Kelowna West (name from 2017 to 2024) or Westside-Kelowna (name from 2009 to 2017) is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It combined a portion of the City of Kelowna on the east shore of Lake Okanagan with communities on the west shore.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 51,958 | ||
| Electors (2013) | 44,830 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,139.78 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 45.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Regional District of Central Okanagan | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Central Okanagan J, Kelowna, Tsinstikeptum 9, Tsinstikeptum 10, West Kelowna | ||
History
editThe district was established as Westside-Kelowna by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 and first contested in the 2009 general election. The riding was created out of parts of Okanagan-Westside, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission. It was renamed Kelowna West in the 2015 electoral redistribution with only minor boundary changes.
Just weeks after the 2013 British Columbia election, newly re-elected MLA Ben Stewart resigned to allow Premier Christy Clark, who had lost her own seat, to run in a by-election.[1]
Clark resigned the seat and leadership of the BC Liberals effective August 4, 2017, after losing a confidence vote. A by-election for the seat was held on February 14, 2018.[2]
Under the 2021 redistribution that took effect with the 2024 general election the riding was divided, with portions on the west side of Okanagan Lake being redistributed to the new district of West Kelowna-Peachland and portions east of Okanagan Lake in the City of Kelowna transferring to the new district of Kelowna Centre.[3]
Geography
editThe riding contains the city of West Kelowna, all of the Regional District of Central Okanagan west of Lake Okanagan and north of Peachland and the central part of the city of Kelowna.[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside-Kelowna | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Ben Stewart | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2013 | |||
| 2013–2017 | Christy Clark | |||
| Kelowna West | ||||
| 41st | 2017 | Christy Clark | Liberal | |
| 2018 – August 2019 | Ben Stewart | |||
| August–October 2019[5] | Independent | |||
| October 2019 – 2020 | Liberal | |||
| 42nd | November 2020–October 2024 | |||
Electoral history
editKelowna West
edit| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ben Stewart | 12,991 | 49.89 | −6.39 | $25,167.49 | |||
| New Democratic | Spring Hawes | 8,854 | 34.00 | +10.49 | $3,285.58 | |||
| Green | Peter Truch | 3,274 | 12.57 | −0.10 | $3,191.00 | |||
| Libertarian | Matt Badura | 474 | 1.82 | +1.01 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Magee Mitchell | 446 | 1.71 | – | $472.20 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,039 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
| British Columbia provincial by-election, February 14, 2018 Resignation of Christy Clark | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ben Stewart | 8,406 | 56.28 | −2.77 | $87,790 | |||
| New Democratic | Shelley Cook | 3,511 | 23.51 | −1.63 | $49,337 | |||
| Green | Robert Stupka | 1,893 | 12.67 | −1.00 | $54,984 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Thompson | 1,006 | 6.73 | – | $6,419 | |||
| Libertarian | Kyle Michael Ernest Geronazzo | 121 | 0.81 | – | $250 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,937 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.23 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,972 | 31.55 | −9.29 | |||||
| Registered voters | 47,461 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Christy Clark | 15,674 | 58.98 | +0.98 | $80,880 | |||
| New Democratic | Shelley Cook | 6,712 | 25.25 | −5.71 | $26,274 | |||
| Green | Robert Mellalieu | 3,628 | 13.65 | – | $1,399 | |||
| Independent | Brian Thiesen | 570 | 2.14 | – | $2,045 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,584 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.48 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,712 | 55.46 | +14.62 | |||||
| Registered voters | 48,162 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[9] | ||||||||
Westside-Kelowna
edit| British Columbia provincial by-election, July 10, 2013: Westside-Kelowna Resignation of Ben Stewart | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Christy Clark | 11,758 | 62.66 | +4.58 | $56,758 | |||
| New Democratic | Carole Gordon | 5,563 | 29.64 | −1.20 | $38,827 | |||
| Conservative | Sean Upshaw | 1,115 | 5.94 | −5.14 | $9,755 | |||
| Independent | Dayleen Van Ryswyk | 134 | 0.71 | – | $373 | |||
| Independent | John Marks | 74 | 0.39 | – | $250 | |||
| Independent | Silverado Brooks Socrates | 46 | 0.25 | – | $250 | |||
| Vision | JB Bhandari | 45 | 0.24 | – | $2,261 | |||
| Independent | Korry Zepik | 31 | 0.17 | – | $440 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,766 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.16 | −0.80 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,797 | 40.84 | −6.68 | |||||
| Registered voters | 46,021 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.89 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Westside-Kelowna | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ben Stewart | 12,405 | 58.07 | +4.75 | $74,230 | |||
| New Democratic | Carole Gordon | 6,588 | 30.84 | +1.66 | $37,807 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Guillou | 2,368 | 11.09 | -1.94 | $4,295 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,361 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 209 | 0.97 | +0.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,570 | 47.52 | +0.15 | |||||
| Registered voters | 45,389 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.55 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[12] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election: Westside-Kelowna | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Ben Stewart | 10,334 | 53.33 | $95,251 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tish Lakes | 5,656 | 29.19 | $26,122 | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Neville | 1,772 | 9.14 | $9,705 | ||||
| Green | Robin McKim | 1,617 | 8.34 | $1,075 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,379 | 99.45 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 107 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,486 | 47.35 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 41,155 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Ben Stewart steps aside in Kelowna for B.C. Premier Christy Clark". Vancouver Sun, June 5, 2013.
- ^ "2018 Kelowna West By-Election | Elections BC". elections.bc.ca. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018.
- ^ Dacre, Colin (April 3, 2023). "New riding proposed downtown Kelowna, Coldstream and Vernon to split in proposed provincial ridings - Kelowna News". www.castanet.net. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Kelowna West Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ "BC Liberal MLA Ben Stewart returning to caucus after being cleared by Elections BC". Global News. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 2018 Kelowna West By-election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "2013 Westside-Kelowna by-election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ "FRPC". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- "Westside-Kelowna Statement of Votes: 39th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved November 20, 2010.