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1796:expanding it
1785:
1761:
1741:Patrick Wong
1720:
1691:Patty Sahota
1661:Barry Penner
1641:Joyce Murray
1616:Brenda Locke
1571:Roger Harris
1566:Colin Hansen
1551:Kevin Falcon
1546:Mike de Jong
1541:Gary Collins
1536:Rich Coleman
1531:Murray Coell
1506:Ron Cantelon
1496:Graham Bruce
1486:Shirley Bond
1476:Bill Bennett
1356:
1352:Ralph Sultan
1347:Sam Sullivan
1292:Barry Penner
1262:Norm Letnick
1237:Kevin Falcon
1232:Mike de Jong
1227:Rich Coleman
1212:Shirley Bond
1207:Mike Bernier
1202:Bill Bennett
1078:. Retrieved
1065:
1055:12 September
1053:. Retrieved
1043:
1031:. Retrieved
1027:Elections BC
1025:
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999:
987:. Retrieved
976:
964:. Retrieved
960:the original
949:
940:
864:Refederation
842:Independent
795:Conservative
750:
707:Elections BC
617:Conservative
571:
494:Elections BC
401:Conservative
329:
249:
246:
242:
204:
203:
184:Residence(s)
146:Succeeded by
123:
96:Succeeded by
53:
18:
1726:Rick Thorpe
1706:Ben Stewart
1676:Judith Reid
1666:Geoff Plant
1656:Wally Oppal
1636:Mary McNeil
1591:Gordon Hogg
1576:Randy Hawes
1491:Susan Brice
1433:(2001–2011)
1322:Ben Stewart
1317:John Rustad
1282:Mike Morris
1272:Mary McNeil
1149:(2011–2017)
1033:18 November
981:Shaw, Rob.
134:Preceded by
84:Preceded by
1835:Categories
1681:Linda Reid
1671:Mary Polak
1596:Olga Ilich
1556:Stan Hagen
1481:Iain Black
1367:Teresa Wat
1362:Amrik Virk
1337:Todd Stone
1312:Linda Reid
1307:Ellis Ross
1302:Mary Polak
1252:Terry Lake
1197:Harry Bloy
932:References
726:Candidate
597:Tish Lakes
545:Candidate
303:Candidate
213:BC Liberal
89:Linda Reid
1586:Kash Heed
1516:Ida Chong
1277:Don McRae
1247:Jas Johal
1222:Ida Chong
787:$ 21,149
763:$ 74,868
655:$ 12,350
633:$ 30,353
609:$ 28,693
585:$ 78,163
369:$ 13,757
343:$ 53,316
124:In office
54:In office
1751:John Yap
1611:John Les
1471:Pat Bell
1382:John Yap
1297:Pat Pimm
1192:Pat Bell
915:Turnout
834:$ 5,137
810:$ 9,931
705:Source:
690:Turnout
492:Source:
462:Turnout
417:$ 8,095
209:Canadian
194:, Canada
1424:Cabinet
1140:Cabinet
989:22 June
966:5 April
919:21,462
889:21,347
877:–
839:
831:–
768:
746:Liberal
652:–
567:Liberal
436:–
390:–
325:Liberal
219:in the
188:Kelowna
178:Liberal
63:Premier
1080:17 May
880:$ 360
856:$ 250
782:26.07
779:5,566
755:11,506
729:Votes
723:Party
694:24,233
669:100.00
664:24,072
576:13,687
542:Party
532::
486:46,898
466:27,045
431:100.00
426:26,933
334:15,041
300:Party
290::
1790:is a
1074:(PDF)
1022:(PDF)
924:50.68
851:0.61
825:1,563
818:Green
805:11.86
802:2,531
758:53.90
699:53.58
646:1,113
630:+0.81
627:12.67
624:3,051
606:−0.23
603:25.84
600:6,221
582:+2.96
579:56.86
548:Votes
476:+4.09
471:57.67
456:−0.24
414:−5.33
408:1,976
393:$ 18
387:14.24
384:3,836
377:Green
363:21.24
360:5,720
340:+0.32
337:57.18
306:Votes
236:on a
44:38th
1792:stub
1082:2017
1057:2020
1035:2020
991:2017
968:2011
909:0.54
904:115
874:0.24
848:130
828:7.32
684:0.66
649:4.62
451:0.42
411:7.34
366:−4.6
166:Born
114:for
1426:of
1142:of
894:100
772:NDP
679:161
446:112
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1024:.
871:51
735:±
732:%
555:±%
313:±%
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190:,
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551:%
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