Kelowna-Mission

Kelowna-Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Steve Thomson Liberal
Demographics
Population (2001)	55,040
Area (km²)	172
Pop. density (per km²)	320
Census divisions	Regional District of Central Okanagan
Census subdivisions	Kelowna

Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,040
Population Change, 1996–2001	4.9%
Area (km²)	172
Pop. Density (people per km²)	321

History

1999 redistribution

The district's name was changed from Okanagan West to Kelowna-Mission.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kelowna-Mission's MLA is Hon. Steve Thomson, the former executive director of the B.C. Agriculture Council. He was first elected to represent the riding in the 2009 provincial election. He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Thomson was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Lands on June 10, 2009. He was elected to represent the riding of Kelowna-Mission on May 12, 2009.

• Cliff Serwa, Social Credit (1991–1996)
• Sindi Hawkins, Liberal (1996–2009)
• Steve Thomson, Liberal (2009–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Kelowna-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	13,687	56.86	+2.96	$78,163
	New Democratic	Tish Lakes	6,221	25.84	-0.23	$28,693
	Conservative	Mike McLoughlin	3,051	12.67	+0.81	$30,353
	No affiliation	Dayleen Van Ryswyk	1,113	4.62	n/a	$12,350
Total Valid Votes			24,072	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			161	0.66
Turnout			24,233	53.58

B.C. General Election 2009 Kelowna-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	11,506	53.90		$74,868
	NDP	Tisha Kalmanovich	5,566	26.07		$21,149
	Conservative	Mark Thompson	2,531	11.86		$9,931
	Green	Crystal Wariach	1,563	7.32	–	$5,137
	Independent	Silverado Socrates	130	0.61		$250
	Refederation	Daniel Thorburn	51	0.24	–	$360
Total valid votes			21,347	100
Total rejected ballots			115	0.54
Turnout			21,462	50.68

B.C. General Election 2005: Kelowna-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sindi Hawkins	13,827	53.72%		$ 51,979
	NDP	Nicki Hokazono	8,189	31.82%		$33,490
	Green	Paddy Weston	3,308	12.85%	–	$ 2,700
	Marijuana	Shilo Lavallee	320	1.24%		$0
	Communist	Steve Roebuck	94	0.37%	N/A	$2,957
Total valid votes			24,688	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			217	0.84%
Turnout			25,955	57.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Kelowna-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sindi Hawkins	15,351	64.60%		$35,275
	NDP	Assunta Rosal	3,066	12.90%		$9,609
	Green	Angela Reid	2,588	10.89%	–	$514
	Unity	Paul Vogan	1,674	7.05%		$2,835
	Marijuana	Kelly Nichol	787	3.31%		$4,065
	Action	Grant Baudais	296	1.25%		$225
Total valid votes			23,762	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			102	0.43%
Turnout			23,864	67.56%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia