Kelowna West
# Kelowna West

Kelowna West, formerly Westside-Kelowna, is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election. The riding was created out of parts of Okanagan-Westside, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission. It was renamed Kelowna West in the 2015 electoral redistribution with only minor boundary changes.

Just weeks after the 2013 British Columbia election, newly re-elected MLA Ben Stewart resigned to allow Premier Christy Clark, who had lost her own seat, to run in a by-election.

Clark resigned the seat and leadership of the BC Liberals effective August 4, 2017, after losing a confidence vote. A by-election for the seat was held on February 14, 2018.

## Geography

The riding contains the city of West Kelowna, all of the Regional District of Central Okanagan west of Lake Okanagan and north of Peachland and the central part of the city of Kelowna.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Westside-Kelowna |||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Ben Stewart | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013 | Ben Stewart | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Christy Clark | Liberal |
| Kelowna West |||||
| 41st | 2017 | Christy Clark | Liberal |
| 41st | 2018 – August 2019 | Ben Stewart | Liberal |
| 41st | August–October 2019 | Ben Stewart | Independent |
| 41st | October 2019 – 2020 | Ben Stewart | Liberal |
| 42nd | November 2020–present | Ben Stewart | Liberal |

## Electoral history

### Kelowna West

vte2020 British Columbia general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Ben Stewart | 12,991 | 49.89 | −6.39 | $25,167.49 |
| | New Democratic | Spring Hawes | 8,854 | 34.00 | +10.49 | $3,285.58 |
| | Green | Peter Truch | 3,274 | 12.57 | −0.10 | $3,191.00 |
| | Libertarian | Matt Badura | 474 | 1.82 | +1.01 | $0.00 |
| | Independent | Magee Mitchell | 446 | 1.71 | – | $472.20 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,039 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

British Columbia provincial by-election, February 14, 2018 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Ben Stewart | 8,406 | 56.28 | −2.77 | $87,790 |
| | New Democratic | Shelley Cook | 3,511 | 23.51 | −1.63 | $49,337 |
| | Green | Robert Stupka | 1,893 | 12.67 | −1.00 | $54,984 |
| | Conservative | Mark Thompson | 1,006 | 6.73 | – | $6,419 |
| | Libertarian | Kyle Michael Ernest Geronazzo | 121 | 0.81 | – | $250 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,937 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.23 | +0.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,972 | 31.55 | −9.29 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 47,461 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −0.57 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

vte2017 British Columbia general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Christy Clark | 15,674 | 58.98 | +0.98 | $80,880 |
| | New Democratic | Shelley Cook | 6,712 | 25.25 | −5.71 | $26,274 |
| | Green | Robert Mellalieu | 3,628 | 13.65 | – | $1,399 |
| | Independent | Brian Thiesen | 570 | 2.14 | – | $2,045 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,584 | 100.0 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.48 | +0.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,712 | 55.46 | +14.62 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 48,162 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +3.34 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

### Westside-Kelowna

British Columbia provincial by-election, July 10, 2013: Westside-Kelowna :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Christy Clark | 11,758 | 62.66 | +4.58 | $56,758 |
| | New Democratic | Carole Gordon | 5,563 | 29.64 | −1.20 | $38,827 |
| | Conservative | Sean Upshaw | 1,115 | 5.94 | −5.14 | $9,755 |
| | Independent | Dayleen Van Ryswyk | 134 | 0.71 | – | $373 |
| | Independent | John Marks | 74 | 0.39 | – | $250 |
| | Independent | Silverado Brooks Socrates | 46 | 0.25 | – | $250 |
| | Vision | JB Bhandari | 45 | 0.24 | – | $2,261 |
| | Independent | Korry Zepik | 31 | 0.17 | – | $440 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,766 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.16 | −0.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,797 | 40.84 | −6.68 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 46,021 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.89 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

vte2013 British Columbia general election: Westside-Kelowna :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Ben Stewart | 12,405 | 58.07 | +4.75 | $74,230 |
| | New Democratic | Carole Gordon | 6,588 | 30.84 | +1.66 | $37,807 |
| | Conservative | Brian Guillou | 2,368 | 11.09 | -1.94 | $4,295 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,361 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 209 | 0.97 | +0.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,570 | 47.52 | +0.15 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 45,389 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +1.55 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

2009 British Columbia general election: Westside-Kelowna :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Ben Stewart | 10,334 | 53.33 | $95,251 |
| | New Democratic | Tish Lakes | 5,656 | 29.19 | $26,122 |
| | Conservative | Peter Neville | 1,772 | 9.14 | $9,705 |
| | Green | Robin McKim | 1,617 | 8.34 | $1,075 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,379 | 99.45 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 107 | 0.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,486 | 47.35 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 41,155 |
