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Kelowna-Mission is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,040
Population Change, 1996–2001	4.9%
Area (km²)	172
Pop. Density (people per km²)	321

MLAs

Cliff Serwa, Social Credit (1991–1996)
Sindi Hawkins
Sindi Hawkins
Satinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins, née Ahluwalia was a Canadian politician, who was the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for Okanagan West from 1996 to 2001 and Kelowna-Mission from 2001 to 2009.-Career:...

, Liberal (1996–2009)
Steve Thomson
Steve Thomson (politician)
Steve Thomson is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Kelowna-Mission.- References :...

, Liberal (2009–present)

Member of Legislative Assembly

Kelowna-Mission's MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is Hon. Steve Thomson

Steve Thomson (politician)

Steve Thomson is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Kelowna-Mission.- References :...

, the former executive director of the B.C. Agriculture Council. He was first elected to represent the riding in the 2009 provincial election

British Columbia general election, 2009

The 39th British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

. He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

.

Mr. Thomson was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Lands on June 10, 2009. He was elected to represent the riding of Kelowna-Mission on May 12, 2009.

Election results

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|style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Steve Thomson

Steve Thomson (politician)

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

British Columbia Refederation Party

The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism...

|Daniel Thorburn
|align="right"|51
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|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Sindi Hawkins

Sindi Hawkins

Satinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins, née Ahluwalia was a Canadian politician, who was the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for Okanagan West from 1996 to 2001 and Kelowna-Mission from 2001 to 2009.-Career:...

|align="right"|13,827
|align="right"|53.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$ 51,979
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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

Communist Party of British Columbia

The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....

|Steve Roebuck
|align="right"|94
|align="right"|0.37%
|align="right"|N/A
|align="right"|$ 2,957
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,688
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|217
!align="right"|0.84%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,955
!align="right"|57.00%
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|}

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Sindi Hawkins

Sindi Hawkins

|align="right"|15,351
|align="right"|64.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$35,275
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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

|Angela Reid

Angela Reid

Angela Reid is an elected City Councillor in the City of Kelowna and the former Deputy Leader for the Green Party of British Columbia, a position she held from 2007 to 2009. Angela was elected to the Green Party of Canada Federal Council in 2006, where she served for two years, and is the CEO of...

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

British Columbia Action Party

The BC Action Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. It nominated six candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election. These candidates won 1,718 votes . BCAP candidates ran in ridings in Okanagan, Kelowna and Surrey, and placed last in all six ridings...

|Grant Baudais
|align="right"|296
|align="right"|1.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$225
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,762
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|102
!align="right"|0.43%
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!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,864
!align="right"|67.56%
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