Province: | British Columbia |
Prov-Status: | active |
Prov-Created: | 2008 |
Prov-Election-First: | 2009 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2020 |
Prov-Rep: | Ben Stewart |
Prov-Rep-Party: | Liberal |
Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | British Columbia Liberal Party |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2006 |
Demo-Pop: | 51958 |
Demo-Electors: | 44,830 |
Demo-Electors-Date: | 2013 |
Demo-Area: | 1139.78 |
Demo-Cd: | Regional District of Central Okanagan |
Demo-Csd: | Central Okanagan J, Kelowna, Tsinstikeptum 9, Tsinstikeptum 10, West Kelowna |
Kelowna West, formerly Westside-Kelowna, is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election. The riding was created out of parts of Okanagan-Westside, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission. It was renamed Kelowna West in the 2015 electoral redistribution with only minor boundary changes.
Just weeks after the 2013 British Columbia election, newly re-elected MLA Ben Stewart resigned to allow Premier Christy Clark, who had lost her own seat, to run in a by-election.[1]
Clark resigned the seat and leadership of the BC Liberals effective August 4, 2017, after losing a confidence vote. A by-election for the seat was held on February 14, 2018.[2]
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be divided, with portions on the west side of Okanagan Lake being redistributed to the new district of West Kelowna-Peachland and portions east of Okanagan Lake in the City of Kelowna transferring to the new district of Kelowna Centre.[3]
The riding contains the city of West Kelowna, all of the Regional District of Central Okanagan west of Lake Okanagan and north of Peachland and the central part of the city of Kelowna.[4]
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Westside-Kelowna | ||||
39th | 2009–2013 | Ben Stewart | Liberal | |
40th | 2013 | |||
2013–2017 | Christy Clark | |||
Kelowna West | ||||
41st | 2017 | Christy Clark | Liberal | |
2018 – August 2019 | Ben Stewart | |||
August–October 2019[5] | Independent | |||
October 2019 – 2020 | Liberal | |||
42nd | November 2020–present |
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