British Columbia Southern Interior

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia


caption = British Columbia Southern Interior in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 59026
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Alex Atamanenko
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = NDP
fed-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 95477
demo-electors = 71531
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 26700
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Osoyoos, Oliver, Grand Forks, Okanagan-Similkameen C, Central Kootenay E, Central Kootenay F, Central Kootenay H,

British Columbia Southern Interior (formerly known as Southern Interior) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

History

This electoral district was created as "Southern Interior" in 2003 from Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan and part of Okanagan—Coquihalla riding.

In 2004, its name was changed to "British Columbia Southern Interior".

Members of Parliament

* 2003-2006: Jim Gouk - Conservative - He previously represented Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, West Kootenay—Okanagan and Kootenay West—Revelstoke.
* 2006-present: Alex Atamanenko, New Democratic Party

Current Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Atamanenko. He was first elected in 2006. He represents the New Democratic Party.

Election results

British Columbia Southern Interior

- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|N.D.P. gain from Conservative
align="right"|Swing
align="right"|+15.6
align="right"

outhern Interior

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1288 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]