The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Federal riding · BC · No. 59041 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Scott Anderson Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 5,081 votes
- Turnout
- 72.7% of 92,921 electors
- Population
- 108,625 2021 census
- Area
- 15,147 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Area, largest first15,147 km² · 58th of 343 in Canada
- Turnout72.7% of 92,921 electors voted · 79th of 343 in Canada
- Closeness of the raceWon by 5,081 votes (7.6 pts) · 110th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Scott Anderson
- Member: National Defence
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 46% of today's Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee came from ridings other than the old North Okanagan—Shuswap.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
54.3%North Okanagan—Shuswap 49% of it kept
35.9%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 31% of it kept
6.7%Kelowna—Lake Country 62% of it kept
3.0%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 3% 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
Conservative hold
Elected
Scott Anderson
Conservative
33,850
50.4% of valid votes
Margin
5,081
votes · +7.6 pts
Runner-up
Anna Warwick Sears
Liberal
28,769
42.8% of valid votes
Conservative 50.4% · Liberal 42.8% · New Democratic 5.1% · Green 1.6%
Turnout72.7% of 92,921 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Anderson | Conservative | 33,850 | 50.4% | 43.6% | +6.8 |
| Anna Warwick Sears | Liberal | 28,769 | 42.8% | 19.7% | +23.1 |
| Leah Ellen Main | New Democratic | 3,417 | 5.1% | 21.6% | −16.5 |
| Blair Visscher | Green | 1,105 | 1.6% | 5.2% | −3.6 |
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
3.8 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
3,417 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 5,081-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
47 of 193
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 2,541 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 3.8% of the 67,141 valid votes, 3.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative33,850
Liberal28,769
Still Conservative by 5,081 votes. Actual margin: 5,081.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 52.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative52.6%48.0%−4.6
Liberal39.3%46.8%+7.5
New Democratic6.0%4.1%−1.9
Green2.1%1.1%−1.0
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 $79,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest136th lowest of 343
- Median age is 49.6 — about 1.2 times the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest28th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.0% — about 71 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest99th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 11.6% — about 67 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest132nd lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 76.4% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest104th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.4% — a little lower than the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest152nd 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. 59041BC · 2025
Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Scott Anderson
- Result
- Conservative hold by 5,081
- Turnout
- 72.7%
- Population
- 108,625
- Area
- 15,147 km²
Area, largest firstTurnoutCloseness of the race
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