British Columbia Southern Interior

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British Columbia Southern Interior

British Columbia electoral district

British Columbia Southern Interior in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Alex Atamanenko
New Democratic

District created

2003

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

97,952

Electors (2011)

74,996

Area (km²)^[2]

26,248.34

Pop. density (per km²)

3.7

Census divisions

Okanagan-Similkameen, Kootenay Boundary, Central Kootenay

Census subdivisions

Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Osoyoos, Oliver, Grand Forks, Okanagan-Similkameen C, Central Kootenay E, Central Kootenay F, Central Kootenay H,

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 House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Description

Regions included in the riding are the Similkameen, the southern half of the South Okanagan region, the Boundary Country, all of the West Kootenay region, the Slocan Valley, Lower (but not Upper) Arrow Lake, and including the east shore of Kootenay Lake from opposite Kaslo northwards.

Municipalities within the riding are Princeton, Keremeos, Oliver, Osoyoos, Greenwood, Grand Forks, Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, Castlegar, Nelson, Salmo, Slocan, New Denver, Silverton, and Kaslo.

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".

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
38th	2004–2006		Jim Gouk	Conservative
39th	2006–2008		Alex Atamanenko	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

The riding's Member of Parliament is New Democrat Alex Atamanenko. He was elected in 2006, after first losing to Conservative Jim Gouk by 680 votes in 2004. Atamanenko is a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, a role he has fulfilled since taking his seat, and has been an associate member of various parliamentary committees during his term.^[3]

Election results

British Columbia Southern Interior

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alex Atamanenko	25,176	50.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Stephen Hill	19,276	38.9	+3.1
	Green	Bryan Hunt	3,173	6.4	-3.2
	Liberal	Shannon (Shan) Lavell	1,872	3.8	-3.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,674	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alex Atamanenko	22,693	47.5	-1.5	$66,606
	Conservative	Rob Zandee	17,122	35.9	+16.6	$76,704
	Green	Andy Morel	4,573	9.6	-1.7	$8,439
	Liberal	Brenda Jagpal	3,292	6.9	-13.3	$28,430
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	80	0.2	-0.1	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,915	100.0	$92,328
Total rejected ballots			155	0.3	-0.2
Turnout			47,915	63.89

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alex Atamanenko	22,742	49.0	+13.9	$72,595
	Liberal	Bill Profili	9,383	20.2	+2.2	$40,534
	Conservative	Derek Zeisman	8,948	19.3	-17.3	$53,470
	Green	Scott Leyland	5,258	11.3	+3.4	$14,334
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	123	0.3	+0.2	$0
Total valid votes			46454	100.0
Total rejected ballots			236	0.5
Turnout			46,690	66.4
	NDP gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.6

Southern Interior

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Gouk	16,940	36.6	*	$55,553
	New Democratic	Alex Atamanenko	16,260	35.1	+25.3	$22,019
	Liberal	Doug Stanley	8,310	18.0	-9.4	$74,051
	Green	Scott Leyland	3,663	7.9	+1.4	$16,098
	Independent	Robert Schuster	591	1.3	*	$9,264
	Marijuana	Karine Cyr	391	0.8	*
	Canadian Action	Farlie Paynter	87	0.2	*	$454
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	39	0.1	*
Total valid votes			46,281	100.0
Total rejected ballots			163	0.4
Turnout			46,444	60.0

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts
Okanagan (electoral districts)

References

"(Code 59026) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)
Expenditures - 2004

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=170732&SubSubject=1003&Language=E

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

v t e Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior

Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia Okanagan—Coquihalla Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

New Democratic	British Columbia Southern Interior Skeena—Bulkley Valley

v t e Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior Cariboo—Prince George Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia Okanagan—Coquihalla Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Delta—Richmond East Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Newton—North Delta Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Richmond South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Surrey North

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas Burnaby—New Westminster New Westminster—Coquitlam North Vancouver Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Cowichan Saanich—Gulf Islands Vancouver Island North Victoria

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