Boundary-Similkameen

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Boundary-Similkameen
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Boundary-Similkameen
Interactive map of riding boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Donegal Wilson
Conservative
District created 2008
First contested 2009
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Population (2021)48,109
Area (km²)15,619
Pop. density (per km²)3.1
Census division(s) Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary [1]
Census subdivision(s) Grand Forks, Keremeos, Princeton,
Oliver, Osoyoos

Boundary-Similkameen is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly from 1966 to 1991 and since 2009.

Contents

The riding was established during the 2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution and was first contested in the 2009 general election. It was created out of parts of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet. [2]

Geography

The electoral district mainly includes communities along BC-3 (Crowsnest Highway), including Keremeos, Oliver, Osoyoos, Grand Forks, and Big White. Its southern boundary is the Canada–United States border. To the west, its boundary follows that of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen; to the east, the boundary runs along that of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Electoral Area C. Its northern boundary largely follows that of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the southern limit of the city of Princeton. [1]

History

The original riding of Boundary-Similkameen was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It spanned the Boundary Country, around the towns of Grand Forks and Rock Creek west including Oliver and Osoyoos to the Similkameen Valley towns of Keremeos and Princeton. The riding first appeared in the 1966 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Grand Forks-Greenwood (1924–1963) and Similkameen. Until the re-creation of Boundary-Similkameen, the former area was part of West Kootenay-Boundary; areas in the Similkameen had been part of Yale-Lillooet (which has been reconstituted as Fraser-Nicola).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Due to the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Bill Barisoff of the BC Liberals was elected during the 2001 and 2005 elections to the Penticton-Okanagan Valley riding, where the majority of the new riding's population resides. Katrine Conroy of the BC NDP was the MLA for West Kootenay-Boundary, while Harry Lali was the MLA for Yale-Lillooet. The areas of those ridings that were added to Boundary–Similkameen are less populated and were not the main population centers in their respective districts.

Single-member district

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Boundary-Similkameen
Riding created from Grand Forks-Greenwood, Similkameen and South Okanagan
28th 1966–1969   Frank Richter Jr. Social Credit
29th 1969–1972
30th 1972–1975
31st 1975–1979 Jim Hewitt
32nd 1979–1983
33rd 1983–1986
Riding dissolved into Okanagan-Boundary and Okanagan-Penticton
Riding re-created from Penticton-Okanagan Valley , West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet
39th 2009–2013   John Slater Liberal
40th 2013–2017 Linda Larson
41st 2017–2020
42nd 2020–2024   Roly Russell New Democratic
43rd 2024–present   Donegal Wilson Conservative
Dual-member district (1986-1991)
ParliamentYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
34th 1986–1988 Jim Hewitt Social Credit Ivan Messmer Social Credit
1988–1991 Bill Barlee New Democratic

Electoral history

2024 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Donegal Wilson 11,93548.39+37.21$33,102.59
New Democratic Roly Russell 10,49742.56−7.29$60,076.63
Green Kevin Eastwood1,4545.89–$574.99
Independent Sean Taylor7793.16–$1,380.30
Total valid votes/expense limit24,66599.85–$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots360.15–
Turnout24,70162.74+5.90
Registered voters39,371
Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +22.25
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]
2020 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Roly Russell 10,50049.85+17.12$22,881.87
Liberal Petra Veintimilla7,73536.72−6.08$47,872.88
Conservative Darryl Seres2,35411.18–$2,932.14
Wexit Arlyn Greig4742.25–$4.00
Total valid votes21,06399.02–
Total rejected ballots2080.99+0.54
Turnout21,27156.84–7.96
Registered voters37,421
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +11.60
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]
2017 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Linda Larson 9,51342.80−3.79$68,560.09
New Democratic Colleen Ross7,27532.73−6.26$60,024.28
Independent Peter Entwistle3,16514.24–$3,653.00
Green Vonnie Lavers2,27410.23+1.45$1,170.00
Total valid votes22,227100.00
Total rejected ballots980.44
Turnout22,32564.80
Registered voters34,450
Source: Elections BC [7] [8]
2013 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Linda Larson 8,49946.59+9.14$61,031
New Democratic Sam Hancheroff7,11338.99+6.08$70,135
Green John Kwasnica1,6028.78−0.7$1,334
No AffiliationMischa Popoff6553.59–$3,725
Independent Doug Pederson3752.06–$0
Total valid votes18,244100.00
Total rejected ballots1130.62
Turnout18,35761.85
Source: Elections BC [9]
B.C. General Election 2009 Boundary-Similkameen
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal John Slater 6,68137.45%-8.25$99,832
  NDP Lakhvinder Jhaj5,87032.91%-7.89$52,629
Conservative Joe Cardoso3,59620.16%$20,592
Green Bob Grieve1,6919.48%-0.02$2,025
Total valid votes17,838100%
Total rejected ballots1220.68%
Turnout17,96062.31%
Boundary-Similkameen Byelection, June 8, 1988
resignation of Jim Hewitt
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Bill Barlee 15,77852.82%unknown
Social Credit Russ Fox10,51535.44%–unknown
Liberal Judi Tyabji 3,14410.53%–unknown
Green Rus Domer3611.21%–unknown
Total valid votes29,868100.00%
Total rejected ballots218
Turnout%
2 Seat increased to two members from one.

The 1988 byelection, which elected NDP member Bill Barlee, was the last appearance of the Boundary-Similkameen riding until its recreation in 2009. For the 1991 election, the area became represented by Okanagan-Boundary.

34th British Columbia election, 1986 2>
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Jim Hewitt 18,20429.99%–unknown
Social Credit Ivan Messmer 16,15026.61%–unknown
New Democratic Eldon John Harrop11,65619.21%unknown
New Democratic Wesley G. Nickel11,42718.83%unknown
Liberal Anna Rita Lusier1,7292.85%–unknown
Green John Mercer Hughes8931.47%–unknown
Green David G. Cursons6341.04%–unknown
Total valid votes60,693100.00%
Total rejected ballots758
Turnout%
2 Seat increased to two members from one.
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Jim Hewitt 18,86954.82%–unknown
New Democratic Yvonne Joan Storey14,46842.03%unknown
Liberal Kenneth Leslie Carig Hasanen1,0863.15%–unknown
Total valid votes34,423100.00%
Total rejected ballots312
Turnout%
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Jim Hewitt 13,73947.56%–unknown
New Democratic Bryan Patrick McIver11,48539.76%unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Edwin Swales3,66212.68%unknown
Total valid votes28,886100.00%
Total rejected ballots324
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Jim Hewitt 10,78448.31%–unknown
New Democratic Yvonne Joan Storey9,18341.13%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Barry Donald Montgomery1,7787.96%unknown
Liberal James Elder5802.60%–unknown
Total valid votes22,325100.00%
Total rejected ballots161
Turnout%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Frank Richter, Jr. 8,09244.11%–unknown
New Democratic Bill Barlee 6,85037.34%unknown
Liberal Ruth Schiller1,85510.11–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Donald James Ewart1,5508.45%unknown
Total valid votes18,347100.00%
Total rejected ballots122
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Frank Richter, Jr. 8,94454.29%–unknown
New Democratic Bill Barlee 4,95730.09%unknown
Liberal Donald Grant MacDonald2,57515.63%–unknown
Total valid votes16,476100.00%
Total rejected ballots122
Turnout%
28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Frank Richter, Jr. 6,54755.44%–unknown
New Democratic Lois Haggen 3,66931.07%unknown
Liberal John Victor Hyde Wilson1,59413.50%–unknown
Total valid votes11,810100.00%
Total rejected ballots87
Turnout%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Iyer, Nitya (April 3, 2023). "Redistribution Final Report" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ "CBC.ca - B.C. Votes - Boundary-Similkameen". CBC. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd General Election Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 111–114. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  6. ↑ "2020 Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 2017 Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Statement of Election Income and Expenses". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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