 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Okanagan | |
| District created | 2023 |
| First contested | Next election |
| Provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Kelowna Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. [1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding will first be contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election.
The district consists of territory that was previously part of the Kelowna West riding, including downtown Kelowna and the Glenmore neighbourhood, as well as areas transferred from the districts of Kelowna-Mission and Kelowna-Lake Country [2]
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results [3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 49.8 | ||
| New Democratic | 32.3 | ||
| Green | 15.4 | ||
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