| Kelowna-Mission | |
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2001 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2020 |
| Prov-Rep: | Renee Merrifield |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | United |
| Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | BC United |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2001 |
| Demo-Pop: | 55040 |
| Demo-Area: | 172 |
| Demo-Cd: | Regional District of Central Okanagan |
| Demo-Csd: | Kelowna |
Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
| Population, 2001 | 55,040 | |
| Population change, 1996–2001 | 4.9% | |
| Area (km2) | 172 | |
| Population density (people per km2) | 321 |
As of the 2020 provincial election, Kelowna-Mission comprises the southeastern portion of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. This includes the southern area of the city of Kelowna. It is located in southern British Columbia.[1]
The district's name was changed from Okanagan West to Kelowna-Mission.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Boundary-Similkameen prior to 1991 | |||||
| Okanagan West | |||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Cliff Serwa | Social Credit | ||
| 36th | 1996–2001 | Sindi Hawkins | Liberal | ||
| Kelowna-Mission | |||||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Sindi Hawkins | Liberal | ||
| 38th | 2005–2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Steve Thomson | |||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | ||||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | ||||
| 42nd | 2020–2023 | Renee Merrifield | |||
| 2023–present | BC United | ||||
Kelowna-Mission's MLA is Renee Merrifield. She was first elected to represent the riding in the 2020 provincial election. She is a member of BC United.[2]
Prior to Renee Merrifield, the MLA was 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, and was 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.
|-|NDP|Tisha Kalmanovich|align="right"|5,566|align="right"|26.07|align="right"||align="right"|$21,149|Independent|Silverado Socrates|align="right"|130|align="right"|0.61|align="right"||align="right"|$250|}
|-|-|NDP|Nicki Hokazono|align="right"|8,189|align="right"|31.82%|align="right"||align="right"|$33,490|}|-|-|NDP|Assunta Rosal|align="right"|3,066|align="right"|12.90%|align="right"||align="right"|$9,609|}