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Vernon-Lumby
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Vernon-Lumby
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Harwinder Sandhu
New Democratic
District created1988
First contested 1991
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Population (2001)56,926
Area (km²)5,458
Pop. density (per km²)10.4
Census division(s) Regional District of North Okanagan
Census subdivision(s) Vernon, Lumby

Vernon-Lumby (formerly Okanagan-Vernon and Vernon-Monashee) is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly since 1991.

Contents

The riding was established in 1988 and was first contested in the 1991 general election. Following the results of the 2021 electoral redistribution, the riding's name was changed and its boundaries were adjusted ahead of the 2024 general election.

Demographics

Population, 200156,926
Population change, 1996–20012.8%
Area (km2)5,458
Population density (people per km2)10

Geography

As of the 2024 provincial election, Vernon-Lumby comprises the southwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district are Vernon and Lumby. [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Okanagan-Vernon
Riding created from Boundary-Similkameen , Okanagan North and Okanagan South
35th 1991–1994   Lyall Hanson Social Credit
1994–1996   Reform
36th 1996–2001   April Sanders Liberal
37th 2001–2005 Tom Christensen
38th 2005–2009
Vernon-Monashee
39th 2009–2013   Eric Foster Liberal
40th 2013–2017
41st 2017–2020
42nd 2020–2024   Harwinder Sandhu New Democratic
Vernon-Lumby
43rd 2024–present   Harwinder Sandhu New Democratic

Election results

Graph of the election results in Vernon-Monashee (minor parties are combined into "Other")
2024 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Harwinder Sandhu 11,83742.7%+6.0
Conservative Dennis Giesbrecht11,36141.0%+28.0
UnaffiliatedKevin Acton4,26615.4%
Libertarian Robert Johnson2651.0%
Total valid votes27,729–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [2]
2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party %
  New Democratic 36.7
  Liberal 34.2
  Green 16.1
  Conservative 13.0
2020 British Columbia general election : Vernon-Monashee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Harwinder Sandhu 10,22236.56+7.20$4,746.98
Liberal Eric Foster 9,79835.05−12.82$30,325.57
Green Keli Westgate4,46415.97−5.60$9,375.32
Conservative Kyle Delfing3,47212.42–$0.00
Total valid votes27,956100.00–
Total rejected ballots960.34–0.03
Turnout28,05252.76–6.20
Registered voters53,169
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +10.01
Source: Elections BC [4] [5]
2017 British Columbia general election : Vernon-Monashee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Eric Foster 13,62547.87+1.53$64,366
New Democratic Barry Charles Dorval8,35529.36−4.86$22,788
Green Keli Westgate6,13921.57+14.51$4,848
Libertarian Don Jefcoat3411.20–$468
Total valid votes28,460100.00–
Total rejected ballots1050.37+0.09
Turnout28,56558.96+1.55
Registered voters48,444
Source: Elections BC [6] [7]
2013 British Columbia general election : Vernon-Monashee
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Eric Bailey Foster 12,50346.34
New Democratic Mark Steven Olsen9,23334.22
Conservative Scott Anderson 3,16911.75
Green Rebecca Helps1,9057.06
Independent Korry Zepik1690.63
Total valid votes26,979100.00
Total rejected ballots770.28
Turnout27,05657.41
Source: Elections BC [8]
BC General Election 2009: Vernon-Monashee
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Eric Foster 9,01537.27n/a$89,935
  NDP Mark Olsen7,69831.83n/a$42,427
Green Huguette Allen4,02916.66n/a$18,783
Conservative Dean Skoreyko1,9728.15n/a$5,617
 Non-affiliatedGordon Campbell1,3975.78n/a$250
Refederation R.J. Busch760.31n/a$260
Total valid votes24,187100.00
Total rejected ballots2130.9%
Turnout24,40054%
BC General Election 2005 Okanagan-Vernon
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Tom Christensen 11,56643.20%–$91,684
  NDP Juliette Marie Cunningham8,99533.59%$24,514
Conservative Colin Black3,09511.56%$9,633
Green Erin Nelson1,8676.97%–$356
 No AffiliationGordon Campbell9453.53%$100
Marijuana Michael Toponce2600.97%$100
Patriot Tibor Lesley Tusnady480.18%–$100
Total valid votes26,776100%
Total rejected ballots3071.15%
Turnout27,08361.10%
BC General Election 2001: Okanagan-Vernon
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Tom Christensen 13,86856.51%–$39,988
  NDP Troy Sebastian3,52914.38%$12,122
Unity Doug MacDonald3,21313.09%–$9,001
Green Erin Nelson2,2149.02%–$409
Marijuana Michael Jones9173.74%$403
 IndependentHerb Wong5622.29%$1,061
 IndependentKathleen (N.O.) Daniels1570.64%$100
Patriot Andrew N. Hokhold820.33%–$100
Total valid votes24,542100.00%
Total rejected ballots680.28%
Turnout24,61069.06%
BC General Election 1996: Okanagan-Vernon
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal April Sanders 9,77639.06%–$41,378
  NDP Howard Brown7,49729.95%–$18,338
Reform Heinz Weiss5,35621.40%–$30,326
Progressive Democrat Geoff Jell1,8397.35%–$5,768
Green Jane Peach3341.33%–$100
Social Credit Clinton Henry2270.91%–$8,350
Total valid votes25,029100.00%
Total rejected ballots820.33%
Turnout25,11171.03%
BC General Election 1991: Okanagan-Vernon
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Lyall Hanson 8,61537.99%–$32,016
  NDP Gilles De Chantal 7,72034.05%$33,069
Liberal Ernst Juli 6,06526.75%–$4,672
 IndependentKathleen (N.O.) Daniels2751.21%$56
Total valid votes22,675100.00%
Total rejected ballots4011.74%
Turnout23,07676.06%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vernon-Lumby Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779138/bc-election-2024-results-vernon-lumby/
  3. ↑ "Vernon-Lumby". 338Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  6. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "FRPC". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.


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