Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

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.

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,240
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.8%
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. Density (people per km²)	6

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.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	11,342	48.05%	+1.43%
	New Democratic	Steve Gunner	6,972	29.53%	-1.01%
	Conservative	Tom Birch	3,045	12.90%	+2.62%
	Green	Chris George	2,186	9.26%	-1.74%
	Advocational	Johanna Zalcik	62	0.26%	n/a
Total Valid Votes			23,607	100%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009 Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	10,764	46.62%		$92,432
	NDP	Steve Gunner	7,051	30.54%		$41,011
	Green	Michel Saab	2,539	11.00%	–	$7,149
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,374	10.28%		$9,378
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	361	1.56%		$550
Total valid votes			23,089	100%
Total rejected ballots			79	0.34%
Turnout			23,168	56.82%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	11,024	46.96%	$89,183
	New Democratic	Calvin Ross White	8,281	35.27%	$60,432
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,330	9.92%	$5,715
	Green	Barbara Westerman	1,394	5.94%	$1,788
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	356	1.52%	$100
	Bloc	Paddy Roberts	50	0.21%	$897
	Patriot	Andrew Nicholas Hokhold	42	0.18%	$100
Total Valid Votes			23,477	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			93	0.40%
Turnout			23,570	64.34%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	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
	Liberal	George Abbott	8,596	34.55%		$35,489
	NDP	Calvin White	7,869	31.63%		$37,552
	Reform	Colin Mayes	5,356	22.58%		$21,375
	Progressive Democrat	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
	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%

External links

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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