Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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 Interactive map of riding boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
OneBC | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Central Okanagan, North Okanagan | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Coldstream, Duck Lake 7, Kelowna, Lake Country, Vernon | ||
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly since 2024.
Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was first contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election.[1] It was created out of parts of Kelowna-Lake Country and Vernon-Monashee.
Geography
[edit]The district covers parts of the Regional District of Central Okanagan and the Regional District of North Okanagan on the east shore of Okanagan Lake. It includes inland portions of the city of Kelowna east of Highway 97 and north of Highway 33 (including the north half of the community of Rutland), the northernmost lakeside areas of Kelowna, the municipality of Lake Country and the municipality of Coldstream.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream Riding created from Kelowna-Lake Country and Vernon-Monashee |
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| 43rd | 2024–2025 | Tara Armstrong | Conservative | |
| 2025–2025 | Independent | |||
| 2025–present | OneBC | |||
Election results
[edit]| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tara Armstrong | 14,303 | 53.92 | +50.0 | $29,208.25 | |||
| New Democratic | Anna Warwick Sears | 9,350 | 35.25 | +4.6 | $25,889.99 | |||
| Independent | Kevin Kraft | 1,724 | 6.50 | – | $4,138.50 | |||
| Green | Andrew Rose | 1,151 | 4.34 | -10.5 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 26,528 | 99.88 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.12 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,560 | 58.25 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 45,598 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from BC United | Swing | N/A[n 1] | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
- ^ Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 48.7 | ||
| New Democratic | 30.6 | ||
| Green | 14.8 | ||
| Conservative | 3.9 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. December 6, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ "Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream". 338Canada. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
