Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

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

Cathy McLeod
Conservative

District created

2003

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

118,618

Electors (2015)

92,130

Area (km²)^[1]

38,320

Pop. density (per km²)

3.1

Census divisions

Cariboo, Thompson-Nicola

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 House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Despite the large area covered, about three quarters of the population in this district live in the city of Kamloops.

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 renamed "Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo".

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[2] The redefined Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo loses a portion of its current territory consisting of the community of Valemount and area to Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies but is otherwise unchanged. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamloops—Thompson Riding created from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys, Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley
38th	2004–2006		Betty Hinton	Conservative
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
39th	2006–2008		Betty Hinton	Conservative
40th	2008–2011		Cathy McLeod
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Cathy McLeod, a former nurse, and mayor of Pemberton between 1996 and 1999. She was first elected in the 2008 election. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

Election results

Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo, 2006–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	24,595	35.25	-17.04	–
	New Democratic	Bill Sundhu	21,466	30.77	-6.17	–
	Liberal	Steve Powrie	21,215	30.41	+25.05	–
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2,489	3.57	-1.52	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,765	100.00		$269,665.48
Total rejected ballots			174	0.25	–
Turnout			69,939	74.50
Eligible voters			93,877
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.43
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,280	52.29
	New Democratic	20,682	36.94
	Liberal	3,001	5.36
	Green	2,847	5.08
	Others	185	0.33

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	29,682	52.24	+6.08
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	20,983	36.93	+1.04
	Liberal	Murray Todd	3,026	5.33	-4.51
	Green	Donovan Grube Cavers	2,932	5.16	-2.95
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Kempling	191	0.34	–
Total valid votes			56,814	100.0
Total rejected ballots			164	0.3	±0
Turnout			56,978	63.3	+1.2
Eligible voters			89,964
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.52

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	25,209	46.16	+6.89	$82,161
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	19,601	35.89	+5.11	$74,451
	Liberal	Ken Sommerfeld	5,375	9.84	-15.38	$61,963
	Green	Donovan Grube Cavers	4,430	8.11	+3.39	$1,996
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,615	100.0		$107,718
Total rejected ballots			137	0.3	+0.1
Total votes			54,752	62.0	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.89

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Betty Hinton	20,948	39.27	-1.08	$50,696
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	16,417	30.78	+4.59	$34,590
	Liberal	Ken Sommerfeld	13,454	25.22	-3.04	$41,547
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2,518	4.72	+0.39	$855
Total valid votes			53,337	100.0
Total rejected ballots			101	0.2
Turnout			53,438	63
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.84

Kamloops–Thompson, 2004–2006

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Betty Hinton	20,611	40.35	$50,665
	Liberal	John O'Fee	14,434	28.26	$78,065
	New Democratic	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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			155	0.3
Turnout			51,232	63.9
This riding was created from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys and parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley, all of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the last election. Betty Hinton was the incumbent from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys.

See also

References

"(Code 59010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004–present)
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003–2004)
Expenditures – 2008
Expenditures – 2004
Expenditures – 2000

Notes

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior

Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies

New Democratic	Kootenay—Columbia Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Liberal	Kelowna—Lake Country

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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