Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia now included in the electoral districts of Okanagan—Coquihalla (66%), Kelowna—Lake Country (25%) and British Columbia Southern Interior (10%).^[2]

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 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, in October 2015.^[3]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kelowna—Lake Country and Okanagan—Coquihalla
42nd	2015–Present		Dan Albas	Conservative

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Albas	24,517	39.56	-15.03	–
	Liberal	Karley Scott	23,059	37.21	+27.15	–
	New Democratic	Angelique Wood	11,961	19.30	-6.75	–
	Green	Robert Mellalieu	2,436	3.93	-3.83	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,973	100.00		$237,136.66
Total rejected ballots			191	0.31	–
Turnout			62,164	72.21	–
Eligible voters			86,093
	Conservative hold		Swing		-21.09
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,691	54.59
	New Democratic	12,735	26.05
	Liberal	4,917	10.06
	Green	3,795	7.76
	Others	754	1.54

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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