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Okanagan-Westside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.
It included the small cities of Westbank, Westside, Peachland, and Summerland, and extended from the city limit of Summerland (in the south) to the Okanagan Lake bridge, in Westside (north). Kelowna, the major city in the Okanagan, lies across the Okanagan Lake bridge. Encompassing land in both the South and Central Okanagan, this constituency's lands are well known for their semi-arid climate and high summer temperatures..
| Population, 2001 | 47,678 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 8.9% |
| Area (km²) | 1,959 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) | 24 |
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The area of this constituency was first settled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by European agriculturalists. Fruit growing, especially apple and cherry crops, were a major industry, although tourism, logging, mining, and now viticulture, have also been major industries in the region. The Okanogan peoples, an Interior Salish language group, have settled the area for several thousand years.
This electoral district was carved out of Okanagan West, Okanagan-Vernon and Okanagan-Penticton.
The electoral district was abolished in 2008 into Westside-Kelowna, Penticton and Fraser-Nicola. [1]
| 2001 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Rick Thorpe | 14,181 | 68.08 | $39,628 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ernie Dmetro Ursuliak | 3,176 | 15.25 | $4,535 | ||||
| Unity | Howard Lionel Hunt | 1,364 | 6.55 | $591 | ||||
| Marijuana | Teresa Taylor | 1,188 | 5.70 | $1,120 | ||||
| Action | Jack W. Peach | 921 | 4.42 | $1,186 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,830 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 127 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,957 | 69.91 | ||||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Rick Thorpe | 12,148 | 54.39 | |||||
| New Democratic | Joyce Procure | 6,873 | 30.77 | |||||
| Green | Angela Reid | 2,262 | 10.13 | |||||
| Democratic Reform | Janice Marie Money | 1,051 | 4.71 | |||||
| Total | 22,334 | 100.00 | ||||||
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The Summerland Steam were a Canadian Junior 'A' ice hockey team that was based in Summerland, British Columbia. They were a member of the Bill Ohlhausen Division in the Okanagan/Shushwap Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and played their homes games at Summerland Arena. The Summerland Steam relocated to Williams Lake, British Columbia in March 2024. The Williams Lake Mustangs will play their home games at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Centre.
Canadian National Tug no. 6 was a diesel-powered tugboat owned and operated by the Canadian National Railway (CNR) company on Okanagan Lake, British Columbia. It was launched in 1948 and transferred railway barges between Penticton and Kelowna. It was retired in 1973, becoming the last of many tugboats to operate on Okanagan Lake. Tug 6 was moved to Penticton in 2007 to rest alongside the SS Naramata and SS Sicamous, two Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) steamboats, as part of the S.S. Sicamous Inland Marine Museum. The ships are currently being restored by the S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society.