# Kelowna—Lake Country (federal electoral district)

Kelowna—Lake Country (formerly known as Kelowna) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

## History

This district was created as "Kelowna" electoral district in 1996 from a portion of Okanagan Centre riding.
In 2003, it was renamed "Kelowna—Lake Country".
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kelowna—Lake Country should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Kelowna—Lake Country loses a portion of its current territory to the new district of Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Kelowna—Lake Country (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 109,310 | 81.22% | 100,480 | 85.46% | 96,565 | 89.09% |
| Indigenous | 7,940 | 5.9% | 6,605 | 5.62% | 4,540 | 4.19% |
| South Asian | 5,955 | 4.42% | 3,170 | 2.7% | 2,505 | 2.31% |
| East Asian | 4,005 | 2.98% | 3,045 | 2.59% | 2,340 | 2.16% |
| Southeast Asian | 2,880 | 2.14% | 1,800 | 1.53% | 920 | 0.85% |
| African | 1,515 | 1.13% | 825 | 0.7% | 420 | 0.39% |
| Latin American | 1,090 | 0.81% | 655 | 0.56% | 475 | 0.44% |
| Middle Eastern | 995 | 0.74% | 455 | 0.39% | 225 | 0.21% |
| Other | 875 | 0.65% | 520 | 0.44% | 400 | 0.37% |
| Total responses | 134,580 | 98.75% | 117,570 | 98.48% | 108,390 | 98.49% |
| Total population | 136,290 | 100% | 119,388 | 100% | 110,051 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Kelowna Riding created from Okanagan Centre |||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Werner Schmidt | Reform |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | Werner Schmidt | Alliance |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | Werner Schmidt | Alliance |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Werner Schmidt | Conservative |
| Kelowna—Lake Country |||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Werner Schmidt | Conservative |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Ron Cannan | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Ron Cannan | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Ron Cannan | Conservative |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Stephen Fuhr | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Tracy Gray | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Tracy Gray | Conservative |

### Current member of Parliament

The member of Parliament is Tracy Gray. She unseated Liberal incumbent Stephen Fuhr in the 2019 federal election.

## Election results
### Kelowna—Lake Country, 2003–present

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Tracy Gray | 30,409 | 45.3 | -0.3 | $107,510.46 |
| | Liberal | Tim Krupa | 17,767 | 26.5 | -6.2 | $121,419.18 |
| | New Democratic | Cade Desjarlais | 12,204 | 18.2 | +6.1 | $5,052.71 |
| | People's | Brian Rogers | 4,688 | 7.0 | +5.2 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Imre Szeman | 2,074 | 3.1 | -4.4 | $14,210.33 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 67,142 | 99.5 | – | $131,152.01 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 346 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,488 | 63.9 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 105,621 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +3.0 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 21,407 | 42.31 |
| Liberal | 13,277 | 26.24 |
| New Democratic | 10,702 | 21.15 |
| People's | 3,686 | 7.29 |
| Green | 1,525 | 3.01 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Tracy Gray | 31,497 | 45.57 | +5.82 | $118,425.23 |
| | Liberal | Stephen Fuhr | 22,627 | 32.74 | -13.42 | $103,263.61 |
| | New Democratic | Justin Kulik | 8,381 | 12.13 | -1.96 | $12,410.64 |
| | Green | Travis Ashley | 5,171 | 7.48 | – | $6,745.70 |
| | People's | John Barr | 1,225 | 1.77 | – | $7,213.32 |
| | Independent | Daniel Joseph | 152 | 0.22 | – | none listed |
| | Independent | Silverado Socrates | 67 | 0.10 | – | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,120 | 99.56 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 305 | 0.44 | +0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,425 | 68.39 | -2.26 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 101,507 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +9.62 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stephen Fuhr | 29,614 | 46.16 | +34.69 | $127,002.68 |
| | Conservative | Ron Cannan | 25,502 | 39.75 | -18.63 | $70,942.48 |
| | New Democratic | Norah Mary Bowman | 9,039 | 14.09 | -7.28 | $33,945.86 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,155 | 99.64 | | $228,718.18 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 230 | 0.36 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,385 | 70.65 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 91,131 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +26.66 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 28,220 | 58.38 |
| New Democratic | 10,329 | 21.37 |
| Liberal | 5,546 | 11.47 |
| Green | 4,244 | 8.78 |
vte2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ron Cannan | 34,566 | 57.40 | +1.47 |
| | New Democratic | Patricia Kalmanovitch | 13,322 | 22.12 | +7.01 |
| | Liberal | Kris Stewart | 7,069 | 11.74 | -1.97 |
| | Green | Alice Hooper | 5,265 | 8.74 | -4.97 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,222 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 146 | 0.24 | -0.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,368 | 60.27 | +1.51 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 100,169 | – | – |
vte2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ron Cannan | 31,907 | 55.93 | +6.77 | $66,354 |
| | New Democratic | Tish Lakes | 8,624 | 15.11 | -1.53 | – |
| | Liberal | Diana Cabott | 8,469 | 14.84 | -10.99 | $37,576 |
| | Green | Angela Reid | 7,821 | 13.71 | +5.75 | $13,334 |
| | Communist | Mark Haley | 218 | 0.38 | – | $566 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,039 | 100.00 | $95,647 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 168 | 0.29 | +0.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,207 | 58.76 | -0.8 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ron Cannan | 28,174 | 49.17 | +1.17 |
| | Liberal | Vern Nielsen | 14,807 | 25.84 | -0.66 |
| | New Democratic | Kevin M. Hagglund | 9,538 | 16.64 | -0.16 |
| | Green | Angela Reid | 4,562 | 7.96 | +0.66 |
| | Canadian Action | David Thomson | 223 | 0.39 | -0.11 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 57,304 | 99.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 580 | 1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Werner Schmidt | 25,553 | 48.0 | -19.7 | $61,185 |
| | Liberal | Vern Nielsen | 14,109 | 26.5 | +2.7 | $58,986 |
| | New Democratic | Starleigh Grass | 8,954 | 16.8 | +10.5 | $14,000 |
| | Green | Kevin Ade | 3,903 | 7.3 | – | $4,993 |
| | Marijuana | Huguette Plourde | 447 | 0.8 | – | |
| | Canadian Action | Michael Cassidyne-Hook | 271 | 0.5 | -1.6 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 53,237 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 159 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,396 | 62.1 | -1.9 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

### Kelowna, 1996–2003

vte2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Alliance | Werner Schmidt | 33,810 | 59.5 | +9.5 | $44,990 |
| | Liberal | Joe Leask | 13,564 | 23.9 | +1.5 | $46,876 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Mallo | 4,708 | 8.3 | -8.5 | $9,791 |
| | New Democratic | John O. Powell | 3,572 | 6.3 | -1.3 | $9,493 |
| | Canadian Action | Jack W. Peach | 1,199 | 2.1 | – | $3,652 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 56,853 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 223 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,076 | 64.0 | +1.2 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
vte1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Reform | Werner Schmidt | 25,246 | 50.0 | – | $48,355 |
| | Liberal | Janna Francis | 11,306 | 22.4 | – | $32,838 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Al Horning | 8,477 | 16.8 | – | $47,498 |
| | New Democratic | Fred Steele | 3,838 | 7.6 | – | $11,443 |
| | Green | David Hughes | 1,612 | 3.2 | – | $1,014 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,479 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 123 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,602 | 62.8 |