Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district)

Kelowna-Lake Country

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Norm Letnick Liberal
Demographics
Population (2001)	56,166
Area (km²)	1,408
Pop. density (per km²)	39.9
Census divisions	Regional District of Central Okanagan
Census subdivisions	Kelowna

Kelowna-Lake Country is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Kelowna—Lake Country, which encompasses a somewhat larger area.

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,166
Population Change, 1996–2001	9.5%
Area (km²)	1,408
Pop. Density (people per km²)	40

History

1999 redistribution

Changes from Okanagan East to Kelowna-Lake Country include:

• removal of area south and southeast of Kelowna
• addition of area north of Kelowna

MLAs

• W.A.C. Bennett, Social Credit (1941–1973)
• Bill Bennett, Social Credit (1973–1986)
• Larry Chalmers, Social Credit and Cliff Serwa, Social Credit (1986–1991)
• Judi Tyabji, Liberal (1991–1993); Independent (1993–1996); PDA (1996)
• John Weisbeck, Liberal (1996–2005)
• Al Horning, Liberal (2005–2009)
• Norm Letnick, Liberal (2009–present)

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Norm Letnick a former city councillor.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Kelowna-Lake Country

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Letnick	12,149	56.78	+4.67
	New Democratic	Mike Nuyens	5,306	24.80	-1.81
	Conservative	Graeme James	2,351	10.99	-0.43
	Green	Gary Adams	1,591	7.44	+0.47
Total Valid Votes			21,397	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Norm Letnick	10,281	52.11%	$119,561
	New Democratic	Matthew Reed	5,250	26.61%	$17,764
	Conservative	Mary-Ann Graham	2,253	11.42%	$21,044
	Green	Ryan Fugger	1,375	6.97%	$350
	Independent	Alan Clarke	571	2.89%	$8,830
Total valid votes			19,730	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			89	0.45%
Turnout			19,819	47.25%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Al Horning	12,247	50.37%	$51, 907
	New Democratic	John Pugsley	7,390	30.40%	$18,967
	Green	Kevin Ade	2,541	10.45%	$4,735
	Democratic Reform	Al Clarke	1,793	7.37%	$31,253
	Marijuana	David Hunter Thomson	341	1.40%	$1,002
Total valid votes			24,312	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			147	0.60%
Turnout			24,459	54.88%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Weisbeck	14,093	63.19%	$38,373
	New Democratic	Janet Elizabeth Scotland	3,102	13.91%	$9,340
	Green	Devra Lynn Rice	2,606	11.68%	$1,098
	Unity	Kevin Wendland	1,496	6.71%	$1,493
	Marijuana	Paul Halonen	734	3.29%	$444
	Action	David Thomson	272	1.22%	$790
Total valid votes			22,303	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			104	0.47%
Turnout			22,407	66.91%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia