OKANAGAN-VERNON

'Okanagan-Vernon' is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,926
Population Change, 1996-2001	2.8%
Area (km²)	5,458
Pop. Density (people per km²)	10

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Tom Christensen, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 2001 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Christensen was appointed Minister of Education on January 26, 2004.

Election results

|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Tom Christensen
|align="right"|11,566
|align="right"|43.20%
|align="right"|
|-
|NDP
|Juliette Marie Cunningham
|align="right"|8,995
|align="right"|33.59%
|align="right"|
|Conservative
|Colin Black
|align="right"|3,095
|align="right"|11.56%
|align="right"|
|Green
|Erin Nelson
|align="right"|1,867
|align="right"|6.97%
|align="right"|
|No Affiliation
|Gordon Campbell
|align="right"|945
|align="right"|3.53%
|align="right"|
|Marijuana
|Michael Toponce
|align="right"|260
|align="right"|0.97%
|align="right"|
|Patriot
|Tibor Lesley Tusnady
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|26,776
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Tom Christensen
|align="right"|13,868
|align="right"|56.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$39,988
|-
|NDP
|Troy Sebastian
|align="right"|3,529
|align="right"|14.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$12,122
|Unity
|Doug MacDonald
|align="right"|3,213
|align="right"|13.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,001
|Green
|Erin Nelson
|align="right"|2,214
|align="right"|9.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$409
|Marijuana
|Michael Jones
|align="right"|917
|align="right"|3.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$403
|Independent
|Herb Wong
|align="right"|562
|align="right"|2.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,061
|Independent
|Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|0.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|Patriot
|Andrew N. Hokhold
|align="right"|82
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,542
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|68
!align="right"|0.28%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|24,610
!align="right"|69.06%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|April Sanders
|align="right"|9,776
|align="right"|39.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,378
|NDP
|Howard Brown
|align="right"|7,497
|align="right"|29.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$18,338
|-
|BC Reform
|Heinz Weiss
|align="right"|5,356
|align="right"|21.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$30,326
|PDA
|Geoff Jell
|align="right"|1,839
|align="right"|7.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,768
|Green
|Jane Peach
|align="right"|334
|align="right"|1.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|Social Credit
|Clinton Henry
|align="right"|227
|align="right"|0.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,350
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,029
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|82
!align="right"|0.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,111
!align="right"|71.03%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
|Lyall Hanson
|align="right"|8,615
|align="right"|37.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$32,016
|NDP
|Gilles De Chantal
|align="right"|7,720
|align="right"|34.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,069
|BC Liberal
|Ernst Juli
|align="right"|6,065
|align="right"|26.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,672
|Independent
|Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
|align="right"|275
|align="right"|1.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$56
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,675
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|401
!align="right"|1.74%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,076
!align="right"|76.06%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

External links

★ BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)

★ Results of 2001 election (pdf)

★ 2001 Expenditures

★ Results of 1996 election

★ 1996 Expenditures

★ Results of 1991 election

★ 1991 Expenditures

★ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia