North Okanagan—Shuswap

North Okanagan—Shuswap
British Columbia electoral district
	Okanagan—Shuswap in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	121,474
Electors (2015)	94,179
Area (km²)[1]	16,734
Pop. density (per km²)	7.3
Census subdivision(s)	Vernon, Armstrong, Coldstream, Salmon Arm, Spallumcheen, North Okanagan C, North Okanagan F, Columbia-Shuswap C, Columbia-Shuswap D, Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks),

North Okanagan—Shuswap is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. The district has been sporadically known as Okanagan—Shuswap.

Geography

North Okanagan–Shuswap consists of Subdivision C of Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, and the North Okanagan Regional District. This electoral district includes the towns of Salmon Arm, Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby and Armstrong.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in North Okanagan—Shuswap (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	102,155	83.9%
	Aboriginal	10,960	9%
	South Asian	1,055	0.9%
	Chinese	735	0.6%
	Japanese	700	0.6%
	Filipino	600	0.5%
	Black	350	0.3%
	Southeast Asian	275	0.2%
	Latin American	255	0.2%
	Korean	190	0.2%
	Arab	105	0.1%
	West Asian	70	0.1%
	Multiple minorities	70	0.1%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	55	0%
Total population		124,605	100%

According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation[2][3][4]

Languages: 90.7% English, 2.7% German, 1.5% French
Religions (2011): 52.3% Christian (11.9% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 6.0% Anglican, 3.0% Baptist, 2.9% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian, 17.5% Other), 45.3% No religion
Median income (2015): $30,855
Average income (2015): $41,500

History

This district was created in 1987 from Kamloops—Shuswap and Okanagan North ridings.

In 1996, the riding was abolished and replaced by "North Okanagan–Shuswap". In 1997, the name of this riding was changed to "Okanagan—Shuswap". There were no elections during this time. The riding was abolished again in 2003, and was again replaced by a riding called "North Okanagan—Shuswap". In 2004, the name was changed back to "Okanagan—Shuswap".

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the boundaries of Okanagan—Shuswap should be adjusted, and a slightly modified electoral district will be contested in future elections under the name "North Okanagan—Shuswap".[5] The redefined North Okanagan—Shuswap gains an area previously in the district of Kootenay—Columbia comprising the small community of Needles and its environs. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, and came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Okanagan—Shuswap Riding created from Kamloops—Shuswap and Okanagan North
34th	1988–1993	Lyle MacWilliam	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Darrel Stinson	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
North Okanagan—Shuswap
38th	2004–2006	Darrel Stinson	Conservative
Okanagan—Shuswap
39th	2006–2008	Colin Mayes	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
North Okanagan—Shuswap
42nd	2015–2019	Mel Arnold	Conservative
43rd	2019–present	Mel Arnold	Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Mel Arnold of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Graph of election results in North Okanagan—Shuswap (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)