Vernon-Monashee Explained

Vernon-Monashee
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1988 as Okanagan-Vernon
Prov-Election-First:1991
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:Harwinder Sandhu
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:New Democratic Party of British Columbia
Demo-Census-Date:2001
Demo-Pop:56926
Demo-Area:5458
Demo-Cd:Regional District of North Okanagan
Demo-Csd:Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby

Vernon-Monashee (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, previously Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Vernon-Lumby.[1]

Demographics

Population, 200156,926
Population change, 1996–20012.8%
Area (km2)5,458
Population density (people per km2)10

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Vernon-Monashee comprises the southwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Vernon, Coldstream, and Lumby.[2]

Member of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

|NDP|Mark Olsen|align="right"|7,698|align="right"|31.83|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|$42,427|Non-affiliated|Gordon Campbell|align="right"|1,397|align="right"|5.78|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|$250|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total valid votes!align="right"|24,187!align="right"|100.00|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|213!align="right"|0.9%|- style="background:white;"! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout!align="right"|24,400!align="right"|54%|}

|-|- |NDP|Juliette Marie Cunningham|align="right"|8,995|align="right"|33.59%|align="right"||align="right"|$24,514|No Affiliation|Gordon Campbell|align="right"|945|align="right"|3.53%|align="right"||align="right"|$100|}|-|- |NDP|Troy Sebastian|align="right"|3,529|align="right"|14.38%|align="right"||align="right"|$12,122|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|}|- |NDP|Howard Brown|align="right"|7,497|align="right"|29.95%|align="right"| - |align="right"|$18,338|-|}|- |NDP|Gilles De Chantal|align="right"|7,720|align="right"|34.05%|align="right"||align="right"|$33,069|Independent|Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels|align="right"|275|align="right"|1.21%|align="right"||align="right"|$56|-|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McIntyre . Pete . Vernon, Coldstream to be separated in electoral boundary changes . 2024-04-24 . Vernon Matters . en.
  2. News: Vernon-Monashee Electoral District. 5 October 2020. Elections BC .