Shuswap

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA		George Abbott BC Liberal
District created
First contested	1991
Demographics
Population (2001)	49,240
Electors
Area (km²)	7,714
Pop. density (per km²)	6.4
Census divisions	Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Census subdivisions	Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous

Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] 1999 Redistribution

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Hon. George Abbott, a former political science instructor at Okanagan University College. He also owned the oldest and largest berry farm in the Interior. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Abbott was appointed Minister of Sustainable Resource Management on Jan. 26, 2004. He previously served as Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services.

[edit] Election results

[edit] External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia