Okanagan-Vernon

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

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[edit] Demographics

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

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] 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.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Okanagan-Vernon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Tom Christensen 11,566 43.20%
     NDP Juliette Marie Cunningham 8,995 33.59%
     Conservative Colin Black 3,095 11.56%
     Green Erin Nelson 1,867 6.97%
     No Affiliation Gordon Campbell 945 3.53%
     Marijuana Michael Toponce 260 0.97%
     Patriot Tibor Lesley Tusnady 48 0.18%
Total 26,776 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Okanagan-Vernon
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Tom Christensen 13,868 56.51% $39,988
     NDP Troy Sebastian 3,529 14.38% $12,122
     Unity Doug MacDonald 3,213 13.09% $9,001
     Green Erin Nelson 2,214 9.02% $409
     Marijuana Michael Jones 917 3.74% $403
     Independent Herb Wong 562 2.29% $1,061
     Independent Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels 157 0.64% $100
     Patriot Andrew N. Hokhold 82 0.33% $100
Total Valid Votes 24,542 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 68 0.28%
Turnout 24,610 69.06%
B.C. General Election 1996: Okanagan-Vernon
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal April Sanders 9,776 39.06% $41,378
     NDP Howard Brown 7,497 29.95% $18,338
     BC Reform Heinz Weiss 5,356 21.40% $30,326
     PDA Geoff Jell 1,839 7.35% $5,768
     Green Jane Peach 334 1.33% $100
     Social Credit Clinton Henry 227 0.91% $8,350
Total Valid Votes 25,029 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 82 0.33%
Turnout 25,111 71.03%
B.C. General Election 1991: Okanagan-Vernon
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Lyall Hanson 8,615 37.99% $32,016
     NDP Gilles De Chantal 7,720 34.05% $33,069
     BC Liberal Ernst Juli 6,065 26.75% $4,672
     Independent Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels 275 1.21% $56
Total Valid Votes 22,675 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 401 1.74%
Turnout 23,076 76.06%

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