First contested 1991 Pop. density (per km²) 6.4 Area (km²) 7,714 | Population (2001) 49,240 Province British Columbia MLA Greg Kyllo; Liberal | |
Census subdivisions Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Census divisions Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous | ||
Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
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Map of Shuswap, BC, 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 (provincial electoral district), Kamloops (electoral district) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.
Members 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