The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59023British Columbia

Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna

Okanagan Lake-Ouest—Kelowna-Sud

Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna is a federal riding in British Columbia. Dan Albas (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2011) represents Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna. Dan Albas (Conservative) held Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 4,392 votes (6.7 points), with 50.9% of the vote. Juliette Sicotte (Liberal) was second with 44.2%, on a turnout of 72.8% of 90,095 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Okanagan Lake West—South 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 Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna

Dan Albas's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Dan Albas

Member of Parliament for Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna

Conservative

MP since 2011-05-02 · 5 terms

Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities committee
Vice-Chair, Transport, Infrastructure and Communities committee

228 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Building Canada Strong Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 65,234 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
Dan Albas	Conservative	33,219	50.9%
Juliette Sicotte	Liberal	28,827	44.2%
Harpreet Badohal	New Democratic	2,189	3.4%
Others (3)		999	1.5%

Dan Albas (Conservative) won Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna on April 28, 2025 with 33,219 votes, 50.9% of the 65,234 valid votes. Juliette Sicotte (Liberal) was second with 28,827 (44.2%), 4,392 votes and 6.7 points behind.

Of the 65,234 valid votes, Dan Albas (Conservative) took 50.9%, Juliette Sicotte (Liberal) 44.2% and Harpreet Badohal (New Democratic) 3.4%; the 3 other candidates took 1.5% together. Turnout was 72.8% of 90,095 electors: 65,616 ballots cast, 65,234 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 2.9 (48.0% to 50.9%), the Liberals up 21.1 (23.1% to 44.2%) and the New Democrats down 15.4 (18.8% to 3.4%), 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: a Conservative stronghold

The party first in Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative49.1%by 24.8 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative49.8%by 25.8 points over the Liberals
2008Conservative57.3%by 41.2 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative55.0%by 31.6 points over the New Democrats
2015†Conservative39.6%by 0.2 points over the Liberals
2019Conservative47.3%by 20.4 points over the Liberals
2021Conservative48.0%by 25.0 points over the Liberals
2025Conservative50.9%by 6.7 points over the Liberals

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 first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	49.1%	Liberal	24.8	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	49.8%	Liberal	25.8	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	57.3%	New Democratic	41.2	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	55.0%	New Democratic	31.6	carried, our estimate
2015†	Conservative	39.6%	Liberal	0.2	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	47.3%	Liberal	20.4	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	48.0%	Liberal	25.0	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	50.9%	Liberal	6.7	official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 22.0 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 50.9% of the vote here, 1.4 points above their average of 49.5% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (49.1%), 2006 (49.8%), 2008 (57.3%), 2011 (55.0%), 2015 (39.6%), 2019 (47.3%), 2021 (48.0%) and 2025 (50.9%), 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 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. 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. In 2015 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Dan Albas, by 16,750 votes (26.1 pts)
2019 Conservative · Dan Albas, by 14,883 votes (22.9 pts)
2015 Conservative · Dan Albas, by 1,458 votes (2.4 pts)

In Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna is

Population: 106,7952021 census
Area: 2,064km²
Density: 52people per km²
Electors: 90,095on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

3rd-least populous in British Columbia
106,795 people, 2021 census · 3rd of 43 in British Columbia · 108th of 343 in Canada

Median age is 47.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest47th highest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 77.6% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest90th highest of 343
Median total household income is $89,000 — a little higher than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest122nd highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 13.7% — about 79 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest152nd 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 28.2% — about the same as the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest171st highest 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. 75% of the 2025 electors in today's Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna lived in the old Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola; by area, 20% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

75.4%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 80.2% of the area · 10% of it kept

24.6%Kelowna—Lake Country 19.8% of the area · 24% 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	±
Dan Albas	Conservative	33,219	50.9%	48.0%	+2.9
Juliette Sicotte	Liberal	28,827	44.2%	23.1%	+21.1
Harpreet Badohal	New Democratic	2,189	3.4%	18.8%	−15.4

3 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

Louise Lecouffe	Green	602	0.9%
Debbie Robinson	People's	307	0.5%
Gary Suddard	Other	90	0.1%

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

2,189 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 4,392-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

33 of 188

2 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (153) · ■ won by another party (33) · ▨ tied (2).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 2,197 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 3.4% of the 65,234 valid votes, 3.4 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 004,394

Conservative33,219

Liberal28,827

Still Conservative by 4,392 votes. Actual margin: 4,392.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 47.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 53.8%, the Liberals 40.4%, the New Democrats 4.0% and the Greens 1.2%; in advance and special ballots, 48.3%, 47.6%, 2.8% and 0.7%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Okanagan Lake West—South 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
Conservative	53.8%	48.3%	−5.5
Liberal	40.4%	47.6%	+7.2
New Democratic	4.0%	2.8%	−1.2
Green	1.2%	0.7%	−0.5

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

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Fig. 3 — Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/okanagan-lake-west-south-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.