Vernon-Monashee

Vernon-Monashee (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, named Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,926
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.8%
Area (km²)	5,458
Pop. Density (people per km²)	10

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is the Hon. Eric Foster, a former teacher and forestry worker. He was first elected in the 2009 British Columbia general election and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Parliament	Years		Party
34th	1986-1991	Lyall Hanson	Social Credit
35th	1991–1996	Lyall Hanson	Social Credit
36th	1996–2001	April Sanders	Liberal
37th	2001–2005	Tom Christensen	Liberal
38th	2005–2009	Tom Christensen	Liberal
39th	2009–2013	Eric Foster	Liberal
40th	2013–present	Eric Foster	Liberal

Election history

B.C. General Election 2013: Vernon-Monashee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Foster	12,503	46.34%	+9.07%
	New Democratic	Mark Olsen	9,233	34.22%	+2.37%
	Conservative	Scott Andersen	3,169	11.75%	+3.60%
	Green	Rebecca Helps	1,905	7.06%	-9.63%
	Independent	Korry Zepik	169	0.63%	n/a
Total Valid Votes			26,979	100%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009: Vernon-Monashee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eric Foster	9,015	37.27	n/a	$89,935
	NDP	Mark Olsen	7,698	31.83	n/a	$42,427
	Green	Huguette Allen	4,029	16.66	n/a	$18,783
	Conservative	Dean Skoreyko	1,972	8.15	n/a	$5,617
	Non-affiliated	Gordon Campbell	1,397	5.78	n/a	$250
	Refederation	R.J. Busch	76	0.31	n/a	$260
Total Valid Votes			24,187	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			213	0.9%
Turnout			24,400	54%

B.C. General Election 2005 Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Christensen	11,566	43.20%	–	$91,684
	NDP	Juliette Marie Cunningham	8,995	33.59%		$24,514
	Conservative	Colin Black	3,095	11.56%		$9,633
	Green	Erin Nelson	1,867	6.97%	–	$356
	No Affiliation	Gordon Campbell	945	3.53%		$100
	Marijuana	Michael Toponce	260	0.97%		$100
	Patriot	Tibor Lesley Tusnady	48	0.18%	–	$100
Total valid votes			26,776	100%
Total rejected ballots			307	1.15%
Turnout			27,083	61.10%

B.C. General Election 2001: Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Christensen	13,868	56.51%	–	$39,988
	NDP	Troy Sebastian	3,529	14.38%		$12,122
	Unity	Doug MacDonald	3,213	13.09%	–	$9,001
	Green	Erin Nelson	2,214	9.02%	–	$409
	Marijuana	Michael Jones	917	3.74%		$403
	Independent	Herb Wong	562	2.29%		$1,061
	Independent	Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels	157	0.64%		$100
	Patriot	Andrew N. Hokhold	82	0.33%	–	$100
Total valid votes			24,542	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			68	0.28%
Turnout			24,610	69.06%

B.C. General Election 1996: Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	April Sanders	9,776	39.06%	–	$41,378
	NDP	Howard Brown	7,497	29.95%	–	$18,338
	Reform	Heinz Weiss	5,356	21.40%	–	$30,326
	Progressive Democrat	Geoff Jell	1,839	7.35%	–	$5,768
	Green	Jane Peach	334	1.33%	–	$100
	Social Credit	Clinton Henry	227	0.91%	–	$8,350
Total valid votes			25,029	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			82	0.33%
Turnout			25,111	71.03%

B.C. General Election 1991: Okanagan-Vernon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Lyall Hanson	8,615	37.99%	–	$32,016
	NDP	Gilles De Chantal	7,720	34.05%		$33,069
	Liberal	Ernst Juli	6,065	26.75%	–	$4,672
	Independent	Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels	275	1.21%		$56
Total valid votes			22,675	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			401	1.74%
Turnout			23,076	76.06%

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Hope Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford Chilliwack Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Matsqui Mission-Kent Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

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