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10:03 p.m PST  Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay

  • Helena Konanz– Conservative Party- 22,959 (43.1 per cent)
  • Gloria Morgan- Liberal Party- 19,845 (37.2 per cent)
  • Linda Sankey – NDP – 9,091 (17.1 per cent)
  • Phillip Mansfield- Green Party – 886 (1.7 per cent)
  • Barry Dewar- PPC- 519 (1.0 per cent)

Polls reporting: 257 of 281

10:02 p.m PST Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee

  • Scott Anderson– Conservative Party- 25,380 (51.4 per cent)
  • Anna Warwick-Sears- Liberal Party- 20,456 (41.5 per cent)
  • Leah Main – NDP – 2,615 (5.3 per cent)
  • Blair Visscher- Green Party – 881 (1.8 per cent)

Polls reporting: 208 of 239

9:59 p.m PST Columbia Kootenay Southern Rockies

  • Rob Morrison– Conservative Party- 20,998 (51.1 per cent)
  • Reggie Goldsbury- Liberal Party- 10,909 (26.6 per cent)
  • Kallee Lins – NDP – 7,628 (18.6 per cent)
  • Steven Maffioli- Green Party – 673 (1.6 per cent)
  • Jim Wiedrick- Independent – 520 (1.3 per cent)
  • Laurie Baird- PPC- 341 (0.8 per cent)

8:00 p.m PST  Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay

We have a see-saw race going in the Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay, with 25 of 281 polls reporting, Gloria Morgan of the Liberals has jumped into the lead with 2,950 votes, 328 votes ahead of Helena Konans of the Conservatives who’s at 2,622.

Next is Linda Sankey of the NDP at 1,263 votes. Philip Mansfield of the Green Party is 4th at 120, while Barry Durer of the PPC has 60 votes.

And for the Columbia Kootenay’s Southern Rockies riding, Conservative Rob Morrison ha the lead with 19 votes. Second is Reggie Goldsbury of the Liberals with 7, followed by the NDP’s Kallee Lins at 5. Steven Maffioli of the Green Party has 4 votes. The PPC’s Laurie Baird with 2, and Independent Jim Wiedrich has 1.

7:49 p.m. PST Columbia Kootenay Southern Rockies

The first results are in for Columbia Kootenay Southern Rockies.

Conservative Rob Morrison has an early lead with 19 votes.

In second is Reggie Goldsbury with 7, followed by NDP’s Kallee Lins with 5, Steven Maffioli has four votes for the Greens, PPC’s Laurie BAird with 2 and Independent Jim Weidrick with 1.

Its still early and there are a lot votes to be counted

7:47 p.m. PST Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee

Scott Anderson with the Conservatives has maintained his lead in Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee so far with 62.4 per cent of the vote.

The Liberals Anna Warwick- Sears is behind with 31.7 per cent.

7:37 p.m PST Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay

Local results are starting to trickle in.

In Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay, 10 of 281 polls reporting Helena Konanz of the Conservatives with the lead with 1203 votes, Gloria Morgan of the Liberals is at 1079, Linda Sankey of the NDP at 522, Philip Mansfield of the Green Party has 64 votes, and Barry Dewar of the People’s Party of Canada is at 32.

And we’re still waiting for results from Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay.

Across the nation, Elections Canada shows Liberals currently in the lead with 151 seats, followed by Conservatives with 120.

7:00 p.m PST

Voting has officially closed. Now we wait and see as the ballots are tallied.

In the meantime, keep up to date with the latest on the federal election results as they begin to roll in with our Vista newsroom providing live updates throughout the evening on air and on our website.

6:58 p.m PST

There will be a new Member of Parliament in Similkameen-Okanagan-West Kootenay.

Richard Cannings did not seek re-election after serving three terms with Linda Sankey now carrying the NDP banner.

Her biggest challenge is expected to come from Conservative Helena Konanz who is taking her third run at the seat.

She came close to upsetting Cannings in 2019, who won re-election comfortably in 2021, but by plugging the 2021 balloting into the newly redistributed riding narrows that gap to around 800 votes, so this is a race to watch.

Gloria Morgan of the Liberals, Phillip Mansfield of the Green Party and Barry Dewar of the People’s Party of Canada rounds out the slate of five candidates in the riding that includes Grand Forks, Castlegar and Rossland

In c, Conservative Rob Morrison is seeking his third term.

He unseated New Democrat Wayne Stetski in 2019 and defeated him again in 2021 by a similar margin.

Liberal Robin Goldsbury finished a distant third in both elections and is running again.

Using the 2021 ballots in this redistributed riding that added the city of Trail, has the Conservatives garnering over 50% of the vote and extending their advantage over the New Democrats to about 6,000.

It also has the Green’s vaulting past the Liberals into third place.

The other candidates are New Democrat Kallie Linns, Steven Maffioli of the Green Party, Laurie Baird of the People’s Party of Canada and Independent James Wiedrick.

The votes are now being counted with the 2025 results unfolding throughout the evening right here on Vista Radio and you can get up to the minute results on our website.

Across the nation, and Elections Canada is showing Liberals currently in the lead with 85 seats, followed by Conservatives with 63, Bloc Quebecois with 13 and NDP with 1.


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