Okanagan—Coquihalla

Okanagan—Coquihalla

British Columbia electoral district
Okanagan—Coquihalla in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Dan Albas Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	107,316
Electors (2011)	83,242
Area (km²)	10,638
Pop. density (per km²)	10.1
Census subdivision(s)	Penticton, Summerland, Merritt, Peachland, Logan Lake, Central Okanagan J, Okanagan-Similkameen D, Okanagan-Similkameen E, Okanagan-Similkameen F, Tsinstikeptum 9

Okanagan—Coquihalla is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

This electoral district includes the towns of Penticton, Merritt, Summerland, Logan Lake, West Kelowna and Peachland.

History

This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Fraser Valley East and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt ridings.

In 2003, it underwent slight boundary changes, with small parts added from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys and Kelowna ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Fraser Valley East and Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Reform |	Jim Hart	Reform
	2000	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Alliance |		Canadian Alliance
	2000	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Alliance |	Stockwell Day	Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative |		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative |	Dan Albas	Conservative

Election results

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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts
• Controversies in the Canadian federal election, 2011

Sources

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada – 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada