Mel Arnold
Mel Arnold | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Arnold in 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament for North Okanagan—Shuswap | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Mayes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)[1] Notch Hill, Blind Bay, British Columbia |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Salmon Arm, British Columbia |
Mel Arnold MP (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of North Okanagan—Shuswap during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Arnold was active on the boards of local service clubs, including the BC Wildlife Federation and Canadian Wildlife Federation, where he held the role of President for two terms. Before serving as a member of Parliament, he served on his Salmon Arm's environmental advisory council for eight years. In 2010 was appointed to the B.C. government's Species at Risk Task Force.[3]
Politics
[edit]Arnold voted in support of Bill C-233 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.[4]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2019 Canadian federal election: North Okanagan—Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 36,154 | 48.76 | +9.46 | $84,389.20 | |||
| Liberal | Cindy Derkaz | 16,783 | 22.64 | -7.31 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 11,353 | 15.31 | -10.29 | none listed | |||
| Green | Marc Reinarz | 7,828 | 10.56 | +5.40 | $11,446.63 | |||
| People's | Kyle Delfing | 2,027 | 2.73 | $5,718.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 74,145 | 99.40 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 449 | 0.60 | +0.39 | |||||
| Turnout | 74,594 | 69.25 | -2.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 107,712 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 27,490 | 39.30 | -16.06 | $94,762.90 | |||
| Liberal | Cindy Derkaz | 20,949 | 29.95 | +22.48 | $76,594.10 | |||
| New Democratic | Jacqui Gingras | 17,907 | 25.60 | -0.88 | $81,410.56 | |||
| Green | Chris George | 3,608 | 5.16 | -5.53 | $6,792.93 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 69,954 | 99.78 | $255,644.99 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 70,106 | 72.84 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 96,243 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -19.27 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Mel Arnold announces bid for Shuswap Liberal leadership". Salmon Arm Observer. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ "ELECTION 2015: Conservative win in North Okanagan-Shuswap". Global News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Mel Arnold: Former President of BCWF". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ House of Commons of Canada (February 26, 2020). "BILL C-233 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)". LEGISinfo.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for North Okanagan—Shuswap, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates