# South Okanagan—West Kootenay

South Okanagan—West Kootenay (French: Okanagan-Sud—Kootenay-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of British Columbia Southern Interior (58%), Kootenay—Columbia (3%), and Okanagan—Coquihalla (39%).
South Okanagan—West Kootenay was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay. The riding will gain Keremeos and Princeton, the Indian Reserves of Alexis 9, Ashnola 10, Blind Creek 6, Chopaka 7 & 8, Chuchuwayha 2 and Lower Similkameen 2 and the regional district electoral areas of Okanagan-Similkameen B, Okanagan-Similkameen G, Okanagan-Similkameen H, and the remainder of Okanagan-Similkameen I from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. It will lose the northern half of the Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary regional district electoral area to Kelowna. It will lose Fruitvale, Montrose, Trail, the regional district electoral area of Kootenay Boundary A and that part of Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory southeast of Trail to Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies. It will also lose the regional district electoral area of Central Kootenay H and the remainder of Central Kootenay K, plus Nakusp, New Denver, Silverton and Slocan which will move to Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in South Okanagan—West Kootenay (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 103,605 | 86% | 97,630 | 87.45% | 98,150 | 89.87% |
| Indigenous | 8,295 | 6.89% | 7,635 | 6.84% | 6,175 | 5.65% |
| South Asian | 3,640 | 3.02% | 2,850 | 2.55% | 2,420 | 2.22% |
| East Asian | 1,640 | 1.36% | 1,385 | 1.24% | 1,045 | 0.96% |
| Southeast Asian | 1,375 | 1.14% | 1,015 | 0.91% | 620 | 0.57% |
| Latin American | 665 | 0.55% | 310 | 0.28% | 195 | 0.18% |
| African | 660 | 0.55% | 470 | 0.42% | 400 | 0.37% |
| Middle Eastern | 185 | 0.15% | 80 | 0.07% | 95 | 0.09% |
| Other | 405 | 0.34% | 270 | 0.24% | 135 | 0.12% |
| Total responses | 120,470 | 97.56% | 111,640 | 97.34% | 109,215 | 97.43% |
| Total population | 123,487 | 100% | 114,695 | 100% | 112,096 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| South Okanagan—West Kootenay Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kootenay—Columbia and Okanagan—Coquihalla |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Richard Cannings | New Democratic |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Richard Cannings | New Democratic |
| 44th | 2021–present | Richard Cannings | New Democratic |

## Election results
### Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| New Democratic | 23,545 | 38.97 |
| Conservative | 22,704 | 37.58 |
| Liberal | 7,993 | 13.23 |
| People's | 4,151 | 6.87 |
| Green | 2,024 | 3.35 |

### South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 2013 representation order

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 27,595 | 41.3 | +4.9 | $90,281.81 |
| | Conservative | Helena Konanz | 23,675 | 35.5 | +0.3 | $133,978.75 |
| | Liberal | Ken Robertson | 8,159 | 12.2 | -5.0 | $29,578.37 |
| | People's | Sean Taylor | 4,866 | 7.3 | +4.9 | none listed |
| | Green | Tara Howse | 2,485 | 3.7 | -4.6 | $7,900.41 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 66,780 | 99.4 | – | $137,054.79 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 434 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,214 | 65.6 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 102,433 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +2.3 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 24,809 | 36.4 | -0.88 | $121,393.67 |
| | Conservative | Helena Konanz | 24,053 | 35.2 | +5.36 | none listed |
| | Liberal | Connie Denesiuk | 11,705 | 17.2 | -10.93 | $60,410.04 |
| | Green | Tara-Lyn Howse | 5,672 | 8.3 | +4.11 | $10,551.96 |
| | People's | Sean Taylor | 1,638 | 2.4 | | $6,237.32 |
| | Independent | Carolina Marie Hopkins | 359 | 0.2 | | $77.17 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,196 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 381 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,577 | 69.56 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 98,589 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -3.12 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 24,823 | 37.28 | -2.16 | $120,417.22 |
| | Conservative | Marshall Neufeld | 19,871 | 29.84 | -14.93 | $156,966.44 |
| | Liberal | Connie Denesiuk | 18,732 | 28.13 | +21.03 | $26,034.25 |
| | Green | Samantha Troy | 2,792 | 4.19 | -3.94 | $153.48 |
| | Independent | Brian Gray | 376 | 0.56 | – | $115.36 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 66,594 | 100.00 | | $247,730.42 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.32 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,810 | 73.67 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 90,694 |
| | New Democratic notional gain from Conservative | New Democratic notional gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +6.39 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 24,846 | 44.77 |
| New Democratic | 21,886 | 39.44 |
| Green | 4,512 | 8.13 |
| Liberal | 3,942 | 7.10 |
| Others | 308 | 0.56 |