# Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia formerly included in the electoral districts of Okanagan—Coquihalla (66%), Kelowna—Lake Country (25%) and British Columbia Southern Interior (10%).
Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 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, in October 2015.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 99,175 | 83.13% | 90,780 | 85.04% | 89,275 | 87.79% |
| Indigenous | 10,905 | 9.14% | 9,765 | 9.15% | 7,680 | 7.55% |
| South Asian | 2,400 | 2.01% | 1,665 | 1.56% | 1,525 | 1.5% |
| East Asian | 2,325 | 1.95% | 1,840 | 1.72% | 1,390 | 1.37% |
| Southeast Asian | 1,645 | 1.38% | 1,070 | 1% | 675 | 0.66% |
| African | 1,030 | 0.86% | 570 | 0.53% | 470 | 0.46% |
| Latin American | 815 | 0.68% | 475 | 0.44% | 270 | 0.27% |
| Middle Eastern | 530 | 0.44% | 260 | 0.24% | 180 | 0.18% |
| Other | 465 | 0.39% | 315 | 0.3% | 220 | 0.22% |
| Total responses | 119,295 | 97.51% | 106,750 | 96.79% | 101,690 | 97.41% |
| Total population | 122,340 | 100% | 110,293 | 100% | 104,398 | 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 |
| Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kelowna—Lake Country and Okanagan—Coquihalla |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Dan Albas | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Dan Albas | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Dan Albas | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, and Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee |||||

## Election results

2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Dan Albas | 30,563 | 47.6 | -0.4 | $62,540.79 |
| | New Democratic | Joan Phillip | 13,813 | 21.5 | +4.7 | $22,670.21 |
| | Liberal | Sarah Eves | 13,291 | 20.7 | -4.3 | $46,717.01 |
| | People's | Kathryn Mcdonald | 4,788 | 7.5 | +5.4 | $9,005.35 |
| | Green | Brennan Wauters | 1,755 | 2.7 | -5.1 | $93.76 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,210 | 99.3 | – | $134,576.18 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 466 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,676 | 64.6 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 100,133 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -2.6 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Dan Albas | 31,135 | 47.95 | +8.39 | $45,571.84 |
| | Liberal | Mary Ann Murphy | 16,252 | 25.03 | -12.21 | $46,808.57 |
| | New Democratic | Joan Phillip | 10,904 | 16.79 | -2.51 | $29,000.61 |
| | Green | Robert Mellalieu | 5,086 | 7.83 | +3.90 | none listed |
| | People's | Allan Duncan | 1,345 | 2.07 | - | none listed |
| | Libertarian | Jesse Regier | 213 | 0.33 | - | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,935 | 99.48 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 341 | 0.52 | +0.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,276 | 69.28 | -2.68 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 95,597 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +10.28 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Dan Albas | 24,517 | 39.56 | -15.03 | $88,485.90 |
| | Liberal | Karley Scott | 23,059 | 37.21 | +27.15 | $39,195.33 |
| | New Democratic | Angelique Wood | 11,961 | 19.30 | -6.75 | $56,283.82 |
| | Green | Robert Mellalieu | 2,436 | 3.93 | -3.83 | $4,769.09 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,973 | 99.69 | | $239,209.56 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 191 | 0.31 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,164 | 70.96 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 87,600 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -21.09 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 26,691 | 54.59 |
| New Democratic | 12,735 | 26.05 |
| Liberal | 4,917 | 10.06 |
| Green | 3,795 | 7.76 |
| Others | 754 | 1.54 |