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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
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'''Okanagan-Westside''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada from 2001 to 2009.

It included the small cities of Westbank, Westside, Peachland, and Summerland, and extended from the city limit of Summerland (in the south) to the Okanagan Lake bridge, in Westside (north). Kelowna, the major city in the Okanagan, lies across the Okanagan Lake bridge. Encompassing land in both the South and Central Okanagan, this constituency's lands are well known for their semi-arid climate and high summer temperatures..

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|47,678
|-
|Population Change, 1996–2001
|8.9%
|-
|Area (km²)
|1,959
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km²)
|24
|}

== Geography ==
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== History ==
The area of this constituency was first settled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by European agriculturalists. Fruit growing, especially apple and cherry crops, were a major industry, although tourism, logging, mining, and now viticulture, have also been major industries in the region. The Okanogan peoples, an Interior Salish language group, have settled the area for several thousand years.

===1999 redistribution===
This electoral district was carved out of [[Okanagan West]], [[Okanagan-Vernon]] and [[Okanagan-Penticton]].

===2008 redistribution===
The electoral district was abolished in 2008 into [[Westside-Kelowna]], [[Penticton (electoral district)|Penticton]] and [[Fraser-Nicola]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://bc.punditsguide.ca/riding_e.php?riding=115 | title=Okanagan-Westside (1999 Rep Order) | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124144/http://bc.punditsguide.ca/riding_e.php?riding=115 | archive-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

== MLAs ==
#[[Rick Thorpe]], Liberal (2001–2009)

== Election results ==
{{2001 British Columbia general election/Okanagan-Westside}}
{{2005 British Columbia general election/Okanagan-Westside}}

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_40.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050226130331/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/okw.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2001-2009}}

[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia]]