Penticton-Okanagan Valley

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

Demographics

Geography

History

1999 Redistribution

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

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Bill Barisoff, a former trucking firm owner. He was first elected in 1996 to represent the riding of Okanagan-Boundary and was re-elected in 2001 for Penticton-Okanagan Valley. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Barisoff was appointed Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection on January 26, 2004. He has previously served as Minister of Provincial Revenue.

Election results

-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Bill Barisoff
align="right"|13,650
align="right"|50.23%
align="right"
-
NDP
Garry Litke
align="right"|10,197
align="right"|37.52%
align="right"
Green
James Patrick Cunningham
align="right"|2,669
align="right"|9.82%
align="right"
Independent
Jane Turnell
align="right"|660
align="right"|2.43%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|27,176!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Bill Barisoff
align="right"|15,609
align="right"|62.73%
align="right"
align="right"|$46,209
-
NDP
Naga Terada
align="right"|3,887
align="right"|15.62%
align="right"
align="right"|$8,128
Green
Harry Naegel
align="right"|3,524
align="right"|14.16%
align="right"
align="right"|$358
Marijuana
Riley Goldstone
align="right"|786
align="right"|3.16%
align="right"
align="right"|$386
Unity
Walter Ozero
align="right"|553
align="right"|2.23%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,197
Citizens Alliance Now
Kal Gidda
align="right"|522
align="right"|2.10%
align="right"
align="right"|$8,682
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|24,881!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|73!align="right"|0.29%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|24,954!align="right"|68.15%!align="right"
!align="right"

External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_43.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/pen.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]