Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district)

Kelowna-Lake Country

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA

Norm Letnick
Liberal

Demographics

Population (2001)

56,166

Area (km²)

1,408

Pop. density (per km²)

39.9

Census divisions

Regional District of Central Okanagan

Census subdivisions

Kelowna

Kelowna-Lake Country is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Kelowna—Lake Country, which encompasses a somewhat larger area.

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,166
Population Change, 1996–2001	9.5%
Area (km²)	1,408
Pop. Density (people per km²)	40

History

1999 redistribution

Changes from Okanagan East to Kelowna-Lake Country include:

removal of area south and southeast of Kelowna
addition of area north of Kelowna

MLAs

W.A.C. Bennett, Social Credit (1941–1973)
Bill Bennett, Social Credit (1973–1986)
Larry Chalmers, Social Credit and Cliff Serwa, Social Credit (1986–1991)
Judi Tyabji, Liberal (1991–1993); Independent (1993–1996); PDA (1996)
John Weisbeck, Liberal (1996–2005)
Al Horning, Liberal (2005–2009)
Norm Letnick, Liberal (2009–present)

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Norm Letnick a former city councilor.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Norm Letnick	13,834	60.14
	New Democratic	Erik Olesen	4,753	20.66
	Green	Alison Shaw	4,416	19.20
Total valid votes			23,003	100.00
Source: Elections BC^[1]

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Norm Letnick	12,149	56.78
	New Democratic	Mike Nuyens	5,306	24.80
	Conservative	Graeme James	2,351	10.99
	Green	Gary Adams	1,591	7.44
Total valid votes			21,397	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88	0.41
Turnout			21,485	47.71
Source: Elections BC^[2]

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Norm Letnick	10,281	52.11	$119,561
	New Democratic	Matthew Reed	5,250	26.61	$17,764
	Conservative	Mary-Ann Graham	2,253	11.42	$21,044
	Green	Ryan Fugger	1,375	6.97	$350
	Independent	Alan Clarke	571	2.89	$8,830
Total valid votes			19,730	100.00
Total rejected ballots			89	0.45
Turnout			19,819	47.25

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Al Horning	12,247	50.37	$51, 907
	New Democratic	John Pugsley	7,390	30.40	$18,967
	Green	Kevin Ade	2,541	10.45	$4,735
	Democratic Reform	Al Clarke	1,793	7.37	$31,253
	Marijuana	David Hunter Thomson	341	1.40	$1,002
Total valid votes			24,312	100.00
Total rejected ballots			147	0.60
Turnout			24,459	54.88

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Weisbeck	14,093	63.19	$38,373
	New Democratic	Janet Elizabeth Scotland	3,102	13.91	$9,340
	Green	Devra Lynn Rice	2,606	11.68	$1,098
	Unity	Kevin Wendland	1,496	6.71	$1,493
	Marijuana	Paul Halonen	734	3.29	$444
	Action	David Thomson	272	1.22	$790
Total valid votes			22,303	100.00
Total rejected ballots			104	0.47
Turnout			22,407	66.91

References

B.C. Votes 2017: Kelowna-Lake Country riding profile. CBC News. March 24, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.

External links

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–2017)
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 2009 general election 2013 general election 2017 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

↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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