Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

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Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

British Columbia electoral district
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Betty Hinton Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	114,675
Electors (2006)	84,802
Area (km²)	44,344
Pop. density (per km²)	2.6
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Kamloops, Cariboo G, Cariboo L, Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola L, Thompson-Nicola O (Lower North Thompson)

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (formerly known as Kamloops—Thompson) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. The biggest population centre in the riding is Kamloops.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo 2.2 Kamloops—Thompson 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This district was created as Kamloops—Thompson in 2003 from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys riding and small parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings.

In 2004, the district was re-named "Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo".

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2003-present: Betty Hinton - Conservative - She previously represented Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys.

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Betty Hinton, a former businesswoman. She was first elected in the 2000 election. She represents the Conservative Party of Canada. She is the Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans Affairs and sits on the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs, the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, and she serves as the Vice-Chair for the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Betty Hinton	20948	39.27%	-1.08	$50,695.68
	New Democratic Party	Michael Crawford	16417	30.78%	+4.59	$34,590.00
	Liberal	Ken Sommerfeld	13454	25.22%	-3.03	$41,547.43
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2518	4.72%	+0.39	$854.99
Total valid votes			53,337	99.99%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

[edit] Kamloops—Thompson

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Betty Hinton	20,611	40.35%		$50,665
	Liberal	John O'Fee	14,434	28.25%		$78,065
	New Democratic Party	Brian Carroll	13,379	26.19%		$62,464
	Green	Grant Fraser	2,213	4.33%		$3,649
	Independent	Arjun Singh	440	0.86%		$289
Total valid votes			51,077	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			155	0.30%
Turnout			51,232	63.89%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004-present)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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