Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district)

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

Geography

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

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=1112&s= Al Horning] , a former real estate agent, Member of Parliament, and city councillor.

Election results

-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Al Horning
align="right"|12,247
align="right"|50.37%
align="right"
align="right"|$51, 907
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New Democratic Party
John Pugsley
align="right"|7,390
align="right"|30.40%
align="right"
align="right"|$18,967
Green
Kevin Ade
align="right"|2,541
align="right"|10.45%
align="right"
align="right"|$4,735
Democratic Reform BC
Al Clarke
align="right"|1,793
align="right"|7.37%
align="right"
align="right"|$31,253
Marijuana
David Hunter Thomson
align="right"|341
align="right"|1.40%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,002
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|24,312!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|147!align="right"|0.60%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|24, 459!align="right"|54.88%!align="right"
!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
John Alan Weisbeck
align="right"|14,093
align="right"|63.19%
align="right"
align="right"|$38,373
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New Democratic Party
Janet Elizabeth Scotland
align="right"|3,102
align="right"|13.91%
align="right"
align="right"|$9,340
Green
Devra Lynn Rice
align="right"|2,606
align="right"|11.68%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,098
Unity
Kevin Wendland
align="right"|1,496
align="right"|6.71%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,493
Marijuana
Paul Halonen
align="right"|734
align="right"|3.29%
align="right"
align="right"|$444
BC Action
David Thomson
align="right"|272
align="right"|1.22%
align="right"
align="right"|$790
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|22,303!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|104!align="right"|0.47%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|22,407!align="right"|66.91%!align="right"
!align="right"

External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_24.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/kll.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]