Vernon-Monashee

Vernon-Monashee

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Harwinder Sandhu New Democratic
District created	1988 as Okanagan-Vernon
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	56,926
Area (km²)	5,458
Pop. density (per km²)	10.4
Census division(s)	Regional District of North Okanagan
Census subdivision(s)	Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby

Vernon-Monashee (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, previously Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,926
Population change, 1996–2001	2.8%
Area (km2)	5,458
Population density (people per km2)	10

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Vernon-Monashee comprises the southwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Vernon, Coldstream, and Lumby.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Vernon-Monashee
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Okanagan-Vernon (1991–2005)
35th	1991–1994		Lyall Hanson	Social Credit
	1994–1996			Reform
36th	1996–2001		April Sanders	Liberal
37th	2001–2005		Tom Christensen
38th	2005–2009
Vernon Monashee (2009–present)
39th	2009–2013		Eric Foster	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Harwinder Sandhu	New Democratic

Election results

Graph of the election results in Vernon-Monashee (minor parties are combined into "Other")

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	10,222	36.56	+7.20	$4,746.98
	Liberal	Eric Foster	9,798	35.05	−12.82	$30,325.57
	Green	Keli Westgate	4,464	15.97	−5.60	$9,375.32
	Conservative	Kyle Delfing	3,472	12.42	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			27,956	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			96	0.34	–0.03
Turnout			28,052	52.76	–6.20
Registered voters			53,169
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.01
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eric Foster	13,625	47.87	+1.53	$64,366
	New Democratic	Barry Charles Dorval	8,355	29.36	−4.86	$22,788
	Green	Keli Westgate	6,139	21.57	+14.51	$4,848
	Libertarian	Don Jefcoat	341	1.20	–	$468
Total valid votes			28,460	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			105	0.37	+0.09
Turnout			28,565	58.96	+1.55
Registered voters			48,444
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Bailey Foster	12,503	46.34
	New Democratic	Mark Steven Olsen	9,233	34.22
	Conservative	Scott Anderson	3,169	11.75
	Green	Rebecca Helps	1,905	7.06
	Independent	Korry Zepik	169	0.63
Total valid votes			26,979	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77	0.28
Turnout			27,056	57.41
Source: Elections BC

BC General Election 2009: Vernon-Monashee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eric Foster	9,015	37.27	n/a	$89,935
	NDP	Mark Olsen	7,698	31.83	n/a	$42,427
	Green	Huguette Allen	4,029	16.66	n/a	$18,783
	Conservative	Dean Skoreyko	1,972	8.15	n/a	$5,617
	Non-affiliated	Gordon Campbell	1,397	5.78	n/a	$250
	Refederation	R.J. Busch	76	0.31	n/a	$260
Total valid votes			24,187	100.00
Total rejected ballots			213	0.9%
Turnout			24,400	54%

BC General Election 2005 Okanagan-Vernon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Christensen	11,566	43.20%	–	$91,684
	NDP	Juliette Marie Cunningham	8,995	33.59%		$24,514
	Conservative	Colin Black	3,095	11.56%		$9,633
	Green	Erin Nelson	1,867	6.97%	–	$356
	No Affiliation	Gordon Campbell	945	3.53%		$100
	Marijuana	Michael Toponce	260	0.97%		$100
	Patriot	Tibor Lesley Tusnady	48	0.18%	–	$100
Total valid votes			26,776	100%
Total rejected ballots			307	1.15%
Turnout			27,083	61.10%

BC General Election 2001: Okanagan-Vernon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Christensen	13,868	56.51%	–	$39,988
	NDP	Troy Sebastian	3,529	14.38%		$12,122
	Unity	Doug MacDonald	3,213	13.09%	–	$9,001
	Green	Erin Nelson	2,214	9.02%	–	$409
	Marijuana	Michael Jones	917	3.74%		$403
	Independent	Herb Wong	562	2.29%		$1,061
	Independent	Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels	157	0.64%		$100
	Patriot	Andrew N. Hokhold	82	0.33%	–	$100
Total valid votes			24,542	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			68	0.28%
Turnout			24,610	69.06%

BC General Election 1996: Okanagan-Vernon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	April Sanders	9,776	39.06%	–	$41,378
	NDP	Howard Brown	7,497	29.95%	–	$18,338
	Reform	Heinz Weiss	5,356	21.40%	–	$30,326
	Progressive Democrat	Geoff Jell	1,839	7.35%	–	$5,768
	Green	Jane Peach	334	1.33%	–	$100
	Social Credit	Clinton Henry	227	0.91%	–	$8,350
Total valid votes			25,029	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			82	0.33%
Turnout			25,111	71.03%

BC General Election 1991: Okanagan-Vernon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Lyall Hanson	8,615	37.99%	–	$32,016
	NDP	Gilles De Chantal	7,720	34.05%		$33,069
	Liberal	Ernst Juli	6,065	26.75%	–	$4,672
	Independent	Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels	275	1.21%		$56
Total valid votes			22,675	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			401	1.74%
Turnout			23,076	76.06%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia