Kelowna—Lake Country

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.

Kelowna—Lake Country

British Columbia electoral district
Kelowna—Lake Country in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tracy Gray Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, 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

It was one of only two ridings of the 338 during the 2015 election that did not have a Green Party candidate (the other being Labrador).

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:		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–present		Tracy Gray	Conservative

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	45.6	+5.85	$118,425.23
	Liberal	Stephen Fuhr	22,627	32.7	-13.46	$103,263.61
	New Democratic	Justin Kulik	8,381	12.1	-1.99	$12,410.64
	Green	Travis Ashley	5,171	7.5	–	$6,745.70
	People's	John Barr	1,225	1.8	–	$7,213.32
	Independent	Daniel Joseph	152	0.2	–	none listed
	Independent	Silverado Socrates	67	0.1	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,120	100.0
Total rejected ballots			305
Turnout			69,425	69.4
Eligible voters			99,992
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.66
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]

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	100.00		$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[8][9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
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

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ron Cannan	28,174	49.16	+1.2	$79,928
	Liberal	Vern Nielsen	14,807	25.83	-0.7	$51,137
	New Democratic	Kevin Hagglund	9538	16.64	-0.2	$13,654
	Green	Angela Reid	4562	7.96	+0.7	$3,640
	Canadian Action	David Thomson	223	0.38	-0.1	$1,290
Total valid votes			57,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116	0.20	-0.1
Turnout			57,420	63.40	+2.0

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

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 59011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• 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. 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". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
7. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kelowna—Lake Country, 30 September 2015
9. Official Voting Results - Kelowna—Lake Country
10. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada