Kelowna West

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA

Vacant

District created

2008

First contested

2009

Last contested

2017

Demographics

Population (2006)

51,958

Electors (2013)

44,830

Area (km²)

1,139.78

Pop. density (per km²)

45.6

Census divisions

Regional District of Central Okanagan

Census subdivisions

Central Okanagan J, Kelowna, Tsinstikeptum 9, Tsinstikeptum 10, West Kelowna

Kelowna West, formerly Westside-Kelowna, is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the ensuing election. The riding was created out of parts of Okanagan-Westside, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission. It was renamed to Kelowna West in the 2015 electoral redistribution.

Just weeks after the 2013 British Columbia election, newly re-elected MLA Ben Stewart resigned to allow Premier Christy Clark, who had lost her own seat, to run in a by-election.^[1]

Clark resigned the seat and leadrship of the BC Liberals effective Aug 4, 2017 after losing a confidence vote. A byelection for the seat has not yet been called.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Ben Stewart, Liberal (2009–2013)^[1]
Christy Clark, Liberal (2013–Aug 4, 2017)

Electoral history

British Columbia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christy Clark	14,559	59.60
	New Democratic	Shelley Cook	6,055	24.79
	Green	Robert Mellalieu	3,290	13.47
	Independent	Brian Thiesen	525	2.15
Total valid votes			24,429	100.00
Source: Elections BC^[2]

British Columbia provincial by-election, July 10, 2013: Westside-Kelowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Christy Clark	10,666	62.70	+4.31
	New Democratic	Carole Gordon	5,045	29.66	-0.87
	Conservative	Sean Upshaw	989	5.81	-5.27
	Independent	Dayleen Van Ryswyk	129	0.76
	Independent	John Marks	71	0.42
	Vision	JB Bhandari	43	0.25
	Independent	Silverado Brooks Socrates	43	0.25
	Independent	Korry Zepik	26	0.15
Total Valid Votes			17,012	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.59

B.C. General Election 2013: Westside-Kelowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ben Stewart	12,405	58.07	+4.73	$74,230
	New Democratic	Carole Gordon	6,588	30.84	+1.65	$37,807
	Conservative	Brian Guillou	2,368	11.09	+1.95	$4,295
Total Valid Votes			21,361	100
Total Rejected Ballots			209	0.97
Electors on the list			45,389
Turnout			21,570	47.52	+2.75
	Liberal	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.39

B.C. General Election 2009 Westside-Kelowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ben Stewart	10,334	53.34	+1.0	$95,251
	NDP	Tish Lakes	5,656	29.19	-1.4	$26,122
	Conservative	Peter Neville	1,772	9.14		$9,705
	Green	Robin McKim	1,617	8.34	-3.4	$1,075
Total Valid Votes			19,379	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			107	0.55
Turnout			19,486	47.35
	Liberal	Liberal notional hold		Swing	+1.2

^ Change based on redistributed results

References

1 2 "Ben Stewart steps aside in Kelowna for B.C. Premier Christy Clark". Vancouver Sun, June 5, 2013.
↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

"Westside-Kelowna Statement of Votes: 39th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Vancouver-Point Grey	Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia 2013–2017	Succeeded by Langford-Juan de Fuca

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

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