Kelowna-Mission Explained

Kelowna-Mission
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Election-First:2001
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Prov-Rep:Gavin Dew
Prov-Rep-Party:Conservative
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.

Demographics

Population, 200155,040
Population change, 1996–20014.9%
Area (km2)172
Population density (people per km2)321

Geography

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]

History

1999 redistribution

The district's name was changed from Okanagan West to Kelowna-Mission.

History

Kelowna-Mission's MLA is Gavin Dew. He was first elected to represent the riding in the 2024 provincial election. He is a member of the BC Conservatives.

Prior to Gavin Dew, the MLA were Renee Merrifield and Hon. Steve Thomson respectively, the latter was 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.

Election results

2020 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party%
 51.8
 31.2
 17.0

|-|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|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kelowna-Mission Electoral District. 5 October 2020. Elections BC .
  2. Web site: Fraser-Nicola . 338Canada . 8 October 2024.