Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
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Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola is a former federal
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in
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. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia formerly included in the electoral districts of
Okanagan—Coquihalla Okanagan—Coquihalla was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Geography The electoral district included the towns of Penticton ...
(66%), Kelowna—Lake Country (25%) and
British Columbia Southern Interior British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior, Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and West Kootenay—Okanagan) was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the ...
(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 The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of the 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the ''Canada Election ...
, in October 2015.


Demographics


Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the
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Election results


See also

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References

Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia Politics of Kelowna West Kelowna Canadian federal electoral districts established in 2013 2013 establishments in British Columbia Canadian federal electoral districts disestablished in 2025 2025 disestablishments in British Columbia {{Canada-constituency-stub