Kelowna-Mission

Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Kelowna-Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Renee Merrifield Liberal
First contested	2001
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	55,040
Area (km²)	172
Pop. density (per km²)	320
Census division(s)	Regional District of Central Okanagan
Census subdivision(s)	Kelowna

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,040
Population change, 1996–2001	4.9%
Area (km^2)	172
Population density (people per km^2)	321

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Kelowna-Mission comprises the southeastern portion of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. This includes the southern area of the city of Kelowna. It is located in southern British Columbia.[1]

History

1999 redistribution

The district's name was changed from Okanagan West to Kelowna-Mission.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Part of Boundary-Similkameen prior to 1991
Okanagan West
35th	1991–1996		Cliff Serwa	Social Credit
36th	1996–2001		Sindi Hawkins	Liberal
Kelowna-Mission
37th	2001–2005		Sindi Hawkins	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013		Steve Thomson
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Renee Merrifield

Kelowna-Mission's MLA is Hon. Steve Thomson, the former executive director of the B.C. Agriculture Council. He was first elected to represent the riding in the 2009 provincial election. He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Thomson was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Lands on June 10, 2009. He was elected to represent the riding of Kelowna-Mission on May 12, 2009.

Election results

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Renee Merrifield	13,483	50.76	−6.88	$35,080.20
	New Democratic	Krystal Smith	8,605	32.39	+11.36	$2,956.31
	Green	Amanda Poon	4,476	16.85	+2.75	$9,613.90
Total valid votes			26,564	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	15,041	57.18	+0.32	$53,316
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	5,720	21.24	−4.6	$13,757
	Green	Rainer Wilkins	3,836	14.24	–	$18
	Conservative	Charles Hardy	1,976	7.34	−5.33	$8,095
Total valid votes			26,933	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			112	0.42	−0.24
Turnout			27,045	57.67	+4.09
Registered voters			46,898
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	13,687	56.86	+2.96	$78,163
	New Democratic	Tish Lakes	6,221	25.84	−0.23	$28,693
	Conservative	Mike McLoughlin	3,051	12.67	+0.81	$30,353
	No Affiliation	Dayleen Van Ryswyk	1,113	4.62	–	$12,350
Total valid votes			24,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161	0.66
Turnout			24,233	53.58
Source: Elections BC[6]

B.C. General Election 2009 Kelowna-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	11,506	53.90		$74,868
	NDP	Tisha Kalmanovich	5,566	26.07		$21,149
	Conservative	Mark Thompson	2,531	11.86		$9,931
	Green	Crystal Wariach	1,563	7.32	–	$5,137
	Independent	Silverado Socrates	130	0.61		$250
	Refederation	Daniel Thorburn	51	0.24	–	$360
Total valid votes			21,347	100
Total rejected ballots			115	0.54
Turnout			21,462	50.68

B.C. General Election 2005: Kelowna-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sindi Hawkins	13,827	53.72%		$ 51,979
	NDP	Nicki Hokazono	8,189	31.82%		$33,490
	Green	Paddy Weston	3,308	12.85%	–	$ 2,700
	Marijuana	Shilo Lavallee	320	1.24%		$0
	Communist	Steve Roebuck	94	0.37%	N/A	$2,957
Total valid votes			24,688	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			217	0.84%
Turnout			25,955	57.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Kelowna-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sindi Hawkins	15,351	64.60%		$35,275
	NDP	Assunta Rosal	3,066	12.90%		$9,609
	Green	Angela Reid	2,588	10.89%	–	$514
	Unity	Paul Vogan	1,674	7.05%		$2,835
	Marijuana	Kelly Nichol	787	3.31%		$4,065
	Action	Grant Baudais	296	1.25%		$225
Total valid votes			23,762	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			102	0.43%
Turnout			23,864	67.56%

References

1. "Kelowna-Mission Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
6. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia