Salmon Arm-Shuswap (formerly Shuswap from 1991 until 2024) is a

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for the

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. It is the successor riding to the old

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riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see

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and

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. All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original

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provincial riding. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.

Demographics

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Shuswap comprised the western portion of the

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and the northwestern portion of the

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. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of

, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Enderby, and

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

, - ,

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, Steve Gunner , align="right", 7,051 , align="right", 30.54% , align="right", , align="right", $41,011 ,

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, Beryl Ludwig , align="right", 2,374 , align="right", 10.28% , align="right", , align="right", $9,378 ,

, Wayne Fowler , align="right", 3,788 , align="right", 16.46% , align="right", $12,950 , No Affiliation , Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan , align="right", 119 , align="right", 0.52% , align="right", $100 , - ,

, Calvin White , align="right", 7,869 , align="right", 31.63% , align="right", , align="right", $37,552 , - , No Affiliation , Gordon Campbell , align="right", 810 , align="right", 3.26% , align="right", , align="right", , Independent , Merv Ritchie , align="right", 204 , align="right", 0.82% , align="right", , align="right", $505 , - ,

, Shannon O'Neill , align="right", 7,687 , align="right", 35.50% , align="right", , align="right", $33,572 , -

References

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)Results of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1991–2001 British Columbia provincial electoral districts Salmon Arm