Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

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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.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 1999 Redistribution 4 Member of Legislative Assembly 5 Election results 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	49,240
Population Change, 1996-2001	1.8%
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. Density (people per km²)	6

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] 1999 Redistribution

[edit] 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.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005 Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	George Abbott	11,024	46.96%
	NDP	Calvin Ross White	8,281	35.27%
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,330	9.92%
	Green	Barbara Westerman	1,394	5.94%
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	356	1.52%
	Bloc BC	Paddy Roberts	50	0.21%
	Patriot	Andrew Nicholas Hokhold	42	0.18%
Total			23,477	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC 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%

B.C. General Election 1996: Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	George Abbott	8,596	34.55%		$35,489
	NDP	Calvin White	7,869	31.63%		$37,552
	BC Reform	Colin Mayes	5,356	22.58%		$21,375
	PDA	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%

B.C. General Election 1991: Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Shannon O'Neill	7,687	35.50%		$33,572
	BC 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%

[edit] External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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