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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![]() South Okanagan—West Kootenay in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
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]
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 | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 27,595 | 41.3 | +4.9 | ||||
Conservative | Helena Konanz | 23,675 | 35.5 | +0.3 | ||||
Liberal | Ken Robertson | 8,159 | 12.2 | -5.0 | ||||
People's | Sean Taylor | 4,866 | 7.3 | +4.9 | ||||
Green | Tara Howse | 2,485 | 3.7 | -4.6 | ||||
Total valid votes | 66,780 | 99.4 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 434 | 0.6 | ||||||
Turnout | 67,214 | 65.6 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 102,433 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +2.3 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 24,809 | 36.4 | -0.88 | $121,393.67 | |||
Conservative | Helena Konanz | 24,053 | 35.2 | +5.36 | none listed | |||
Liberal | Connie Denesiuk | 11,705 | 17.2 | -10.93 | $60,410.04 | |||
Green | Tara-Lyn Howse | 5,672 | 8.3 | +4.11 | $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 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.12 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
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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[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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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 |
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