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{{short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Vernon-Lumby
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = 2023 345 Vernon-Lumby.svg
| caption             = Location in the [[Okanagan]]
| prov-status         = active
| prov-created        = 1988 as Okanagan-Vernon
| prov-abolished      = 
| prov-election-first = 1991
| prov-election-last  = 2024
| prov-rep            = Harwinder Sandhu
| prov-rep-party      = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party of British Columbia
| demo-census-date    = 2001
| demo-pop            = 56926
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 5458
| demo-cd             = [[Regional District of North Okanagan]]
| demo-csd            = [[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon]], [[Lumby, British Columbia|Lumby]]
}}
'''Vernon-Lumby''' (previously '''Okanagan-Vernon''' from 1991 to 2009 and '''Vernon-Monashee''' from 2009 to 2024) is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada.

The riding's name was changed beginning with the [[2024 British Columbia general election|2024 election]]; its boundaries had been adjusted as a result of the [[2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution|2021 redistribution]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Pete |title=Vernon, Coldstream to be separated in electoral boundary changes |url=https://vernonmatters.ca/2023/04/03/vernon-coldstream-to-be-separated-in-proposed-electoral-boundary-changes/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Vernon Matters |language=en}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|56,926
|-
|Population change, 1996–2001
|2.8%
|-
|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|5,458
|-
|Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)
|10
|}

==Geography==
As of the 2024 provincial election, Vernon-Lumby comprises the southwestern portion of the [[Regional District of North Okanagan]] in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district are [[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon]] and [[Lumby, British Columbia|Lumby]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vernon-Lumby Electoral District|url=https://elections.bc.ca/docs/map/redis23/ED/ED_VRL_2023.PDF|access-date=21 September 2024|publisher=Elections BC }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

{{BC-MLA|}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|''[[Boundary-Similkameen]], [[Okanagan North (provincial electoral district)|Okanagan North]] and [[Okanagan South]] prior to 1991''}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Okanagan-Vernon}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1991
| ToYr = 1994
| Assembly# = 35
| RepName = Lyall Hanson
| BCParty = Social Credit
| RepTerms# = 2
| #ByElections = 1 
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1994
| ToYr = 1996
| BCParty = Reform
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 2001
| Assembly# = 36
| RepName = April Sanders
| BCParty = Liberal
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
| RepName = Tom Christensen 
| RepLink = Tom Christensen (politician)
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Vernon-Monashee}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 39
| RepName = Eric Foster
| RepLink = Eric Foster (politician)
| BCParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 42
| RepName = Harwinder Sandhu
| BCParty = NDP
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Vernon-Lumby}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr =  
| Assembly# = 43
| RepName = Harwinder Sandhu
| BCParty = NDP
}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

== Election results ==
{{Image frame
| content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width = 700
 | height = 300
 | type = line
 | xAxisTitle = Year
 | yAxisTitle = Vote Share
 | xAxisMin = 1991
 | xAxisMax = 2020
 | yAxisMin = 0
 | yAxisMax = 0.6
 | yAxisFormat = %
 | legend = Legend
 | y1Title = BC NDP
 | y2Title = BC Liberals
 | y3Title = BC Greens
 | y4Title = Social Credit
 | y5Title = Other
 | linewidth = 2
 | x = 1991,1996,2001,2005,2009,2013,2017,2020
 | y1 = 0.3405,0.2995,0.1438,0.3359,0.3183,0.3422,0.2936,0.3656
 | y2 = 0.2675,0.3906,0.5651,0.4320,0.3727,0.4634,0.4787,0.3505
 | y3 = ,0.0133,0.0902,0.0697,0.1666,0.0706,0.2157,0.1597
 | y4 = 0.3799,0.0091
 | y5 = 0.0121,0.2875,0.2009,0.1624,0.1424,0.1238,0.0121,0.1242
 | colors = #F4A460,#A51B12,#99C955,#ADD8E6,#DCDCDC
 | showSymbols = Yes}}
| caption = Graph of the election results in Vernon-Monashee (minor parties are combined into "Other")
| align = center
}}
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Vernon-Lumby}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2020 British Columbia general election|2020 provincial election]] redistributed results<ref>{{cite web |title=Vernon-Lumby|url=https://338canada.com/bc/1088e.htm|website=338Canada |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic]] ||align=right| 36.7
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[BC United|Liberal]] ||align=right| 34.2
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Green|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]] ||align=right| 16.1
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Conservative Party of British Columbia|Conservative]] ||align=right| 13.0
|}

{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Vernon-Monashee}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Vernon-Monashee}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Vernon-Monashee}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2009 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 2009]]: Vernon-Monashee}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Eric Foster (politician)|Eric Foster]] |9,015 |37.27 |n/a |$89,935}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Mark Olsen
|align="right"|7,698
|align="right"|31.83
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|$42,427
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Huguette Allen |4,029 |16.66 |n/a |$18,783}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative| Dean Skoreyko|1,972|8.15|n/a|$5,617}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Non-affiliated
|Gordon Campbell
|align="right"|1,397
|align="right"|5.78
|align="right"|n/a
|align="right"|$250
{{CANelec |BC |Refederation |R.J. Busch |76 |0.31 |n/a |$260}}
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,187
!align="right"|100.00
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|213
!align="right"|0.9%
|- style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout
!align="right"|24,400
!align="right"|54%
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 2005]] Okanagan-Vernon}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Tom Christensen (politician)|Tom Christensen]] |11,566 |43.20% |&ndash;|$91,684}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Juliette Marie Cunningham
|align="right"|8,995
|align="right"|33.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$24,514
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Colin Black|3,095|11.56%||$9,633}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Erin Nelson |1,867 |6.97% |&ndash; |$356}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|No Affiliation
|Gordon Campbell
|align="right"|945
|align="right"|3.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Michael Toponce|260|0.97%||$100}}
{{CANelec|BC|Patriot|Tibor Lesley Tusnady|48|0.18%|&ndash;|$100}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |26,776 |100%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |307 |1.15%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |27,083 |61.10%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 2001]]: Okanagan-Vernon}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Tom Christensen (politician)|Tom Christensen]] |13,868 |56.51% |&ndash;|$39,988}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Troy Sebastian
|align="right"|3,529
|align="right"|14.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$12,122
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Doug MacDonald |3,213 |13.09% |&ndash;|$9,001}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Erin Nelson |2,214 |9.02% |&ndash; |$409}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Michael Jones|917|3.74%||$403}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Herb Wong
|align="right"|562
|align="right"|2.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,061
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|0.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
{{CANelec|BC|Patriot|Andrew N. Hokhold|82|0.33%|&ndash;|$100}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |24,542 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |68 |0.28%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |24,610 |69.06%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 1996]]: Okanagan-Vernon}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[April Sanders]] |9,776 |39.06% |&ndash;|$41,378}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Howard Brown
|align="right"|7,497
|align="right"|29.95%
|align="right"|&ndash;
|align="right"|$18,338
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Heinz Weiss |5,356 |21.40% |&ndash;|$30,326}}
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Geoff Jell |1,839 |7.35% |&ndash; |$5,768}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Jane Peach |334 |1.33% |&ndash; |$100}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Clinton Henry |227 |0.91% |&ndash; |$8,350}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |25,029 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |82 |0.33%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |25,111 |71.03%}}
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|BC General Election 1991]]: Okanagan-Vernon}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |[[Lyall Hanson]] |8,615 |37.99% |&ndash; |$32,016}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Gilles De Chantal]]
|align="right"|7,720
|align="right"|34.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,069
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Ernst Juli]] |6,065 |26.75% |&ndash;|$4,672}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Kathleen (N.O.) Daniels
|align="right"|275
|align="right"|1.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$56
|-
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |22,675 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |401 |1.74%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |23,076 |76.06%}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_39.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]
*[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|1991|2024}}

[[Category:British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]
[[Category:Vernon, British Columbia]]