British Columbia Southern Interior
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| Population, 2001 | 96,144 |
| Electors | 69,507 |
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British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
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[edit] History
This electoral district was created as "Southern Interior" in 2003 from Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and part of Okanagan—Coquihalla riding.
In 2004, its name was changed to "British Columbia Southern Interior".
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 2003-2006: Jim Gouk - Conservative - He previously represented Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, West Kootenay—Okanagan and Kootenay West—Revelstoke.
- 2006-present: Alex Atamanenko, New Democratic Party
[edit] Current Member of Parliament
Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Atamanenko. He was first elected in 2006. He represents the New Democratic Party.
[edit] Election results
[edit] British Columbia Southern Interior
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | Alex Atamanenko | 22742 | 49.0% | +13.9% | $72,595.19 | |
| Liberal | Bill Profili | 9383 | 20.2% | +2.2% | $40,534.64 | |
| Conservative | Derek Zeisman | 8948 | 19.3% | -17.3% | ||
| Green | Scott Leyland | 5258 | 11.3% | +3.4% | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Brian Sproule | 123 | 0.3% | +0.2% | ||
| Total valid votes | 46454 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 236 | 0.51% | ||||
| Turnout | 46,690 | 66.44% | ||||
[edit] Southern Interior
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Jim Gouk | 16,940 | 36.60% | * | $55,553 | |
| New Democratic Party | Alex Atamanenko | 16,260 | 35.13% | +25.28 | $22,019 | |
| Liberal | Doug Stanley | 8,310 | 17.96% | -9.39% | $74,051 | |
| Green | Scott Leyland | 3,663 | 7.91% | +1.44% | $16,098 | |
| Independent | Robert Schuster | 591 | 1.27% | * | $9,264 | |
| Marijuana | Karine Cyr | 391 | 0.84% | * | ||
| Canadian Action | Farlie Paynter | 87 | 0.18% | * | $454 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | Brian Sproule | 39 | 0.08% | * | ||
| Total valid votes | 46,281 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 163 | 0.35% | ||||
| Turnout | 46,444 | 59.99% | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)
- Expenditures - 2004
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
