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Canadian federal election results in the British Columbia Interior

This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the interior of British Columbia.

Regional profile

The BC Interior is a fairly conservative area today, although it has not always been that way. From the early days of the party to the early 1990s, this region was a New Democratic Party stronghold until its support throughout the entire province collapsed in 1993. From 1993 to 2000, the Reform and Canadian Alliance parties took over in a dramatic shift (widely seen as a protest vote against established parties), winning handily in nearly every riding. The Conservatives continued to hold most of the seats in 2004 (with one exception in the northwestern corner of the province). While the NDP managed to take another seat in 2006, staunch divisions on social issues made it difficult for the NDP to make further gains. Some of the strongest conservative support is in Kelowna and the Okanagan, where a large number of retirees reside, although the bulk of inland Liberal support is also in Kelowna itself. For decades, the only close races in this region have been between the Conservatives and NDP. In the 2015 election, regional NDP strength allowed them to pick up a third seat, and in one of the biggest surprises of the election, the Liberals picked up their first seat in the BC Interior since 1974 in the region's most urban riding, Kelowna—Lake Country.

Votes by party throughout time

2021

|- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Cariboo—Prince George | |Garth Frizzell<br />8,397<br />16.56% || |Todd Doherty<br />25,771<br />50.82% | |Audrey McKinnon<br />10,323<br />20.36% | |Leigh Hunsinger-Chang<br />1,844<br />3.64% | |Jeremy Gustafson<br />4,160<br />8.20% | |Henry Thiessen (CHP)<br />218<br />0.43% || |Todd Doherty |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola | |Sarah Eves<br />13,291<br />20.70% || |Dan Albas<br />30,563<br />47.60% | |Joan Phillip<br />13,813<br />21.51% | |Brennan Wauters<br />1,755<br />2.73% | |<br />4,788<br />7.46% | | || |Dan Albas |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Jesse McCormick<br />12,717<br />18.05% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Frank Caputo<br />30,281<br />42.98% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Bill Sundhu<br />20,431<br />29.00% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Iain Currie<br />2,576<br />3.66% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Corally Delwo<br />4,033<br />5.72% | |Wayne Allan (Ind.)<br />146 0.21% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Cathy McLeod†|- | |Bob O'Brien (Ind.)<br />264 0.37% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kelowna—Lake Country | |Tim Krupa<br />17,767<br />26.46% || |Tracy Gray<br />30,409<br />45.29% | |Cade Desjarlais<br />12,204<br />18.18% | |Imre Szeman<br />2,074<br />3.09% | |Brian Rogers<br />4,688<br />6.98% | | || |Tracy Gray |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kootenay—Columbia | |Robin Goldsbury<br />5,879<br />9.05% || |Rob Morrison<br />28,056<br />43.19% | |Wayne Stetski<br />23,986<br />36.92% | |Rana Nelson<br />2,577<br />3.97% | |Sarah Bennett<br />4,467<br />6.88% | | || |Rob Morrison |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |North Okanagan—Shuswap | |Shelley Desautels<br />13,666<br />18.88% || |Mel Arnold<br />33,626<br />46.45% | |Ron Johnston<br />13,929<br />19.24% | |Andrea Gunner<br />3,967<br />5.48% | |Kyle Delfing<br />7,209<br />9.96% | | || |Mel Arnold |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Amir Alavi<br />4,236<br />8.61% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Bob Zimmer<br />29,882<br />60.74% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Cory Grizz Longley<br />6,647<br />13.51% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Catharine Kendall<br />1,661<br />3.38% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Ryan Dyck<br />5,138<br />10.44% | |Phil Hewkin (CFF)<br />53 0.11% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Bob Zimmer |- | |David Jeffers (Mav.)<br />1,580 3.21% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Skeena—Bulkley Valley | |Lakhwinder Jhaj<br />2,866<br />7.66% | |<br />13,513<br />36.14% || |Taylor Bachrach<br />15,921<br />42.58% | |Adeana Young<br />1,406<br />3.76% | |Jody Craven<br />2,888<br />7.72% | |Rod Taylor (CHP)<br />797<br />2.13% || |Taylor Bachrach |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |South Okanagan—West Kootenay | |Ken Robertson<br />8,159<br />12.22% | |Helena Konanz<br />23,675<br />35.45% || |Richard Cannings<br />27,595<br />41.32% | |Tara Howse<br />2,485<br />3.72% | |Sean Taylor<br />4,866<br />7.29% | | || |Richard Cannings

2019

|- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Cariboo—Prince George | |Tracy Calogheros<br>10,932<br>19.96% || |Todd Doherty<br>28,848<br>52.67% | |Heather Sapergia<br>8,440<br>15.41% | |Mackenzie Kerr<br>4,998<br>9.12% | |Jing Lan Yang<br>1,206<br>2.20% | |Michael Orr (Ind.)<br>350<br>0.64% || |Todd Doherty |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola | |Mary Ann Murphy<br>16,252<br>25.03% || |Dan Albas<br>31,135<br>47.95% | |Joan Phillip<br>10,904<br>16.79% | |Robert Mellalieu<br>5,086<br>7.83% | |Allan Duncan<br>1,345<br>2.07% | |Jesse Regier (Libert.)<br>213<br>0.33% || |Dan Albas |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Terry Lake<br>19,716<br>27.21% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Cathy McLeod<br>32,415<br>44.74% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Cynthia Egli<br>9,936<br>13.71% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Iain Currie<br>8,789<br>12.13% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Ken Finlayson<br>1,132<br>1.56% | |Kira Cheeseborough (Animal)<br>321 0.44% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Cathy McLeod |- | |Peter Kerek (Comm.)<br>144 0.20% |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kelowna—Lake Country |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Stephen Fuhr<br>22,627<br>32.74% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Tracy Gray<br>31,497<br>45.57% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Justin Kulik<br>8,381<br>12.13% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Travis Ashley<br>5,171<br>7.48% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |John Barr<br>1,225<br>1.77% | |Daniel Joseph (Ind.)<br>152 0.22% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Stephen Fuhr |- | |Silverado Socrates (Ind.)<br>67 0.10% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kootenay—Columbia | |Robin Goldsbury<br>6,151<br>9.14% || |Rob Morrison<br>30,168<br>44.81% | |Wayne Stetski<br>23,149<br>34.38% | |Abra Brynne<br>6,145<br>9.13% | |Rick Stewart<br>1,378<br>2.05% | |Trev Miller (Animal)<br>339<br>0.50% || |Wayne Stetski |- |style="background-color:whitesmoke" |North Okanagan—Shuswap | |Cindy Derkaz<br>16,783<br>22.64% || |Mel Arnold<br>36,154<br>48.76% | |Harwinder Sandhu<br>11,353<br>15.31% | |Marc Reinarz<br>7,828<br>10.56% | |Kyle Delfing<br>2,027<br>2.73% | | || |Mel Arnold |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies | |Mavis Erickson<br>6,391<br>11.59% || |Bob Zimmer<br>38,473<br>69.79% | |Marcia Luccock<br>5,069<br>9.19% | |Catharine Kendall<br>3,448<br>6.25% | |Ron Vaillant<br>1,748<br>3.17% | | || |Bob Zimmer |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Skeena—Bulkley Valley |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Dave Birdi<br>4,793<br>11.58% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Claire Rattée<br>13,756<br>33.24% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Taylor Bachrach<br>16,944<br>40.94% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Mike Sawyer<br>3,280<br>7.93% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Jody Craven<br>940<br>2.27% | |Danny Nunes (Ind.)<br>164 0.40% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Nathan Cullen†|- | |Merv Ritchie (Ind.)<br>157 0.38% |- | |Rod Taylor (CHP)<br>1,350 3.26% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |South Okanagan—West Kootenay | |Connie Denesiuk<br>11,705<br>17.16% | |Helena Konanz<br>24,013<br>35.21% || |Richard Cannings<br>24,809<br>36.38% | |Tara Howse<br>5,672<br>8.32% | |Sean Taylor<br>1,638<br>2.40% | |Carolina Hopkins (Ind.)<br>359<br>0.53% || |Richard Cannings

2015

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2006

2004

  1. Cariboo-Prince George
  2. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo
  3. Kelowna-Lake Country
  4. Kootenay-Columbia
  5. Okanagan-Coquihalla
  6. Okanagan-Shuswap
  7. Prince George-Peace River
  8. Skeena-Bulkley Valley
  9. British Columbia Southern Interior

2000

|- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Cariboo—Chilcotin |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |John McCarvill<br />6,555<br />20.34% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Philip Mayfield<br />19,213<br />59.63% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Raymond John Skelly<br />2,915<br />9.05% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Pamela J. Culbert<br />2,822<br />8.76% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 | | |Al Charlebois (M-L)<br />124 0.38% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Philip Mayfield |- | |William Turkel (Ind.)<br />591 1.83% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys | |Jon Moser<br />7,582<br />15.63% || |Betty Hinton<br />23,577<br />48.59% | |Nelson Riis<br />13,600<br />28.03% | |Randy Patch<br />3,217<br />6.63% | | | |Ernie Schmidt (CAP)<br />544<br />1.12% || |Nelson Riis |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kelowna | |Joe Leask<br />13,564<br />23.86% || |Werner Schmidt<br />33,810<br />59.47% | |John O. Powell<br />3,572<br />6.28% | |Doug Mallo<br />4,708<br />8.28% | | | |Jack W. Peach (CAP)<br />1,199<br />2.11% || |Werner Schmidt |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Bill Barlee<br />11,357<br />27.36% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Jim Gouk<br />19,386<br />46.70% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Don Scarlett<br />4,091<br />9.85% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Michele Elise Duncan<br />2,147<br />5.17% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Andrew Shadrack<br />2,689<br />6.48% | |Bev Collins (CAP)<br />762 1.84% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Jim Gouk |- | |Annie Holtby (NLP)<br />191 0.46% |- | |Dan Loehndorf (Mar.)<br />889 2.14% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kootenay—Columbia | |Delvin R. Chatterson<br />5,581<br />14.74% || |Jim Abbott<br />25,663<br />67.78% | |Andrea Dunlop<br />3,297<br />8.71% | |Jerry Pirie<br />2,165<br />5.72% | |Jubilee Rose Cacaci<br />1,158<br />3.06% | | || |Jim Abbott |- |rowspan=5 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Okanagan—Coquihalla |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Tom Chapman<br />9,923<br />20.46% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Stockwell Day<br />28,794<br />59.37% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Ken Ellis<br />4,096<br />8.45% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Gordon John Seiter<br />2,939<br />6.06% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Harry Naegel<br />1,110<br />2.29% | |Clay Harmon (NA)<br />95 0.20% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Stockwell Day |- | |Elizabeth Innes (NLP)<br />167 0.34% |- | |Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (M-L)<br />99 0.20% |- | |Larry Taylor (CAP)<br />461 0.95% |- | |Teresa Taylor (Mar.)<br />818 1.69% |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Okanagan—Shuswap |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Marvin Friesen<br />9,855<br />20.59% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Darrel Stinson<br />29,345<br />61.30% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Wayne Alexander Fowler<br />4,060<br />8.48% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Sheila Marguerite Wardman<br />3,096<br />6.47% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 | | |K. No Daniels (NA)<br />447 0.93% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Darrel Stinson |- | |Vera Gottlieb (CAP)<br />724 1.51% |- | |David Lethbridge (Comm.)<br />347 0.72% |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Prince George—Bulkley Valley |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Jeannette Townsend<br />8,202<br />23.43% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Dick Harris<br />20,596<br />58.84% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Mark Walsh<br />2,029<br />5.80% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Oliver William Ray<br />2,448<br />6.99% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |John Grogan<br />793<br />2.27% | |David MacKay (M-L)<br />84 0.24% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Dick Harris |- | |John Van der Woude (NA)<br />152 0.43% |- | |Suzanne Woodrow (CAP)<br />701 2.00% |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Prince George—Peace River |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Arleene Thorpe<br />5,319<br />15.53% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Jay Hill<br />23,840<br />69.62% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Lenart Nelson<br />1,597<br />4.66% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Jan Christiansen<br />2,103<br />6.14% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Hilary Crowley<br />744<br />2.17% | |Henry A. Dunbar (CAP)<br />562 1.64% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Jay Hill |- | |Colby Nicholson (M-L)<br />80 0.23% |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Skeena |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Rhoda Witherly<br />8,714<br />29.12% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Andy Burton<br />12,787<br />42.73% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Larry Guno<br />6,273<br />20.96% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Devin Lee Glowinski<br />965<br />3.22% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Roger Colin Benham<br />688<br />2.30% | |Cliff Brown (NLP)<br />140 0.47% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Mike Scott†|- | |George Joseph (NA)<br />361 1.21%

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