Salmon Arm-Shuswap

Salmon Arm-Shuswap (formerly Shuswap from 1991 until 2024) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Salmon Arm-Shuswap

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	David Williams Conservative
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,240
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. density (per km²)	6.4
Census division(s)	Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous

It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.^[1]

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,240
Population change, 1996–2001	1.8%
Area (km2)	7,714
Population density (people per km2)	6

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Shuswap comprised the western portion of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District and the northwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Salmon Arm, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Enderby, and Sicamous.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Shuswap
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Shannon O'Neill	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001		George Abbott	Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Greg Kyllo
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–2024			BC United
43rd	2024–present		David Williams	Conservative

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David L. Williams	16,566	52.1%	+52.0
	New Democratic	Sylvia Lindgren	9,677	30.4%	-3.7
	Independent	Greg McCune	2,922	9.2%
	Green	Jed Wiebe	2,250	7.1%	-7.5
	Independent	Sherry Roy	373	1.2%
Total valid votes			31,788	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[3]

2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		%
	Liberal	51.2
	New Democratic	34.1
	Green	14.6
	Conservative	0.1

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Shuswap
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	13,300	51.35	−4.45	$52,230.75
	New Democratic	Sylvia Lindgren	8,816	34.04	+7.09	$8,793.94
	Green	Owen Madden	3,784	14.61	−1.10	$0.00
Total valid votes			25,900	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			213	0.82	+0.43
Turnout			26,113	54.68	−8.12
Registered voters			47,758
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Shuswap
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	14,829	55.80	+7.88	$68,341
	New Democratic	Sylvia Jean Lindgren	7,161	26.95	−2.62	$27,270
	Green	Kevin Babcock	4,175	15.71	+6.37	$1,503
	Libertarian	Kyle McCormack	410	1.54	–	$0
Total valid votes			26,575	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			103	0.39	+0.10
Turnout			26,678	62.80	+2.39
Registered voters			42,481
Source: Elections BC[7][8]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Shuswap
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Greg Kyllo	11,992	47.92	+1.30
	New Democratic	Steve Gunner	7,398	29.57	−0.97
	Conservative	Tom Birch	3,232	12.92	+2.64
	Green	Chris George	2,338	9.34	−1.66
	Advocational	Johanna Zalcik	63	0.25	NA
Total valid votes			25,023	100.00
Total rejected ballots			74	0.29
Turnout			25,097	60.41
Source: Elections BC[9]

BC General Election 2009 Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	10,764	46.62%		$92,432
	NDP	Steve Gunner	7,051	30.54%		$41,011
	Green	Michel Saab	2,539	11.00%	–	$7,149
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,374	10.28%		$9,378
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	361	1.56%		$550
Total valid votes			23,089	100%
Total rejected ballots			79	0.34%
Turnout			23,168	56.82%

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election: Shuswap
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	11,024	46.96	$89,183
	New Democratic	Calvin Ross White	8,281	35.27	$60,432
	Conservative	Beryl Ludwig	2,330	9.92	$5,715
	Green	Barbara Westerman	1,394	5.94	$1,788
	Marijuana	Chris Emery	356	1.52	$100
	Bloc	Paddy Roberts	50	0.21	$897
	Patriot	Andrew Nicholas Hokhold	42	0.18	$100
Total valid votes			23,477	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93	0.40
Turnout			23,570	64.34

2001 British Columbia general election: Shuswap
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	12,950	56.27%	$46,736
	NDP	Wayne Fowler	3,788	16.46%	$12,950
	Unity	Al Thiessen	2,857	12.41%	$7,793
	Green	Larissa Lutjen	2,423	10.53%	$892
	Marijuana	Paddy Roberts	835	3.63%	$919
	No Affiliation	Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan	119	0.52%	$100
	Central	Scott Yee	41	0.18%	$6
Total valid votes			23,013	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			65	0.28%
Turnout			23,078	72.01%

BC General Election 1996: Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Abbott	8,596	34.55%		$35,489
	NDP	Calvin White	7,869	31.63%		$37,552
	Reform	Colin Mayes	5,356	22.58%		$21,375
	Progressive Democrat	Bev Torrens	1,325	5.33%	–	$4,193
	No Affiliation	Gordon Campbell	810	3.26%
	Green	Paul Stephen De Felice	237	0.95%	–	$100
	Social Credit	Robert Goss	221	0.89%	–	$1,363
	Independent	Merv Ritchie	204	0.82%		$505
Total valid votes			24,879	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			200	0.80%
Turnout			25,079	72.79%

BC General Election 1991: Shuswap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Shannon O'Neill	7,687	35.50%		$33,572
	Liberal	Michel Saab	7,282	33.63%		$6,267
	Social Credit	Edith E. Rizzi	6,262	28.92%	–	$45,222
	Green	Connie Harris	422	1.95%	–	$635
Total valid votes			21,653	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			356	1.62%
Turnout			22,009	76.42%

See also

• List of electoral districts in the Okanagan
• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• Yale (provincial electoral district)