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Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.
[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 |
49,240 |
| Population Change, 1996-2001 |
1.8% |
| Area (km2) |
7,714 |
| Pop. Density (people per km2) |
6 |
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] 1999 Redistribution
[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Hon. George Abbott, a former political science instructor at Okanagan University College. He also owned the oldest and largest berry farm in the Interior. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Abbott was appointed Minister of Sustainable Resource Management on Jan. 26, 2004. He previously served as Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services.
[edit] Election results
| B.C. General Election 2001: Shuswap |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
George Abbott |
12,950 |
56.27% |
|
$46,736 |
| |
NDP |
Wayne Fowler |
3,788 |
16.46% |
|
$12,950 |
| |
Unity |
Al Thiessen |
2,857 |
12.41% |
|
$7,793 |
| |
Green |
Larissa Lutjen |
2,423 |
10.53% |
|
$892 |
| |
Marijuana |
Paddy Roberts |
835 |
3.63% |
|
$919 |
| |
No Affiliation |
Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan |
119 |
0.52% |
|
$100 |
| |
Central |
Scott Yee |
41 |
0.18% |
|
$6 |
| Total Valid Votes |
23,013 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
65 |
0.28% |
|
|
| Turnout |
23,078 |
72.01% |
|
|
| B.C. General Election 1996: Shuswap |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
George Abbott |
8,596 |
34.55% |
|
$35,489 |
| |
NDP |
Calvin White |
7,869 |
31.63% |
|
$37,552 |
| |
BC Reform |
Colin Mayes |
5,356 |
22.58% |
|
$21,375 |
| |
PDA |
Bev Torrens |
1,325 |
5.33% |
|
$4,193 |
| |
No Affiliation |
Gordon Campbell |
810 |
3.26% |
|
|
| |
Green |
Paul Stephen De Felice |
237 |
0.95% |
|
$100 |
| |
Social Credit |
Robert Goss |
221 |
0.89% |
|
$1,363 |
| |
Independent |
Merv Ritchie |
204 |
0.82% |
|
$505 |
| Total Valid Votes |
24,879 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
200 |
0.80% |
|
|
| Turnout |
25,079 |
72.79% |
|
|
| B.C. General Election 1991: Shuswap |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
NDP |
Shannon O'Neill |
7,687 |
35.50% |
|
$33,572 |
| |
BC Liberal |
Michel Saab |
7,282 |
33.63% |
|
$6,267 |
| |
Social Credit |
Edith E. Rizzi |
6,262 |
28.92% |
|
$45,222 |
| |
Green |
Connie Harris |
422 |
1.95% |
|
$635 |
| Total Valid Votes |
21,653 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
356 |
1.62% |
|
|
| Turnout |
22,009 |
76.42% |
|
|
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