Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola is a former federal
electoral district
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in
British Columbia
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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
House of Commons of Canada
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:
Election results
See also
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List of Canadian electoral districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''.
Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...
Notes
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
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