South Okanagan—West Kootenay

South Okanagan—West Kootenay (French: Okanagan-Sud—Kootenay-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of British Columbia Southern Interior (58%), Kootenay—Columbia (3%), and Okanagan—Coquihalla (39%).^[2]

South Okanagan—West Kootenay was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
South Okanagan—West Kootenay Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kootenay—Columbia and Okanagan—Coquihalla
42nd	2015–Present		Richard Cannings	New Democratic

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Richard Cannings	24,823	37.28	-2.16	–
	Conservative	Marshall Neufeld	19,871	29.84	-14.93	–
	Liberal	Connie Denesiuk	18,732	28.13	+21.03	–
	Green	Samantha Troy	2,792	4.19	-3.94	–
	Independent	Brian Gray	376	0.56	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,594	100.00		$245,563.16
Total rejected ballots			216	0.32	–
Turnout			66,810	73.67	–
Eligible voters			90,694
	New Democratic notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.39
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,846	44.77
	New Democratic	21,886	39.44
	Green	4,512	8.13
	Liberal	3,942	7.10
	Others	308	0.56

Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior

Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

New Democratic	Kootenay—Columbia Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Liberal	Kelowna—Lake Country

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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