Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
British Columbia electoral district
	Central_Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	104,398
Electors (2019)	94,331
Area (km²)[1]	16,208
Pop. density (per km²)	6.4
Census division(s)	Central Okanagan, Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivision(s)	Kelowna, Logan Lake, Merritt, Okanagan-Similkameen F, Okanagan-Similkameen G, Peachland, Princeton, Summerland, Tsinstikeptum 9, West Kelowna

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia formerly included in the electoral districts of Okanagan—Coquihalla (66%), Kelowna—Lake Country (25%) and British Columbia Southern Interior (10%).[2]

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 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, in October 2015.[3]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	88,055	82.5%
	Aboriginal	10,840	10.2%
	South Asian	1,665	1.6%
	Chinese	930	0.9%
	Filipino	750	0.7%
	Japanese	615	0.6%
	Black	570	0.5%
	Latin American	475	0.4%
	Southeast Asian	320	0.3%
	Korean	295	0.3%
	West Asian	155	0.1%
	Arab	105	0.1%
	Multiple minorities	225	0.2%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	90	0.1%
Total population		110,293	100%

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kelowna—Lake Country and Okanagan—Coquihalla
42nd	2015–2019	Dan Albas	Conservative
43rd	2019–present	Dan Albas	Conservative

Graph of election results in Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Albas	31,135	47.9	+8.34	$45,571.84
	Liberal	Mary Ann Murphy	16,252	25.0	-12.21	$46,808.57
	New Democratic	Joan Phillip	10,904	16.8	-2.50	$29,000.61
	Green	Robert Mellalieu	5,086	7.8	+3.87	none listed
	People's	Allan Duncan	1,345	2.1	-	none listed
	Libertarian	Jesse Regier	213	0.3	-	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,935	100.0
Total rejected ballots			341
Turnout			65,276	69.2
Eligible voters			94,331
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.28
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Albas	24,517	39.56	-15.03	$88,485.90
	Liberal	Karley Scott	23,059	37.21	+27.15	$39,195.33
	New Democratic	Angelique Wood	11,961	19.30	-6.75	$56,283.82
	Green	Robert Mellalieu	2,436	3.93	-3.83	$4,769.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,973	100.00		$239,209.56
Total rejected ballots			191	0.31	–
Turnout			62,164	70.96	–
Eligible voters			87,600
	Conservative hold		Swing		-21.09
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8]

2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,691	54.59
	New Democratic	12,735	26.05
	Liberal	4,917	10.06
	Green	3,795	7.76
	Others	754	1.54

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Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior
Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
New Democratic	Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria