The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59016British Columbia

Kelowna

Kelowna is a federal riding in British Columbia. Stephen Fuhr (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Kelowna. Stephen Fuhr (Liberal) took Kelowna from the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 1,082 votes (1.9 points), with 48.8% of the vote. Tracy Gray (Conservative) was second with 46.9%, on a turnout of 70.2% of 84,374 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Kelowna on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Kelowna

Stephen Fuhr's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Stephen Fuhr

Member of Parliament for Kelowna

Liberal

MP since 2015-10-19 · 2 terms

Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)

25 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Strengthening Canada's Defence Sector Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Liberal gain from the Conservatives

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Kelowna, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 58,841 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Stephen Fuhr	Liberal	28,702	48.8%
Tracy Gray	Conservative	27,620	46.9%
Trevor McAleese	New Democratic	1,941	3.3%
Catriona Wright	Green	578	1.0%

Stephen Fuhr (Liberal) won Kelowna on April 28, 2025 with 28,702 votes, 48.8% of the 58,841 valid votes. Tracy Gray (Conservative) was second with 27,620 (46.9%), 1,082 votes and 1.9 points behind.

Of the 58,841 valid votes, Stephen Fuhr (Liberal) took 48.8%, Tracy Gray (Conservative) 46.9%, Trevor McAleese (New Democratic) 3.3% and Catriona Wright (Green) 1.0%. Turnout was 70.2% of 84,374 electors: 59,233 ballots cast, 58,841 of them valid, for 4 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 22.7 (26.1% to 48.8%), the Conservatives up 4.8 (42.1% to 46.9%), the New Democrats down 17.7 (21.0% to 3.3%) and the Greens down 2.0 (3.0% to 1.0%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Kelowna at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative47.9%by 21.5 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative48.9%by 23.1 points over the Liberals
2008Conservative55.8%by 40.4 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative57.2%by 34.9 points over the New Democrats
2015changed handsLiberal44.7%by 5.0 points over the Conservatives
2019changed handsConservative45.9%by 14.5 points over the Liberals
2021Conservative42.1%by 16.0 points over the Liberals
2025changed handsLiberal48.8%by 1.9 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	47.9%	Liberal	21.5	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	48.9%	Liberal	23.1	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	55.8%	New Democratic	40.4	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	57.2%	New Democratic	34.9	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	44.7%	Conservative	5.0	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	45.9%	Liberal	14.5	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	42.1%	Liberal	16.0	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	48.8%	Conservative	1.9	official result

The Conservatives were first at six of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Liberals at two; it changed hands three times. In 2025 the Liberals took 48.8% of the vote here, 23.0 points above their average of 25.8% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (47.9%), 2006 (48.9%), 2008 (55.8%), 2011 (57.2%), 2019 (45.9%) and 2021 (42.1%) and the Liberals in 2015 (44.7%) and 2025 (48.8%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Tracy Gray, by 12,642 votes (18.8 pts)
2019 Conservative · Tracy Gray, by 8,870 votes (12.9 pts)
2015 Liberal · Stephen Fuhr, by 4,112 votes (6.4 pts)

In Kelowna—Lake Country on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Kelowna lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Kelowna is

Population: 105,7152021 census
Area: 2,692km²
Density: 39people per km²
Electors: 84,374on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

2nd-least populous in British Columbia
105,715 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 101st of 343 in Canada
3rd-closest race in British Columbia
Won by 1,082 votes (1.9 pts) · 3rd of 43 in British Columbia · 21st of 343 in Canada
Changed hands in 2025
One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)

Share of households that own their home is 63.0% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest98th lowest of 343
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 who are immigrants is 15.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest163rd 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
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

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 84% of the 2025 electors in today's Kelowna lived in the old Kelowna—Lake Country; by area, 91% of the riding came from the old South Okanagan—West Kootenay.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

84.0%Kelowna—Lake Country 8.9% of the area · 14% of it kept

15.1%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 0.4% of the area · 0.1% of it kept

0.9%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 90.7% of the area · 14% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

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

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.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (63) · ■ won by another party (97) · ▨ tied (4).

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.

Voters who switch: 001,084

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.

On election day the Liberals took 44.9%, the Conservatives 50.0%, the New Democrats 3.8% and the Greens 1.3%; in advance and special ballots, 52.4%, 44.1%, 2.8% and 0.7%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Kelowna, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	44.9%	52.4%	+7.5
Conservative	50.0%	44.1%	−5.9
New Democratic	3.8%	2.8%	−1.0
Green	1.3%	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.

VWhere it is

loading basemap…

Fig. 3 — Kelowna and its 3 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Kelowna — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/kelowna/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.