |
Liberal | 3,942 | 7.10 | |
Others | 308 | 0.56 |
References
- Statistics Canada: 2012
- Final Report – British Columbia
- Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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