British Columbia Southern Interior

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British Columbia Southern Interior

British Columbia electoral district
British Columbia Southern Interior in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Alex Atamanenko NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	95,477
Electors (2006)	71,531
Area (km²)	26,700
Pop. density (per km²)	3.6
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Osoyoos, Oliver, Grand Forks, Okanagan-Similkameen C, Central Kootenay E, Central Kootenay F, Central Kootenay H,

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the region please see British Columbia Interior

British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 British Columbia Southern Interior 2.2 Southern Interior 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This electoral district was created as "Southern Interior" in 2003 from Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and part of Okanagan—Coquihalla riding.

In 2004, its name was changed to "British Columbia Southern Interior".

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2003-2006: Jim Gouk - Conservative - He previously represented Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, West Kootenay—Okanagan and Kootenay West—Revelstoke.
• 2006-present: Alex Atamanenko, New Democratic Party

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Atamanenko. He was first elected in 2006. He represents the New Democratic Party.

[edit] Election results

[edit] British Columbia Southern Interior

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Alex Atamanenko	22,742	49.0%	+13.9%	$72,595.19
	Liberal	Bill Profili	9,383	20.2%	+2.2%	$40,534.64
	Conservative	Derek Zeisman	8,948	19.3%	-17.3%	$53,470.40
	Green	Scott Leyland	5,258	11.3%	+3.4%	$14,334.02
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Sproule	123	0.3%	+0.2%	$0.00
Total valid votes			46454	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			236	0.51%
Turnout			46,690	66.44%

[edit] Southern Interior

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Gouk	16,940	36.60%	*	$55,553
	New Democratic Party	Alex Atamanenko	16,260	35.13%	+25.28	$22,019
	Liberal	Doug Stanley	8,310	17.96%	-9.39%	$74,051
	Green	Scott Leyland	3,663	7.91%	+1.44%	$16,098
	Independent	Robert Schuster	591	1.27%	*	$9,264
	Marijuana	Karine Cyr	391	0.84%	*
	Canadian Action	Farlie Paynter	87	0.18%	*	$454
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Sproule	39	0.08%	*
Total valid votes			46,281	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			163	0.35%
Turnout			46,444	59.99%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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