Salmon Arm-Shuswap
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Salmon Arm-Shuswap (formerly Shuswap from 1991 until 2024) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| First contested | 1991 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2001) | 49,240 | ||
| Area (km²) | 7,714 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 6.4 | ||
| Census division | Columbia-Shuswap Regional District | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous | ||
It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.[1]
Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 49,240 |
| Population change, 1996–2001 | 1.8% |
| Area (km2) | 7,714 |
| Population density (people per km2) | 6 |
Geography
As of the 2020 provincial election, Shuswap comprised the western portion of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District and the northwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Salmon Arm, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Enderby, and Sicamous.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Shuswap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Shannon O'Neill | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | George Abbott | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2001–2005 | |||
| 38th | 2005–2009 | |||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | |||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Greg Kyllo | ||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2023 | |||
| 2023–2024 | BC United | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | David Williams | Conservative | |
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | David L. Williams | 16,566 | 52.1% | +52.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Lindgren | 9,677 | 30.4% | -3.7 | ||||
| Independent | Greg McCune | 2,922 | 9.2% | |||||
| Green | Jed Wiebe | 2,250 | 7.1% | -7.5 | ||||
| Independent | Sherry Roy | 373 | 1.2% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,788 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 51.2 | ||
| New Democratic | 34.1 | ||
| Green | 14.6 | ||
| Conservative | 0.1 | ||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Greg Kyllo | 13,300 | 51.35 | −4.45 | $52,230.75 | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Lindgren | 8,816 | 34.04 | +7.09 | $8,793.94 | |||
| Green | Owen Madden | 3,784 | 14.61 | −1.10 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,900 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 213 | 0.82 | +0.43 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,113 | 54.68 | −8.12 | |||||
| Registered voters | 47,758 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Greg Kyllo | 14,829 | 55.80 | +7.88 | $68,341 | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Jean Lindgren | 7,161 | 26.95 | −2.62 | $27,270 | |||
| Green | Kevin Babcock | 4,175 | 15.71 | +6.37 | $1,503 | |||
| Libertarian | Kyle McCormack | 410 | 1.54 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,575 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | 0.39 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,678 | 62.80 | +2.39 | |||||
| Registered voters | 42,481 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Greg Kyllo | 11,992 | 47.92 | +1.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Gunner | 7,398 | 29.57 | −0.97 | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Birch | 3,232 | 12.92 | +2.64 | ||||
| Green | Chris George | 2,338 | 9.34 | −1.66 | ||||
| Advocational | Johanna Zalcik | 63 | 0.25 | NA | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,023 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 74 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,097 | 60.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[9] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | George Abbott | 10,764 | 46.62% | $92,432 | ||
| NDP | Steve Gunner | 7,051 | 30.54% | $41,011 | ||
| Green | Michel Saab | 2,539 | 11.00% | – | $7,149 | |
| Conservative | Beryl Ludwig | 2,374 | 10.28% | $9,378 | ||
| Marijuana | Chris Emery | 361 | 1.56% | $550 | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,089 | 100% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 79 | 0.34% | ||||
| Turnout | 23,168 | 56.82% | ||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | George Abbott | 11,024 | 46.96 | $89,183 | ||||
| New Democratic | Calvin Ross White | 8,281 | 35.27 | $60,432 | ||||
| Conservative | Beryl Ludwig | 2,330 | 9.92 | $5,715 | ||||
| Green | Barbara Westerman | 1,394 | 5.94 | $1,788 | ||||
| Marijuana | Chris Emery | 356 | 1.52 | $100 | ||||
| Bloc | Paddy Roberts | 50 | 0.21 | $897 | ||||
| Patriot | Andrew Nicholas Hokhold | 42 | 0.18 | $100 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,477 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 93 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,570 | 64.34 | ||||||
| 2001 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | George Abbott | 12,950 | 56.27% | $46,736 | ||||
| NDP | Wayne Fowler | 3,788 | 16.46% | $12,950 | ||||
| Unity | Al Thiessen | 2,857 | 12.41% | $7,793 | ||||
| Green | Larissa Lutjen | 2,423 | 10.53% | $892 | ||||
| Marijuana | Paddy Roberts | 835 | 3.63% | $919 | ||||
| No Affiliation | Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan | 119 | 0.52% | $100 | ||||
| Central | Scott Yee | 41 | 0.18% | $6 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,013 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 65 | 0.28% | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,078 | 72.01% | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | George Abbott | 8,596 | 34.55% | $35,489 | ||
| NDP | Calvin White | 7,869 | 31.63% | $37,552 | ||
| Reform | Colin Mayes | 5,356 | 22.58% | $21,375 | ||
| Progressive Democrat | Bev Torrens | 1,325 | 5.33% | – | $4,193 | |
| No Affiliation | Gordon Campbell | 810 | 3.26% | |||
| Green | Paul Stephen De Felice | 237 | 0.95% | – | $100 | |
| Social Credit | Robert Goss | 221 | 0.89% | – | $1,363 | |
| Independent | Merv Ritchie | 204 | 0.82% | $505 | ||
| Total valid votes | 24,879 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 200 | 0.80% | ||||
| Turnout | 25,079 | 72.79% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Shannon O'Neill | 7,687 | 35.50% | $33,572 | ||
| Liberal | Michel Saab | 7,282 | 33.63% | $6,267 | ||
| Social Credit | Edith E. Rizzi | 6,262 | 28.92% | – | $45,222 | |
| Green | Connie Harris | 422 | 1.95% | – | $635 | |
| Total valid votes | 21,653 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 356 | 1.62% | ||||
| Turnout | 22,009 | 76.42% | ||||