Shuswap (provincial electoral district)

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 (provincial electoral district), Kamloops (electoral district) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.

Demographics

Geography

History

1999 Redistribution

Members 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

Election results 

|-

|NDP
|Steve Gunner
|align="right"|7,051
|align="right"|30.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,011

| Conservative
| Beryl Ludwig
|align="right"|2,374
|align="right"|10.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,378

|}

|NDP
|Wayne Fowler
|align="right"|3,788
|align="right"|16.46%
|align="right"|$12,950

|No Affiliation
|Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan
|align="right"|119
|align="right"|0.52%
|align="right"|$100

|}

|-

|NDP
|Calvin White
|align="right"|7,869
|align="right"|31.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$37,552
|-

|No Affiliation
|Gordon Campbell
|align="right"|810
|align="right"|3.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|

|Independent
|Merv Ritchie
|align="right"|204
|align="right"|0.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$505

|}

|-

|NDP
|Shannon O'Neill
|align="right"|7,687
|align="right"|35.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,572

|-

|}

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

Category:British Columbia provincial electoral districts
Category:Salmon Arm