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Vernon-Monashee 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	56,926
Population Change, 1996–2001	2.8%
Area (km²)	5,458
Pop. Density (people per km²)	10

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA

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 ....

is Hon. Eric Foster, a former teacher and forestry worker. He was first elected in the 2009 British Columbia general election and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election history

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

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...

|Eric Foster
|align="right"|9,015
|align="right"|37%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$89,935

|NDP

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...

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 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...

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...

|R.J. Busch
|align="right"|76
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="center"|n/a
|align="right"|$260
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,187
!align="right"|100%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|213
!align="right"|0.9%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|24,400
!align="right"|54%
|}
|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Tom Christensen

Tom Christensen

Tom Christensen is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. He has served as British Columbia's Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, as Minister of Education and as Minister of Children and Family Development....

|align="right"|11,566
|align="right"|43.20%
|align="right"|
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

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

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 Patriot Party

The British Columbia Patriot Party is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 2005 provincial election, it nominated two candidates who won a total of 86 votes :...

|Tibor Lesley Tusnady
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|26,776
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Tom Christensen

Tom Christensen

|align="right"|13,868
|align="right"|56.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$39,988
|-

|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....

British Columbia Patriot Party

The British Columbia Patriot Party is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada.In the 2005 provincial election, it nominated two candidates who won a total of 86 votes :...

|Andrew N. Hokhold
|align="right"|82
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|24,542
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|68
!align="right"|0.28%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|24,610
!align="right"|69.06%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

|April Sanders
|align="right"|9,776
|align="right"|39.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,378

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

|Heinz Weiss
|align="right"|5,356
|align="right"|21.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$30,326

|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Clinton Henry
|align="right"|227
|align="right"|0.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,350
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,029
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|82
!align="right"|0.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|25,111
!align="right"|71.03%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

|Lyall Hanson
|align="right"|8,615
|align="right"|37.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$32,016

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Ernst Juli
|align="right"|6,065
|align="right"|26.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,672

|Independent
|Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
|align="right"|275
|align="right"|1.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$56
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,675
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|401
!align="right"|1.74%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,076
!align="right"|76.06%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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