Okanagan-Vernon

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

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 External links

Demographics

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

Geography

History

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.

Election results

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Tom Christensen |align="right"|11,566 |align="right"|43.20% |align="right"| |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Juliette Marie Cunningham |align="right"|8,995 |align="right"|33.59% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| |Conservative |Colin Black |align="right"|3,095 |align="right"|11.56% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Erin Nelson |align="right"|1,867 |align="right"|6.97% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |No Affiliation |Gordon Campbell |align="right"|945 |align="right"|3.53% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="tan"| |Marijuana |Michael Toponce |align="right"|260 |align="right"|0.97% |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="orchid"| |Patriot |Tibor Lesley Tusnady |align="right"|48 |align="right"|0.18% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|26,776 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |Tom Christensen |align="right"|13,868 |align="right"|56.51% |align="right"| |align="right"|$39,988 |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Troy Sebastian |align="right"|3,529 |align="right"|14.38% |align="right"| |align="right"|$12,122 |- |bgcolor="mediumturquoise"| |Unity |Doug MacDonald |align="right"|3,213 |align="right"|13.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|$9,001 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Erin Nelson |align="right"|2,214 |align="right"|9.02% |align="right"| |align="right"|$409 |- |bgcolor="tan"| |Marijuana |Michael Jones |align="right"|917 |align="right"|3.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|$403 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |Herb Wong |align="right"|562 |align="right"|2.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|$1,061 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels |align="right"|157 |align="right"|0.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|$100 |- |bgcolor="orchid"| |Patriot |Andrew N. Hokhold |align="right"|82 |align="right"|0.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|$100 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|24,542 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|68 !align="right"|0.28% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|24,610 !align="right"|69.06% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal |April Sanders |align="right"|9,776 |align="right"|39.06% |align="right"| |align="right"|$41,378 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Howard Brown |align="right"|7,497 |align="right"|29.95% |align="right"| |align="right"|$18,338 |- |- |bgcolor="deepskyblue"| |BC Reform |Heinz Weiss |align="right"|5,356 |align="right"|21.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|$30,326 |- |bgcolor="#AA99CC"| |PDA |Geoff Jell |align="right"|1,839 |align="right"|7.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|$5,768 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Jane Peach |align="right"|334 |align="right"|1.33% |align="right"| |align="right"|$100 |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Clinton Henry |align="right"|227 |align="right"|0.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|$8,350 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|25,029 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|82 !align="right"|0.33% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|25,111 !align="right"|71.03% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Lyall Hanson |align="right"|8,615 |align="right"|37.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|$32,016 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |NDP |Gilles De Chantal |align="right"|7,720 |align="right"|34.05% |align="right"| |align="right"|$33,069 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |BC Liberal |Ernst Juli |align="right"|6,065 |align="right"|26.75% |align="right"| |align="right"|$4,672 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels |align="right"|275 |align="right"|1.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|$56 |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|22,675 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|401 !align="right"|1.74% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|23,076 !align="right"|76.06% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

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