Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Shuswap

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Greg Kyllo Liberal
First contested	1991
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,240
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. density (per km²)	6.4
Census divisions	Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Census subdivisions	Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous

It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops (provincial electoral district), Kamloops (electoral district) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,240
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.8%
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. Density (people per km²)	6

Geography

History

1999 Redistribution

Members of Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		Shannon O'Neill	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		George Abbott	Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Greg Kyllo
41st	2017–present

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	14,236	56.09
	New Democratic	Sylvia Jean Lindgren	6,816	26.86
	Green	Kevin Babcock	3,940	15.52
	Libertarian	Kyle McCormack	388	1.53
Total valid votes			25,380	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	11,992	47.92	+1.30
	New Democratic	Steve Gunner	7,398	29.57	-0.97
	Conservative	Tom Birch	3,232	12.92	+2.64
	Green	Chris George	2,338	9.34	-1.66
	Advocational	Johanna Zalcik	63	0.25	NA
Total valid votes			25,023	100.00
Total rejected ballots			74	0.29
Turnout			25,097	60.41
Source: Elections BC[2]

B.C. General Election 2009 Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	10,764	46.62%		$92,432
	NDP	Steve Gunner	7,051	30.54%		$41,011
	Green	Michel Saab	2,539	11.00%	–	$7,149
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,374	10.28%		$9,378
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	361	1.56%		$550
Total valid votes			23,089	100%
Total rejected ballots			79	0.34%
Turnout			23,168	56.82%

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	11,024	46.96	$89,183
	New Democratic	Calvin Ross White	8,281	35.27	$60,432
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,330	9.92	$5,715
	Green	Barbara Westerman	1,394	5.94	$1,788
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	356	1.52	$100
	Bloc	Paddy Roberts	50	0.21	$897
	Patriot	Andrew Nicholas Hokhold	42	0.18	$100
Total Valid Votes			23,477	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			93	0.40
Turnout			23,570	64.34

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	12,950	56.27%	$46,736
	NDP	Wayne Fowler	3,788	16.46%	$12,950
	Unity	Al Thiessen	2,857	12.41%	$7,793
	Green	Larissa Lutjen	2,423	10.53%	$892
	Marijuana	Paddy Roberts	835	3.63%	$919
	No Affiliation	Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan	119	0.52%	$100
	Central	Scott Yee	41	0.18%	$6
Total valid votes			23,013	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			65	0.28%
Turnout			23,078	72.01%

B.C. General Election 1996: Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	8,596	34.55%		$35,489
	NDP	Calvin White	7,869	31.63%		$37,552
	Reform	Colin Mayes	5,356	22.58%		$21,375
	Progressive Democrat	Bev Torrens	1,325	5.33%	–	$4,193
	No Affiliation	Gordon Campbell	810	3.26%
	Green	Paul Stephen De Felice	237	0.95%	–	$100
	Social Credit	Robert Goss	221	0.89%	–	$1,363
	Independent	Merv Ritchie	204	0.82%		$505
Total valid votes			24,879	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			200	0.80%
Turnout			25,079	72.79%

B.C. General Election 1991: Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Shannon O'Neill	7,687	35.50%		$33,572
	Liberal	Michel Saab	7,282	33.63%		$6,267
	Social Credit	Edith E. Rizzi	6,262	28.92%	–	$45,222
	Green	Connie Harris	422	1.95%	–	$635
Total valid votes			21,653	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			356	1.62%
Turnout			22,009	76.42%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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.