Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

British Columbia electoral district
North Okanagan—Shuswap from the 2015 federal election to 2025 Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee from the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries. Points indicate the communities of Vernon and Lake Country, as well as Monashee Provincial Park.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Scott Anderson Conservative
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	108,606
Electors (2025)	91,639
Area (km²)	14,658
Pop. density (per km²)	7.4
Census division(s)	Columbia-Shuswap, Central Kootenay, Central Okanagan, North Okanagan
Census subdivision(s)	Vernon, Lake Country, Coldstream, Spallumcheen (part), Okanagan, Lumby, Duck Lake, Nakusp, New Denver, Slocan

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will largely replace North Okanagan—Shuswap.^[2]

• Gains the Fintry area from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
• Gains the District Municipality of Lake Country, the Indian Reserve of Duck Lake 7, and the Central Okanagan regional district electoral area north of Highway 33 from Kelowna—Lake Country
• Gains the regional district electoral area of Central Kootenay H and the remainder of Central Kootenay K, plus Nakusp, New Denver, Silverton and Slocan from South Okanagan—West Kootenay
• Loses the northern half of Spallumcheen, the municipalities of Armstrong, Chase, Enderby, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, the regional district electoral areas of Columbia Shuswap C, Columbia Shuswap D, Columbia Shuswap E, Columbia Shuswap F, North Okanagan F, the remainder of Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands), the remainder of Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks), and the Indian Reserves Chum Creek 2, Enderby 2, Hustalen 1, Neskonlith, North Bay 5, Okanagan (Part) 1, Quaaout 1, Sahhaltkum 4, Salmon River 1, Scotch Creek 4, Stequmwhulpa 5, Switsemalph and Switsemalph 3 to Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies and Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Languages: 89.9% English, 2.3% German, 1.7% French

Religions: 57.5% No religion, 39.2% Christian (10.0% Catholic, 4.6% United Church, 3.4% Anglican, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.5% Baptist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 16.5% Other)

Median income: $39,200 (2020)

Average income: $50,760 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European[a]	92,270	86.66%
Indigenous	7,940	7.46%
South Asian	1,810	1.7%
East Asian[b]	1,695	1.59%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,210	1.14%
African	540	0.51%
Latin American	395	0.37%
Middle Eastern[d]	305	0.29%
Other/multiracial[e]	300	0.28%
Total responses	106,475	98.02%
Total population	108,625	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee Riding created from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, Kelowna—Lake Country, North Okanagan—Shuswap, and South Okanagan—West Kootenay
45th	2025–present		Scott Anderson	Conservative

Electoral results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scott Anderson	33,852	50.46	+6.63
	Liberal	Anna Warwick Sears	28,714	42.80	+23.03
	New Democratic	Leah Ellen Main	3,422	5.10	–16.61
	Green	Blair Visscher	1,105	1.65	–2.53
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			67,093	72.78
Eligible voters			92,192
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–8.20
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2021 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,843	43.83
	New Democratic	12,308	21.71
	Liberal	11,207	19.77
	People's	5,391	9.51
	Green	2,937	5.18