The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Kelowna
Federal riding · BC · No. 59016 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Stephen Fuhr Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal gain by 1,082 votes
- Turnout
- 70.2% of 84,374 electors
- Population
- 105,715 2021 census
- Area
- 2,692 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Least populous in British Columbia105,715 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 101st of 343 in Canada
- Closest race in British ColumbiaWon by 1,082 votes (1.9 pts) · 3rd of 43 in British Columbia · 21st of 343 in Canada
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
- Decided before election dayOn election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 343
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Stephen Fuhr
- Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 9% of today's Kelowna came from ridings other than the old South Okanagan—West Kootenay.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
90.7%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 14% of it kept
8.9%Kelowna—Lake Country 14% of it kept
0.4%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 0% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal gain
Elected
Stephen Fuhr
Liberal
28,702
48.8% of valid votes
Margin
1,082
votes · +1.9 pts
Runner-up
Tracy Gray
Conservative
27,620
46.9% of valid votes
Liberal 48.8% · Conservative 46.9% · New Democratic 3.3% · Green 1.0%
Turnout70.2% of 84,374 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Fuhr | Liberal | 28,702 | 48.8% | 26.1% | +22.7 |
| Tracy Gray | Conservative | 27,620 | 46.9% | 42.1% | +4.8 |
| Trevor McAleese | New Democratic | 1,941 | 3.3% | 21.0% | −17.7 |
| Catriona Wright | Green | 578 | 1.0% | 3.0% | −2.0 |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
0.9 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,941 votes
New Democratic took more than the 1,082-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
97 of 164
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 542 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 0.9% of the 58,841 valid votes, 0.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal28,702
Conservative27,620
Still Liberal by 1,082 votes. Actual margin: 1,082.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 48.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots. On election day alone, the Conservatives led here — the seat was decided by ballots cast before the day.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative50.0%44.1%−5.9
Liberal44.9%52.4%+7.5
New Democratic3.8%2.8%−1.0
Green1.3%0.7%−0.6
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $78,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest125th lowest of 343
- Median age is 42.0 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest155th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.1% — about the same as the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest171st lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 15.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest163rd lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 63.0% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest98th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest166th lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59016BC · 2025
Kelowna
Stephen Fuhr
- Result
- Liberal gain by 1,082
- Turnout
- 70.2%
- Population
- 105,715
- Area
- 2,692 km²
Least populous in British ColumbiaClosest race in British ColumbiaChanged hands in 2025Decided before election day
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