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Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee is a federal riding in British Columbia. Scott Anderson (Conservative) has represented Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee since the 2025 election. Scott Anderson (Conservative) held Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 5,081 votes (7.6 points), with 50.4% of the vote. Anna Warwick Sears (Liberal) was second with 42.8%, on a turnout of 72.7% of 92,921 electors. Member as of .

Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies · ConservativeKamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies · ConservativeKamloops—Thompson—Nicola · ConservativeKelowna · LiberalOkanagan Lake West—South Kelowna · ConservativeSimilkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay · ConservativeVernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fig. 1 — Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

CScott Anderson
Scott Anderson's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Scott Anderson

Member of Parliament for Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • National Defence committee

113 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Lawful Access Act, 2026.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, April 28, 2025Of the 67,141 valid votes, Scott Anderson (Conservative) took 50.4%, Anna Warwick Sears (Liberal) 42.8%, Leah Ellen Main (New Democratic) 5.1% and Blair Visscher (Green) 1.6%.2025Turnout 72.7% of 92,921 electorsScott AndersonConservative50.4% · 33,8505,081 votes ahead · 7.6 ptsAnna Warwick SearsLiberal42.8% · 28,769Leah Ellen MainNew Democratic5.1% · 3,417Blair VisscherGreen1.6% · 1,105050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, April 28, 2025Of the 67,141 valid votes, Scott Anderson (Conservative) took 50.4%, Anna Warwick Sears (Liberal) 42.8%, Leah Ellen Main (New Democratic) 5.1% and Blair Visscher (Green) 1.6%.2025Turnout 72.7% of 92,921 electorsScott AndersonConservative50.4% · 33,8505,081 votes ahead · 7.6 ptsAnna Warwick SearsLiberal42.8% · 28,769Leah Ellen MainNew Democratic5.1% · 3,417Blair VisscherGreen1.6% · 1,105050%100%
Shares of the 67,141 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Scott AndersonConservative33,85050.4%
Anna Warwick SearsLiberal28,76942.8%
Leah Ellen MainNew Democratic3,4175.1%
Blair VisscherGreen1,1051.6%

Scott Anderson (Conservative) won Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee on with 33,850 votes, 50.4% of the 67,141 valid votes. Anna Warwick Sears (Liberal) was second with 28,769 (42.8%), 5,081 votes and 7.6 points behind.

Of the 67,141 valid votes, Scott Anderson (Conservative) took 50.4%, Anna Warwick Sears (Liberal) 42.8%, Leah Ellen Main (New Democratic) 5.1% and Blair Visscher (Green) 1.6%. Turnout was 72.7% of 92,921 electors: 67,573 ballots cast, 67,141 of them valid, for 4 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 6.8 (43.6% to 50.4%), the Liberals up 23.1 (19.7% to 42.8%), the New Democrats down 16.5 (21.6% to 5.1%) and the Greens down 3.6 (5.2% to 1.6%), 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: held by the Conservatives

The party first in Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative46.4%by 23.0 points over the New Democrats
  2. 2006Conservative44.6%by 18.6 points over the New Democrats
  3. 2008Conservative52.0%by 31.4 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011Conservative54.8%by 27.5 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative38.5%by 5.6 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Conservative46.9%by 22.9 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021Conservative43.6%by 22.0 points over the New Democrats
  8. 2025Conservative50.4%by 7.6 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 figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Conservative46.4%New Democratic23.0carried, our estimate
2006Conservative44.6%New Democratic18.6carried, our estimate
2008Conservative52.0%New Democratic31.4carried, our estimate
2011Conservative54.8%New Democratic27.5carried, our estimate
2015Conservative38.5%Liberal5.6carried, our estimate
2019Conservative46.9%Liberal22.9carried, our estimate
2021Conservative43.6%New Democratic22.0transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative50.4%Liberal7.6official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 19.8 points over the next party, short of the 20 a stronghold needs. In 2025 the Conservatives took 50.4% of the vote here, 3.7 points above their average of 46.7% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (46.4%), 2006 (44.6%), 2008 (52.0%), 2011 (54.8%), 2015 (38.5%), 2019 (46.9%), 2021 (43.6%) and 2025 (50.4%), 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 23 of the 343 ridings are held without being 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.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Conservative · Mel Arnold, by 19,697 votes (27.2 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Mel Arnold, by 19,371 votes (26.2 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Mel Arnold, by 6,541 votes (9.4 pts)

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

What kind of place Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee is

Population
108,6252021 census
Area
15,147km²
Density
7.2people per km²
Electors
92,921on the 2025 lists
  • 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 of households that own their home is 76.4% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest104th highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 11.6% — about 67 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest132nd lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $79,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest136th lowest 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 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. 70% of the 2025 electors in today's Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee lived in the old North Okanagan—Shuswap; by area, 46% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
69.8%North Okanagan—Shuswap 54.3% of the area · 49% of it kept
19.0%Kelowna—Lake Country 6.7% of the area · 62% of it kept
9.1%South Okanagan—West Kootenay 35.9% of the area · 31% of it kept
2.1%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 3.0% of the area · 3% 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

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Scott AndersonConservative33,85050.4%43.6%+6.8
Anna Warwick SearsLiberal28,76942.8%19.7%+23.1
Leah Ellen MainNew Democratic3,4175.1%21.6%−16.5
Blair VisscherGreen1,1051.6%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

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.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (144) · ■ won by another party (47) · ▨ tied (2).
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.

On election day the Conservatives took 52.6%, the Liberals 39.3%, the New Democrats 6.0% and the Greens 2.1%; in advance and special ballots, 48.0%, 46.8%, 4.1% and 1.1%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 52.6%, the Liberals 39.3%, the New Democrats 6.0% and the Greens 2.1%; in advance and special ballots, 48.0%, 46.8%, 4.1% and 1.1%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative52.6%48.0%−4.6 ptsLiberal39.3%46.8%+7.5 ptsNew Democratic6.0%4.1%−1.9 ptsGreen2.1%1.1%−1.0 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 52.6%, the Liberals 39.3%, the New Democrats 6.0% and the Greens 2.1%; in advance and special ballots, 48.0%, 46.8%, 4.1% and 1.1%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative52.6%48.0%−4.6 ptsLiberal39.3%46.8%+7.5 ptsNew Democratic6.0%4.1%−1.9 ptsGreen2.1%1.1%−1.0 pts050%100%
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
PartyElection dayAdvance and 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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/vernon-lake-country-monashee/ 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.