Mayes Wins Third Term

Okanagan--Shuswap   Party Candidate Votes % Votes

Green Party	Greig Crockett	6,063	10.7
Liberal	Janna Francis	4,246	7.5
NDP-New Democratic Party	Nikki Inouye	14,961	26.4
Conservative	Colin Mayes	31,443	55.4

Total number of valid votes:

56,713

Polls reporting: 297/297	Voter turnout: 56,713 of 90,678 registered electors (62.5%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

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Written by Peter McIntyre Monday, 02 May 2011 21:50 
  Colin Mayes is back for a third term in Okanagan Shuswap, garnering more votes than the three other candidates combined.  The Conservative and former Salmon Arm mayor received 55 percent support, up four points from 2008.  Mayes--who won by about 15-thousand votes-- says he's happy with the "performance review" people have given him.  "I think people have appreciated my efforts and my staff's efforts, but I think a lot of people that maybe are not traditionally Conservative supporters, have decided to vote for us, give us a majority, and just test us to see what we can do."  Newcomer Nikki Inouye of the New Democrats was second at 26 percent.  The Vernon Jubilee Hospital worker was happy with her showing, some which she credits to her party's leader.  "I think the Orange Crush had a lot to do with it, and Jack Layton's positive message."  Retired lawyer Greig Crockett of the Greens was third at 10 percent, and social worker Janna Francis of the Liberals had 7 percent in her second run.

Ron Cannan was returned in Kelowna Lake Country with 57 percent support, and fellow Tory Dan Albas, a former Penticton city councillor, won Stockwell Day's old riding of Okanagan Coquilhalla (53%), both in landslides.