Penticton-Summerland

Penticton-Summerland is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.

Penticton-Summerland (2024–)
Penticton (2009–2024)
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
(2001–2009)
Okanagan-Penticton (1991–2001)

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Amelia Boultbee Conservative
District created	1991 as Okanagan-Penticton
First contested	2009
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2006)	51,958
Area (km²)	1,139.78
Pop. density (per km²)	45.6
Census division(s)	Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
Census subdivision(s)	Penticton, Summerland

Previously the district was named Okanagan-Penticton from 1991 to 2001, Penticton-Okanagan Valley from 2001 to 2009, and Penticton from 2009 to 2024. The riding adopted its current name and had modest boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.

Geography

As of the 2024 provincial election, Penticton comprises the northern portion of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Penticton and Summerland.^[1]

History

Okanagan-Penticton was created for the 1991 election from parts of the dual member ridings of Boundary-Similkameen and Okanagan South.

1999 redistribution

The 1999 British Columbia electoral redistribution changed Okanagan-Penticton and the western portion of Okanagan-Boundary to Penticton-Okanagan Valley.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Okanagan-Penticton Riding created from Boundary-Similkameen and Okanagan South
35th	1991–1996		Jim Beattie	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		Rick Thorpe	Liberal
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
37th	2001–2005		Bill Barisoff	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
Penticton
39th	2009–2013		Bill Barisoff	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Dan Ashton
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–2024			BC United
Penticton-Summerland
43rd	2024–present		Amelia Boultbee	Conservative

Electoral history

Penticton-Summerland

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Amelia Boultbee	11,615	41.37	–	$56,697.20
	New Democratic	Tina Lee	11,298	40.24	+1.3	$30,293.77
	Unaffiliated	Tracy St. Claire	2,720	9.69	–	$16,157.90
	Green	Bradley Bartsch	1,472	5.24	-6.4	$2,072.42
	Independent	Roger Harrington	827	2.95	–	$0.00
	Independent	Anna Paddon	144	0.51	–	$617.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			28,076	99.90	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			29	0.10	–
Turnout			28,105	61.49	–
Registered voters			45,707
	Conservative notional gain from BC United		Swing		N/A[n 1]
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

1. Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.

2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		%
	Liberal	47.0
	New Democratic	38.9
	Green	11.6

Penticton

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Penticton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Ashton	13,217	48.19	−5.36	$34,620.10
	New Democratic	Toni Boot	10,343	37.71	+9.70	$11,650.73
	Green	Ted Shumaker	3,152	11.49	−6.95	$19.00
	Libertarian	Keith Macintyre	717	2.61	–	$605.44
Total valid votes			27,429	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Penticton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Ashton	14,470	52.80	+6.95	$48,359
	New Democratic	Tarik Sayeed	7,874	28.73	−11.62	$50,324
	Green	Connie Sahlmark	5,061	18.47	–	$4,596
Total valid votes			27,405	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103	0.38
Turnout			27,508	60.79
Source: Elections BC[7][8]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Penticton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Ashton	11,536	45.85	+1.86	$92,981
	New Democratic	Richard Cannings	10,154	40.35	+9.20	$79,882
	Conservative	Sean Upshaw	2,288	9.09	+0.35	$5,077
	BC First	Doug Maxwell	1,185	4.71	–	$5,228
Total valid votes			25,163	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173	0.68
Turnout			25,336	58.27
Source: Elections BC[9]

B.C. General Election 2009 - Penticton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	10,346	43.96	–	$97,580
	New Democratic	Cameron Phillips	7,331	31.15	–	$30,828
	Green	Julius Bloomfield	3,685	15.66	–	$37,129
	Conservative	Chris Delaney	2,095	8.90	–	$16,210
	Refederation	Wendy Dion	78	0.33	–	$730
Total valid votes			23,535	100
Total rejected ballots			114	0.48
Turnout			23,649	56.16

Penticton-Okanagan Valley

B.C. General Election 2005 Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	13,650	50.23%		$127,216
	NDP	Garry Litke	10,197	37.52%		$33,019
	Green	James Patrick Cunningham	2,669	9.82%	–	$467
	Independent	Jane Turnell	660	2.43%		$282
Total valid votes			27,176	100%
Total rejected ballots			142	0.52%
Turnout			27,318	62.61%

B.C. General Election 2001: Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Barisoff	15,609	62.73%	$46,209
	NDP	Naga Terada	3,887	15.62%	$8,128
	Green	Harry Naegel	3,524	14.16%	$358
	Marijuana	Riley Goldstone	786	3.16%	$386
	Unity	Walter Ozero	553	2.23%	$1,197
	Citizens Alliance Now	Kal Gidda	522	2.10%	$8,682
Total valid votes			24,881	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			73	0.29%
Turnout			24,954	68.15%

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts