Kelowna-Lake Country is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, in use from 2001 to 2024.

Under the 2021 redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election, the electoral districts in the Kelowna area were substantially redrawn. A significant number of the riding's residents shifted into the new district of Kelowna Centre, while the balance joined with the community of Coldstream in the new district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream.

Demographics

{| class="wikitable"

|Population, 2001

|56,166

|-

|Population change, 1996–2001

|9.5%

|-

|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

|1,408

|-

|Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)

|40

|}

Geography

Until the 2024 provincial election, Kelowna—Lake Country comprised the northeastern portion of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. This included the entire area of the district municipality of Lake Country and the northern area of Kelowna. It was located in southern British Columbia.

History

1999 redistribution

Changes from Okanagan East to Kelowna-Lake Country include:

  • removal of area south and southeast of Kelowna
  • addition of area north of Kelowna

Members of the Legislative Assembly

{| class="wikitable"

! Assembly

! Years

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

|-

|align="center" colspan=5|South Okanagan

|-

|14th

|1916–1920

|rowspan=4 |

|rowspan=4| James William Jones

|rowspan=4| Conservative

|-

|15th

|1920–1924

|-

|16th

|1924–1928

|-

|17th

|1928–1933

|-

|18th

|1933–1937

|rowspan=2 |

|Joseph Allen Harris

|rowspan=2|Liberal

|-

|19th

|1937–1941

|Cecil Robert Bull

|-

|20th

|1941–1945

| |

| rowspan=12|William Andrew Cecil Bennett

| Conservative

|-

|21st

|1945–1949

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2| Coalition

|-

|rowspan=2|22nd

|1949–1951

|-

|1951–1952

| rowspan=11 |

| rowspan=11|Social Credit

|-

|23rd

|1952–1953

|-

|24th

|1953–1956

|-

|25th

|1956–1960

|-

|26th

|1960–1963

|-

|27th

|1963–1966

|-

|28th

|1966–1969

|-

|29th

|1969–1972

|-

|rowspan=2|30th

|1972–1973

|-

|1973–1975

| rowspan=2|William Richards Bennett

|-

|31st

|1975–1979

|-

|align="center" colspan=5|Okanagan South

|-

|32nd

|1979–1983

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2|William Richards Bennett

| rowspan=2|Social Credit

|-

|33rd

|1983–1986

|-

|align="center" colspan=8|Two Member District

|-

|rowspan=2| 34th

|rowspan=2|1986–1991

|rowspan=2 |

| Larry Chalmers

|rowspan=2| Social Credit

|-

| Cliff Serwa

|-

|align="center" colspan=5|Okanagan East

|-

|rowspan=3|35th

|1991–1993

||

|rowspan=3|Judi Tyabji

|Liberal

|-

|1993–1996

||

| Independent

|-

|1996

||

| Progressive Democratic Alliance

|-

|align="center" colspan=5|Kelowna—Lake Country

|-

|36th

|1996–2001

|rowspan=7 |

|rowspan=2|John Weisbeck

|rowspan=7|Liberal

|-

|37th

|2001–2005

|-

|38th

|2005–2009

| Al Horning

|-

|39th

|2009–2013

|rowspan=5|Norm Letnick

|-

|40th

|2013–2017

|-

|41st

|2017–2020

|-

|rowspan=2|42nd

|2020–2023

|-

|2023–2024

||

|BC United

|}

Election results

See also

  • List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
  • Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

  • B.C. Votes 2017: Kelowna-Lake Country riding profile. CBC News. March 24, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  • BC Stats Profile - 2001
  • Results of 2001 election (pdf)
  • 2001 Expenditures
  • Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia