Boundary-Similkameen

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Boundary-Similkameen
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Roly Russell
New Democratic
District created1988
First contested1988
Last contested 2020

Boundary-Similkameen is a provincial riding formed in 2008. It includes the populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet. [1] The riding's name corresponds to that of a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries (see History section).

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Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Boundary-Similkameen comprises the western portion of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, minus the northeastern portion which is part of the Penticton Electoral District. It is located in southern British Columbia and is bordered by Washington, United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of Osoyoos, Oliver, Grand Forks, Princeton, and Keremeos. [2]

Member 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, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election and 2001 election to the Penticton-Okanagan Valley riding, where the bulk of the new riding's population resides. Katrine Conroy, NDP. was the MLA for West Kootenay-Boundary, while Harry Lali, NDP, was the MLA for Yale-Lillooet (the areas of those ridings added to Boundary-Similkameen are less-populated and were not main population centres in their ridings).

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).

For other historical and current ridings in the region, see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts).

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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
Two Member District from 1986-1991MemberParty
34th 1986–1988 Jim Hewitt Social Credit Ivan Messmer Social Credit
1988–1991 Bill Barlee New Democrat
Okanagan-Boundary
35th 1991–1996 Bill Barlee New Democrat
36th 1996–2001 Bill Barisoff Liberal
Boundary-Similkameen
39th 2009–2013 John Slater Liberal
40th 2013–2017 Linda Larson
41st 2017–2020
42nd 2020–present Roly Russell New Democrat

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Electoral history

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$46,981.69
Conservative Darryl Seres2,35411.18–$3,145.37
Wexit Arlyn Greig4742.25–$647.44
Total valid votes21,063100.00–
Total rejected ballots2080.99 
Turnout21,27156.84 
Registered voters37,421
Source: Elections BC [3]
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
Turnout22,32564.52
Source: Elections BC [4] [5]
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 [6]
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 votes17,838 100%
Total rejected ballots122 0.68%
Turnout17,960 62.31%
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%

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References

  1. ↑ "CBC.ca - B.C. Votes - Boundary-Similkameen". CBC. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Boundary-Similkameen Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 2017 Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Statement of Election Income and Expenses". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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