Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

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

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 (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.

Demographics

Geography

History

1999 Redistribution

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Hon. George Abbott, a former political science instructor at Okanagan University College. He also owned the oldest and largest berry farm in the Interior. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Abbott was appointed Minister of Sustainable Resource Management on Jan. 26, 2004. He previously served as Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services.

Election results

-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
George Abbott
align="right"|11,024
align="right"|46.96%
align="right"
-
NDP
Calvin Ross White
align="right"|8,281
align="right"|35.27%
align="right"
Conservative
Beryl Ludwig
align="right"|2,330
align="right"|9.92%
align="right"
Green
Barbara Westerman
align="right"|1,394
align="right"|5.94%
align="right"
Marijuana
Chris Emery
align="right"|356
align="right"|1.52%
align="right"
Bloc BC
Paddy Roberts
align="right"|50
align="right"|0.21%
align="right"
Patriot
Andrew Nicholas Hokhold
align="right"|42
align="right"|0.18%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|23,477!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
George Abbott
align="right"|12,950
align="right"|56.27%
align="right"
align="right"|$46,736
-
NDP
Wayne Fowler
align="right"|3,788
align="right"|16.46%
align="right"
align="right"|$12,950
Unity
Al Thiessen
align="right"|2,857
align="right"|12.41%
align="right"
align="right"|$7,793
Green
Larissa Lutjen
align="right"|2,423
align="right"|10.53%
align="right"
align="right"|$892
Marijuana
Paddy Roberts
align="right"|835
align="right"|3.63%
align="right"
align="right"|$919
No Affiliation
Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan
align="right"|119
align="right"|0.52%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
Central
Scott Yee
align="right"|41
align="right"|0.18%
align="right"
align="right"|$6
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|23,013!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|65!align="right"|0.28%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|23,078!align="right"|72.01%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
George Abbott
align="right"|8,596
align="right"|34.55%
align="right"
align="right"|$35,489
NDP
Calvin White
align="right"|7,869
align="right"|31.63%
align="right"
align="right"|$37,552
-
BC Reform
Colin Mayes
align="right"|5,356
align="right"|22.58%
align="right"
align="right"|$21,375
PDA
Bev Torrens
align="right"|1,325
align="right"|5.33%
align="right"
align="right"|$4,193
No Affiliation
Gordon Campbell
align="right"|810
align="right"|3.26%
align="right"
align="right"
Green
Paul Stephen De Felice
align="right"|237
align="right"|0.95%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
Social Credit
Robert Goss
align="right"|221
align="right"|0.89%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,363
Independent
Merv Ritchie
align="right"|204
align="right"|0.82%
align="right"
align="right"|$505
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|24,879!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|200!align="right"|0.80%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|25,079!align="right"|72.79%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
NDP
Shannon O'Neill
align="right"|7,687
align="right"|35.50%
align="right"
align="right"|$33,572
BC Liberal
Michel Saab
align="right"|7,282
align="right"|33.63%
align="right"
align="right"|$6,267
Social Credit
Edith E. Rizzi
align="right"|6,262
align="right"|28.92%
align="right"
align="right"|$45,222
Green
Connie Harris
align="right"|422
align="right"|1.95%
align="right"
align="right"|$635
-
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|21,653!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|356!align="right"| 1.62%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|22,009!align="right"|76.42%!align="right"
!align="right"

External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_55.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/shu.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_shu.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-82.html Results of 1991 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]


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