Kelowna-Mission

Kelowna-Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Renee Merrifield Liberal
First contested	2001
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	55,040
Area (km²)	172
Pop. density (per km²)	320
Census division(s)	Regional District of Central Okanagan
Census subdivision(s)	Kelowna

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

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,040
Population change, 1996–2001	4.9%
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.

History

1999 redistribution

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

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Part of Boundary-Similkameen prior to 1991
Okanagan West
35th	1991–1996		Cliff Serwa	Social Credit
36th	1996–2001		Sindi Hawkins	Liberal
Kelowna-Mission
37th	2001–2005		Sindi Hawkins	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013		Steve Thomson
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Renee Merrifield

Kelowna-Mission's MLA is Renee Merrifield. She was first elected to represent the riding in the 2020 provincial election. She is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Prior to Renee Merrifield, the MLA was Hon. Steve Thomson, 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 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Renee Merrifield	13,483	50.76	−6.88	$35,080.20
	New Democratic	Krystal Smith	8,605	32.39	+11.36	$2,956.31
	Green	Amanda Poon	4,476	16.85	+2.75	$9,613.90
Total valid votes			26,564	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	15,041	57.18	+0.32	$53,316
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	5,720	21.24	−4.6	$13,757
	Green	Rainer Wilkins	3,836	14.24	–	$18
	Conservative	Charles Hardy	1,976	7.34	−5.33	$8,095
Total valid votes			26,933	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			112	0.42	−0.24
Turnout			27,045	57.67	+4.09
Registered voters			46,898
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	13,687	56.86	+2.96	$78,163
	New Democratic	Tish Lakes	6,221	25.84	−0.23	$28,693
	Conservative	Mike McLoughlin	3,051	12.67	+0.81	$30,353
	No Affiliation	Dayleen Van Ryswyk	1,113	4.62	–	$12,350
Total valid votes			24,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161	0.66
Turnout			24,233	53.58
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009 Kelowna-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Steve Thomson	11,506	53.90		$74,868
	NDP	Tisha Kalmanovich	5,566	26.07		$21,149
	Conservative	Mark Thompson	2,531	11.86		$9,931
	Green	Crystal Wariach	1,563	7.32	–	$5,137
	Independent	Silverado Socrates	130	0.61		$250
	Refederation	Daniel Thorburn	51	0.24	–	$360
Total valid votes			21,347	100
Total rejected ballots			115	0.54
Turnout			21,462	50.68

B.C. General Election 2005: Kelowna-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sindi Hawkins	13,827	53.72%		$ 51,979
	NDP	Nicki Hokazono	8,189	31.82%		$33,490
	Green	Paddy Weston	3,308	12.85%	–	$ 2,700
	Marijuana	Shilo Lavallee	320	1.24%		$0
	Communist	Steve Roebuck	94	0.37%	N/A	$2,957
Total valid votes			25,738	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			217	0.84%
Turnout			25,955	57.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Kelowna-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sindi Hawkins	15,351	64.60%		$35,275
	NDP	Assunta Rosal	3,066	12.90%		$9,609
	Green	Angela Reid	2,588	10.89%	–	$514
	Unity	Paul Vogan	1,674	7.05%		$2,835
	Marijuana	Kelly Nichol	787	3.31%		$4,065
	Action	Grant Baudais	296	1.25%		$225
Total valid votes			23,762	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			102	0.43%
Turnout			23,864	67.56%

External links

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