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Okanagan-Vernon is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001
| 56,926
|
| Population Change, 1996-2001
| 2.8%
|
| Area (km2)
| 5,458
|
| Pop. Density (people per km2)
| 10
|
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] 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.
[edit] Election results
| B.C. General Election 2001: Okanagan-Vernon
|
| Party
| Candidate
| Votes
| %
| ±%
| Expenditures
|
|
| BC Liberal
| Tom Christensen
| 13,868
| 56.51%
|
| $39,988
|
|
| NDP
| Troy Sebastian
| 3,529
| 14.38%
|
| $12,122
|
|
| Unity
| Doug MacDonald
| 3,213
| 13.09%
|
| $9,001
|
|
| Green
| Erin Nelson
| 2,214
| 9.02%
|
| $409
|
|
| Marijuana
| Michael Jones
| 917
| 3.74%
|
| $403
|
|
| Independent
| Herb Wong
| 562
| 2.29%
|
| $1,061
|
|
| Independent
| Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
| 157
| 0.64%
|
| $100
|
|
| Patriot
| Andrew N. Hokhold
| 82
| 0.33%
|
| $100
|
| Total Valid Votes
| 24,542
| 100.00%
|
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots
| 68
| 0.28%
|
|
|
| Turnout
| 24,610
| 69.06%
|
|
|
| B.C. General Election 1996: Okanagan-Vernon
|
| Party
| Candidate
| Votes
| %
| ±%
| Expenditures
|
|
| BC Liberal
| April Sanders
| 9,776
| 39.06%
|
| $41,378
|
|
| NDP
| Howard Brown
| 7,497
| 29.95%
|
| $18,338
|
|
| BC Reform
| Heinz Weiss
| 5,356
| 21.40%
|
| $30,326
|
|
| PDA
| Geoff Jell
| 1,839
| 7.35%
|
| $5,768
|
|
| Green
| Jane Peach
| 334
| 1.33%
|
| $100
|
|
| Social Credit
| Clinton Henry
| 227
| 0.91%
|
| $8,350
|
| Total Valid Votes
| 25,029
| 100.00%
|
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots
| 82
| 0.33%
|
|
|
| Turnout
| 25,111
| 71.03%
|
|
|
| B.C. General Election 1991: Okanagan-Vernon
|
| Party
| Candidate
| Votes
| %
| ±%
| Expenditures
|
|
| Social Credit
| Lyall Hanson
| 8,615
| 37.99%
|
| $32,016
|
|
| NDP
| Gilles De Chantal
| 7,720
| 34.05%
|
| $33,069
|
|
| BC Liberal
| Ernst Juli
| 6,065
| 26.75%
|
| $4,672
|
|
| Independent
| Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
| 275
| 1.21%
|
| $56
|
| Total Valid Votes
| 22,675
| 100.00%
|
|
|
| Total Rejected Ballots
| 401
| 1.74%
|
|
|
| Turnout
| 23,076
| 76.06%
|
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