Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay (; formerly South Okanagan—West Kootenay) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of British Columbia Southern Interior (58%), Kootenay—Columbia (3%), and Okanagan—Coquihalla (39%).

South Okanagan—West Kootenay was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed. The riding gained Keremeos and Princeton, the Indian Reserves of Alexis 9, Ashnola 10, Blind Creek 6, Chopaka 7 & 8, Chuchuwayha 2 and Lower Similkameen 2 and the regional district electoral areas of Okanagan-Similkameen B, Okanagan-Similkameen G, Okanagan-Similkameen H, and the remainder of Okanagan-Similkameen I from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. It lost the northern half of the Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary regional district electoral area to Kelowna. It lost Fruitvale, Montrose, Trail, the regional district electoral area of Kootenay Boundary A and that part of Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory southeast of Trail to Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies. It also lost the regional district electoral area of Central Kootenay H and the remainder of Central Kootenay K, plus Nakusp, New Denver, Silverton and Slocan which moved to Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee.

Demographics + Panethnic groups in South Okanagan—West Kootenay (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 103,605 97,630 98,150 Indigenous 8,295 7,635 6,175 South Asian 3,640 2,850 2,420 East Asian 1,640 1,385 1,045 Southeast Asian 1,375 1,015 620 Latin American 665 310 195 African 660 470 400 Middle Eastern 185 80 95 Other 405 270 135 Total responses 120,470 111,640 109,215 Total population 123,487 114,695 112,096

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote %   New Democratic 23,545 38.97   Conservative 22,704 37.58   Liberal 7,993 13.23   People's 4,151 6.87   Green 2,024 3.35

South Okanagan—West Kootenay, 2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   Conservative 24,846 44.77   New Democratic 21,886 39.44   Green 4,512 8.13   Liberal 3,942 7.10   Others 308 0.56

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

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