The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59030British Columbia

Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Name: 2025 Canadian federal election in Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Start: 2025-04-28
End: 2025-04-28

Similkameen—Okanagan-Sud—Kootenay-Ouest

Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay is a federal riding in British Columbia. Helena Konanz (Conservative) has represented Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay since the 2025 election. Helena Konanz (Conservative) took Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 4,623 votes (6.8 points), with 44.1% of the vote. Gloria Morgan (Liberal) was second with 37.3%, on a turnout of 71.5% of 95,816 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay 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 Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Helena Konanz's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Helena Konanz

Member of Parliament for Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Conservative

MP since 2025-04-28 · first term

Health committee

214 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Health.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative gain from the New Democrats

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 68,216 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
Helena Konanz	Conservative	30,054	44.1%
Gloria Morgan	Liberal	25,431	37.3%
Linda Sankey	New Democratic	11,033	16.2%
Philip Mansfield	Green	1,044	1.5%
Barry Dewar	People's Party	654	1.0%

Helena Konanz (Conservative) won Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay on April 28, 2025 with 30,054 votes, 44.1% of the 68,216 valid votes. Gloria Morgan (Liberal) was second with 25,431 (37.3%), 4,623 votes and 6.8 points behind.

Of the 68,216 valid votes, Helena Konanz (Conservative) took 44.1%, Gloria Morgan (Liberal) 37.3%, Linda Sankey (New Democratic) 16.2%, Philip Mansfield (Green) 1.5% and Barry Dewar (People's Party) 1.0%. Turnout was 71.5% of 95,816 electors: 68,535 ballots cast, 68,216 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 6.8 (37.3% to 44.1%), the Liberals up 24.1 (13.2% to 37.3%), the New Democrats down 22.5 (38.7% to 16.2%), the Greens down 1.8 (3.3% to 1.5%) and the People's Party down 5.8 (6.8% 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 Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative42.3%by 14.0 points over the New Democrats
2006changed handsNew Democratic36.0%by 3.3 points over the Conservatives
2008changed handsConservative45.5%by 11.4 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative45.3%by 6.0 points over the New Democrats
2015changed handsNew Democratic35.5%by 4.7 points over the Conservatives
2019†changed handsConservative36.5%by 2.0 points over the New Democrats
2021changed handsNew Democratic38.7%by 1.4 points over the Conservatives
2025changed handsConservative44.1%by 6.8 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	42.3%	New Democratic	14.0	carried, our estimate
2006	New Democratic	36.0%	Conservative	3.3	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	45.5%	New Democratic	11.4	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	45.3%	New Democratic	6.0	carried, our estimate
2015	New Democratic	35.5%	Conservative	4.7	carried, our estimate
2019†	Conservative	36.5%	New Democratic	2.0	carried, our estimate
2021	New Democratic	38.7%	Conservative	1.4	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	44.1%	Liberal	6.8	official result

The Conservatives were first at five of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the NDP at three; it changed hands six times. In 2025 the Conservatives took 44.1% of the vote here, 5.5 points above their average of 38.6% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (42.3%), 2008 (45.5%), 2011 (45.3%), 2019 (36.5%) and 2025 (44.1%) and the NDP in 2006 (36.0%), 2015 (35.5%) and 2021 (38.7%), 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. In 2019 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 New Democratic · Richard Cannings, by 3,920 votes (5.8 pts)
2019 New Democratic · Richard Cannings, by 796 votes (1.2 pts)
2015 New Democratic · Richard Cannings, by 4,952 votes (7.5 pts)

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

What kind of place Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay is

Population: 111,2852021 census
Area: 17,157km²
Density: 6.5people per km²
Electors: 95,816on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

3rd-oldest median age
Median age 54.4, 3rd highest of 343 (Median age, 2021 census)
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)

Median age is 54.4 — about 1.3 times the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest3rd highest of 343
Median total household income is $71,000 — about 85 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest66th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.7% — about 70 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest94th lowest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 75.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest113th highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 12.9% — about 75 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest142nd lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.7% — a little higher than the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest158th 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. 90% of the 2025 electors in today's Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay lived in the old South Okanagan—West Kootenay; by area, 43% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

90.1%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 57.5% of the area · 54% of it kept

9.9%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 42.5% of the area · 45% 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	±
Helena Konanz	Conservative	30,054	44.1%	37.3%	+6.8
Gloria Morgan	Liberal	25,431	37.3%	13.2%	+24.1
Linda Sankey	New Democratic	11,033	16.2%	38.7%	−22.5
Philip Mansfield	Green	1,044	1.5%	3.3%	−1.8
Barry Dewar	People's	654	1.0%	6.8%	−5.8

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

11,033 votes

New Democratic took more than the 4,623-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.

Election-day polls won by others

54 of 229

2 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (173) · ■ won by another party (54) · ▨ tied (2).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 2,312 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 3.4% of the 68,216 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: 004,624

Conservative30,054

Liberal25,431

Still Conservative by 4,623 votes. Actual margin: 4,623.

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 45.3%, the Liberals 33.9%, the New Democrats 17.6%, the Greens 2.1% and the People's Party 1.2%; in advance and special ballots, 43.0%, 40.3%, 14.9%, 1.1% and 0.8%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 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	45.3%	43.0%	−2.3
Liberal	33.9%	40.3%	+6.4
New Democratic	17.6%	14.9%	−2.7
Green	2.1%	1.1%	−1.0
People's Party	1.2%	0.8%	−0.4

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 — Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/similkameen-south-okanagan-west-kootenay/
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.