Penticton (electoral district)

Penticton is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 Previous versions of the riding were named Penticton-Okanagan-Valley from 2001 to 2009 and it was known as Okanagan-Penticton from 1991 to 2001. It was contested for the first time in its current reiteration in the 2009 election.

Penticton (2009-)
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
(2001–2009)
Okanagan-Penticton (1991–2001)

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Dan Ashton Liberal
District created	1991 as Okanagan-Penticton
First contested	2009
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2006)	51,958
Area (km²)	1,139.78
Pop. density (per km²)	45.6
Census divisions	Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, Regional District of Central Okanagan
Census subdivisions	Penticton, Summerland, Peachland

History

Okanagan-Penticton was created for the 1991 election from parts of the dual member ridings of Boundary-Similkameen and Okanagan South.

1999 Redistribution

From Okanagan-Penticton and the western portion of Okanagan-Boundary to Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Okanagan-Penticton
35th	1991–1996		Jim Beattie	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Rick Thorpe	Liberal
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
37th	2001–2005		Bill Barisoff	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
Penticton
39th	2009–2013		Bill Barisoff	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Dan Ashton
41st	2017–present

Electoral history

Penticton

2017 British Columbia general election: Penticton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dan Ashton	13,671	53.55
	New Democratic	Tarik Sayeed	7,150	28.01
	Green	Connie Sahlmark	4,707	18.44
Total valid votes			25,528	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Ashton	11,536	45.85	+1.86
	New Democratic	Richard Cannings	10,154	40.35	+9.20
	Conservative	Sean Upshaw	2,288	9.09	+0.35
	BC First	Doug Maxwell	1,185	4.71	-
Total valid votes			25,163	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173	0.68
Turnout			25,336	58.27
Source: Elections BC[2]

B.C. General Election 2009 - Penticton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	10,346	43.96	–	$97,580
	NDP	Cameron Phillips	7,331	31.15		$30,828
	Green	Julius Bloomfield	3,685	15.66	–	$37,129
	Conservative	Chris Delaney	2,095	8.90		$16,210
	Refederation	Wendy Dion	78	0.33	–	$730
Total valid votes			23,535	100
Total rejected ballots			114	0.48
Turnout			23,649	56.16

Penticton-Okanagan Valley

B.C. General Election 2005 Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	13,650	50.23%		$127,216
	NDP	Garry Litke	10,197	37.52%		$33,019
	Green	James Patrick Cunningham	2,669	9.82%	–	$467
	Independent	Jane Turnell	660	2.43%		$282
Total valid votes			27,176	100%
Total rejected ballots			142	0.52%
Turnout			27,318	62.61%

B.C. General Election 2001: Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	15,609	62.73%	$46,209
	NDP	Naga Terada	3,887	15.62%	$8,128
	Green	Harry Naegel	3,524	14.16%	$358
	Marijuana	Riley Goldstone	786	3.16%	$386
	Unity	Walter Ozero	553	2.23%	$1,197
	Citizens Alliance Now	Kal Gidda	522	2.10%	$8,682
Total valid votes			24,881	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			73	0.29%
Turnout			24,954	68.15%

Okanagan-Penticton

1. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.