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]

South Okanagan—West Kootenay

British Columbia electoral district
South Okanagan—West Kootenay in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Richard Cannings 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 division(s)	Central Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary, Okanagan-Similkameen
Census subdivision(s)	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	%
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
South Okanagan—West Kootenay Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kootenay—Columbia and Okanagan—Coquihalla
42nd	2015–2019		Richard Cannings	New Democratic
43rd	2019–present

Election results

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Richard Cannings	24,809	36.4		$121,393.67
	Conservative	Helena Konanz	24,053	35.2		none listed
	Liberal	Connie Denesiuk	11,705	17.2		$60,410.04
	Green	Tara-Lyn Howse	5,672	8.3		$10,551.96
	People's	Sean Taylor	1,638	2.4		$6,237.32
	Independent	Carolina Marie Hopkins	359	0.2		$77.17
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
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]
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

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Final Report – British Columbia
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 30 September 2015
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections