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Kelowna West
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kelowna West, formerly Westside-Kelowna, is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election. The riding was created out of parts of Okanagan-Westside, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission. It was renamed Kelowna West in the 2015 electoral redistribution with only minor boundary changes.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2008 | ||
First contested | 2009 | ||
Last contested | 2020 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 51,958 | ||
Electors (2013) | 44,830 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,139.78 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 45.6 | ||
Census division(s) | Regional District of Central Okanagan | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Central Okanagan J, Kelowna, Tsinstikeptum 9, Tsinstikeptum 10, West Kelowna |
Just weeks after the 2013 British Columbia election, newly re-elected MLA Ben Stewart resigned to allow Premier Christy Clark, who had lost her own seat, to run in a by-election.[1]
Clark resigned the seat and leadership of the BC Liberals effective August 4, 2017, after losing a confidence vote. A by-election for the seat was held on February 14, 2018.[2]
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be divided, with portions on the west side of Okanagan Lake being redistributed to the new district of West Kelowna-Peachland and portions east of Okanagan Lake in the City of Kelowna transferring to the new district of Kelowna Centre.[3]