Vernon-Monashee

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Vernon-Monashee
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Harwinder Sandhu
New Democratic
District created1988 as Okanagan-Vernon
First contested 1991
Last contested 2020
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, Coldstream, Lumby

Vernon-Monashee (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, previously Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Vernon-Lumby. [1]

Demographics

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

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Vernon-Monashee comprises the southwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Vernon, Coldstream, and Lumby. [2]

History

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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

Vernon-Monashee
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Okanagan-Vernon (1991–2005)
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 (2009–present)
39th 2009–2013   Eric Foster Liberal
40th 2013–2017
41st 2017–2020
42nd 2020–present   Harwinder Sandhu New Democratic

Election results

Graph of the election results in Vernon-Monashee (minor parties are combined into "Other")
2020 British Columbia general election
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 [3] [4]
2017 British Columbia general election
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 [5] [6]
2013 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Eric Bailey Foster 12,50346.34
New Democratic Mark Steven Olsen9,23334.22
Conservative Scott Anderson3,16911.75
Green Rebecca Helps1,9057.06
Independent Korry Zepik1690.63
Total valid votes26,979100.00
Total rejected ballots770.28
Turnout27,05657.41
Source: Elections BC [7]
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 votes26,776 100%
Total rejected ballots307 1.15%
Turnout27,083 61.10%
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 votes24,542 100.00%
Total rejected ballots68 0.28%
Turnout24,610 69.06%
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 votes25,029 100.00%
Total rejected ballots82 0.33%
Turnout25,111 71.03%
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 votes22,675 100.00%
Total rejected ballots401 1.74%
Turnout23,076 76.06%

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References

  1. ↑ McIntyre, Pete. "Vernon, Coldstream to be separated in electoral boundary changes". Vernon Matters. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Vernon-Monashee Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ "FRPC". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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