North Okanagan—Shuswap

North Okanagan—Shuswap was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2025. The district was sporadically known as Okanagan—Shuswap. In the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it was split into Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, and Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee. It was dissolved upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election in March 2025.

North Okanagan—Shuswap

British Columbia electoral district
Okanagan—Shuswap in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mel Arnold Conservative
District created	2003
District abolished	2023
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	121,474
Electors (2015)	94,179
Area (km²)[1]	16,734
Pop. density (per km²)	7.3
Census subdivision(s)	Vernon, Armstrong, Coldstream, Salmon Arm, Spallumcheen, North Okanagan C, North Okanagan F, Columbia-Shuswap C, Columbia-Shuswap D, Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks),

Geography

North Okanagan–Shuswap consists of Subdivision C of Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, and the North Okanagan Regional District. This electoral district includes the towns of Salmon Arm, Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby and Armstrong.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in North Okanagan—Shuswap (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[2]		2016[3]		2011[4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	115,350	86.41%	107,490	88.28%	106,200	89.69%
Indigenous	11,425	8.56%	9,805	8.05%	9,275	7.83%
East Asian[b]	1,900	1.42%	1,625	1.33%	1,135	0.96%
South Asian	1,650	1.24%	1,055	0.87%	595	0.5%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,490	1.12%	875	0.72%	475	0.4%
African	700	0.52%	350	0.29%	230	0.19%
Latin American	440	0.33%	255	0.21%	220	0.19%
Middle Eastern[d]	300	0.22%	175	0.14%	110	0.09%
Other[e]	235	0.18%	125	0.1%	175	0.15%
Total responses	133,485	97.78%	121,760	97.72%	118,405	97.47%
Total population	136,520	100%	124,605	100%	121,474	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[5][6][7]

Languages: 90.7% English, 2.7% German, 1.5% French
Religions (2011): 52.3% Christian (11.9% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 6.0% Anglican, 3.0% Baptist, 2.9% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian, 17.5% Other), 45.3% No religion
Median income (2015): $30,855
Average income (2015): $41,500

History

This district was created in 1987 from Kamloops—Shuswap and Okanagan North ridings.

In 1996, the riding was abolished and replaced by "North Okanagan–Shuswap". In 1997, the name of this riding was changed to "Okanagan—Shuswap". There were no elections during this time. The riding was abolished again in 2003, and was again replaced by a riding called "North Okanagan—Shuswap". In 2004, the name was changed back to "Okanagan—Shuswap".

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the boundaries of Okanagan—Shuswap should be adjusted, and a slightly modified electoral district will be contested in future elections under the name "North Okanagan—Shuswap".^[8] The redefined North Okanagan—Shuswap gains an area previously in the district of Kootenay—Columbia comprising the small community of Needles and its environs. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, and came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, held in October 2015.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Okanagan—Shuswap Riding created from Kamloops—Shuswap and Okanagan North
34th	1988–1993		Lyle MacWilliam	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Darrel Stinson	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
North Okanagan—Shuswap
38th	2004–2006		Darrel Stinson	Conservative
Okanagan—Shuswap
39th	2006–2008		Colin Mayes	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
North Okanagan—Shuswap
42nd	2015–2019		Mel Arnold	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
Riding dissolved into Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, and Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

Election results

Graph of election results in North Okanagan—Shuswap (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

North Okanagan—Shuswap, 2015–present

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mel Arnold	33,626	46.4	-2.4	$66,332.75
	New Democratic	Ron Johnston	13,929	19.2	+3.9	$6,364.37
	Liberal	Shelley Desautels	13,666	18.9	-3.7	$44,668.61
	People's	Kyle Delfing	7,209	10.0	+7.3	$38,335.73
	Green	Andrea Gunner	3,967	5.5	-5.1	$6,405.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit			72,397	99.5	–	$143,796.18
Total rejected ballots			372	0.5
Turnout			72,769	65.2
Eligible voters			111,599
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.2
Source: Elections Canada[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mel Arnold	36,154	48.76	+9.46	$84,389.20
	Liberal	Cindy Derkaz	16,783	22.64	-7.31	none listed
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	11,353	15.31	-10.29	none listed
	Green	Marc Reinarz	7,828	10.56	+5.40	$11,446.63
	People's	Kyle Delfing	2,027	2.73		$5,718.06
Total valid votes/expense limit			74,145	99.40
Total rejected ballots			449	0.60	+0.39
Turnout			74,594	69.25	-2.61
Eligible voters			107,712
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.39
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mel Arnold	27,490	39.30	-16.06	$94,762.90
	Liberal	Cindy Derkaz	20,949	29.95	+22.48	$76,594.10
	New Democratic	Jacqui Gingras	17,907	25.60	-0.88	$81,410.56
	Green	Chris George	3,608	5.16	-5.53	$6,792.93
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,954	99.78		$255,644.99
Total rejected ballots			152	0.22	–
Turnout			70,106	71.86	–
Eligible voters			97,554
	Conservative hold		Swing		-19.27
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,510	55.36
	New Democratic	15,075	26.48
	Green	6,082	10.68
	Liberal	4,252	7.47
	Independent	4	0.01

Okanagan—Shuswap, 2006–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Mayes	31,439	55.45	+3.73
	New Democratic	Nikki Inouye	14,955	26.38	+6.68
	Green	Greig Crockett	6,058	10.68	-6.62
	Liberal	Janna Francis	4,246	7.49	-2.51
Total valid votes			56,698	99.76
Total rejected ballots			135	0.24	-0.01
Turnout			56,833	61.94	+1.22
Eligible voters			91,762
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.47

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Colin Mayes	28,002	51.72	+6.71	$61,199
	New Democratic	Alice Brown	10,664	19.70	-6.73	$17,160
	Green	Huguette Allen	9,368	17.30	+13.22	$29,673
	Liberal	Janna Francis	5,414	10.00	-12.72	$25,825
	Independent	Gordie Campbell	416	0.77	-0.01	$0
	Canadian Action	Darren Seymour	278	0.51	+0.19	$33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,142	100.0		$96,364
Total rejected ballots			137	0.3	+0.05
Turnout			54,279	61	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.72

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Colin Mayes	24,448	45.01	-1.38	$77,064
	New Democratic	Alice Brown	14,551	26.43	+2.23	$31,917
	Liberal	Will Hansma	12,330	22.72	+0.25	$36,301
	Green	Harry Naegel	2,215	4.08	-0.42	$128
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	425	0.78	+0.01
	Independent	Darren Seymour	359	0.66	–	$606
	Canadian Action	Neville O'Grady	172	0.32	-0.17	$3,084
Total valid votes			54,500	100.0
Total rejected ballots			174	0.25	-0.09
Turnout			54,674	64
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.80

North Okanagan—Shuswap, 2004–2006

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Darrel Stinson	24,014	46.39	-21.36	$73,168
	New Democratic	Alice Brown	12,528	24.20	+15.72	$36,696
	Liberal	Will Hansma	11,636	22.47	+1.89	$51,772
	Green	Erin Nelson	2,333	4.50	–	$960
	Marijuana	Blair Longley	492	0.95	–	$400
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	401	0.77	–
	Canadian Action	Claire Foss	257	0.49	-1.02	$1,558
	Independent	K. No. Daniels	104	0.20	-0.73
Total valid votes			51,765	100.0
Total rejected ballots			174	0.34	+0.09
Turnout			51,939
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.54
Change for the Conservatives is based on the total of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

Okanagan—Shuswap, 1988–2004

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Darrel Stinson	29,345	61.29	+8.17	$62,411
	Liberal	Marvin Friesen	9,855	20.58	-4.08	$41,376
	New Democratic	Wayne Alexander Fowler	4,060	8.48	-3.95	$4,575
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila Marguerite Wardman	3,096	6.46	-0.26	$2,992
	Canadian Action	Vera Gottlieb	724	1.51	-0.19	$1,855
	Independent	K. No Daniels	447	0.93	–
	Communist	David Lethbridge	347	0.72	+0.18	$304
Total valid votes			47,874	100.0
Total rejected ballots			118	0.25	-0.06
Turnout			47,992	65.61	-1.45
	Alliance hold		Swing		+6.12
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Darrel Stinson	24,952	53.12	+10.67	$63,898
	Liberal	Lyle MacWilliam	11,585	24.66	+6.24	$60,414
	New Democratic	Calvin White	5,839	12.43	-11.31	$17,699
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Crerar	3,160	6.72	-3.12	$18,143
	Canadian Action	Claire Foss	802	1.70	+1.54	$5,555
	Independent	David Lethbridge	370	0.78	–	$1,657
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	257	0.54	+0.11
Total valid votes			46,965	100.0
Total rejected ballots			147	0.31
Turnout			47,112	67.06
	Reform hold		Swing		+2.22
Liberal candidate Lyle MacWilliam gained 0.92 percentage points from the last election, when he ran as a New Democrat.

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Darrel Stinson	21,023	42.45	+39.38
	New Democratic	Lyle MacWilliam	11,760	23.74	-19.73
	Liberal	Brooke Jeffrey	9,124	18.42	+2.50
	Progressive Conservative	Alice Klim	4,871	9.84	-26.35
	National	Don MacLennan	2,018	4.07	–
	Green	Hermann Bruns	312	0.63	-0.52
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	211	0.43	–
	Natural Law	Rig Gelfand	130	0.26	–
	Canada Party	Claire Foss	78	0.16	–
Total valid votes			49,527	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+29.56

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Lyle Dean MacWilliam	18,749	43.47
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Spoor	15,606	36.19
	Liberal	David L. Simpson	6,868	15.92
	Reform	Donald McDonell	1,321	3.06
	Green	Connie K. Harris	495	1.15
	Independent	Kathleen Daniels	89	0.21
Total valid votes			43,128	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Shuswap and Okanagan North, which elected a New Democrat and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada