| Defunct federal electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1988 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1988 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Kamloops was a federalelectoral district inBritish Columbia, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968, and from 1988 to 2004. From 1998 to 2004, it was known asKamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys.
This riding was created in 1935 from parts ofCariboo andKootenay Westridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed intoCoast Chilcotin,Fraser Valley East,Kamloops—Cariboo,Okanagan—Kootenay andPrince George—Peace River ridings.
In 1987, a new Kamloops riding was created from parts ofKamloops—Shuswap riding. In 1998, it was renamed "Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys".
It consisted of:
It was redefined in 1996 to consist of:
In 2003, the riding was abolished, and a new riding, "Kamloops—Thompson", was created with substantially the same boundaries. In 2005, this district was renamed "Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo".
This riding elected the followingmembers of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamloops Riding created fromCaribooandKootenay West | ||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Thomas O'Neill | Liberal | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | |||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative | |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Charles Willoughby | Progressive Conservative | |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved intoCoast Chilcotin,Fraser Valley East,Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan—KootenayandPrince George—Peace River | ||||
| Riding re-created fromKamloops—Shuswap | ||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Nelson Riis | New Democratic | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | |||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys | ||||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Betty Hinton | Alliance | |
| Riding dissolved intoKamloops—Thompson | ||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Betty Hinton | 23,577 | 48.59 | +19.70 | $52,370 | |||
| New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 13,600 | 28.02 | -8.04 | $52,389 | |||
| Liberal | Jon Moser | 7,582 | 15.62 | -16.21 | $58,449 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Patch | 3,217 | 6.63 | +4.40 | $18,401 | |||
| Canadian Action | Ernie Schmidt | 544 | 1.12 | – | $2,180 | |||
| Total valid votes | 48,520 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 117 | 0.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,637 | 67.38 | ||||||
| Alliancegain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +13.87 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 16,138 | 36.06 | -0.56 | $52,988 | |||
| Liberal | Joel Groves | 14,244 | 31.83 | +7.61 | $58,887 | |||
| Reform | Fred Bosman | 12,928 | 28.89 | +2.46 | $45,611 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Cameron | 999 | 2.23 | -6.27 | $13,522 | |||
| Green | Donald Stuart Rennie | 437 | 0.97 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,746 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 44,872 | 67.32 | ||||||
| New Democratichold | Swing | -4.08 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 15,182 | 36.62 | -15.68 | ||||
| Reform | Keith Raddatz | 10,957 | 26.43 | +25.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Krueger | 10,040 | 24.22 | +11.06 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Coldicott | 3,526 | 8.50 | -23.90 | ||||
| National | Kathrine Wunderlich | 1,398 | 3.37 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Randall Edge | 152 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Mark McCooey | 122 | 0.29 | – | ||||
| Canada Party | Marion Munday | 43 | 0.10 | – | ||||
| Independent | Thomas Brown | 40 | 0.10 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,460 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratichold | Swing | -20.48 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 21,513 | 52.30 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Russ Cundari | 13,328 | 32.40 | |||||
| Liberal | Gus Halliday | 5,412 | 13.16 | |||||
| Reform | Ted Maskell | 477 | 1.16 | |||||
| Green | Trudy M. Frisk | 263 | 0.64 | |||||
| Communist | Valerie Adrienne Carey | 77 | 0.19 | |||||
| Independent | Carl A. Grant | 67 | 0.16 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 41,137 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts ofKamloops—Shuswap, with New DemocratNelson Riis being the incumbent. | ||||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 11,731 | 37.39 | +7.94 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vernor Wilfred Jones | 7,132 | 22.73 | -0.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Albert John Edward Chilton | 6,757 | 21.54 | -7.07 | ||||
| Social Credit | Thomas Daly Sills | 5,756 | 18.35 | -0.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,376 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +4.34 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Willoughby | 8,604 | 29.45 | -13.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Jarl Whist | 8,359 | 28.61 | +6.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vernor W. Jones | 6,860 | 23.48 | +5.43 | ||||
| Social Credit | Clarence A. Wright | 5,394 | 18.46 | +1.71 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,217 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | -10.11 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 11,312 | 43.13 | -20.70 | ||||
| Liberal | Jarl Whist | 5,789 | 22.07 | +8.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Walter D. Inglis | 4,733 | 18.05 | +5.26 | ||||
| Social Credit | Clarence Aubrey Wright | 4,393 | 16.75 | +5.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,227 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | -14.78 | ||||||
| Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. | ||||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 13,858 | 63.83 | +16.59 | ||||
| Liberal | Arnold McIntyre Affleck | 2,868 | 13.21 | -2.73 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Austin Kenneth Greenway | 2,777 | 12.79 | +3.56 | ||||
| Social Credit | Earl Victor Roy Merrick | 2,390 | 11.01 | -16.58 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,893 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +9.66 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 10,029 | 47.24 | +0.55 | ||||
| Social Credit | Walter James Smith | 5,858 | 27.59 | +4.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Arnold McIntyre Affleck | 3,383 | 15.94 | -0.89 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Austin Kenneth Greenway | 1,959 | 9.23 | -3.96 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,229 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | -1.88 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 7,578 | 46.69 | +5.92 | ||||
| Social Credit | Clarence Aubrey Wright | 3,780 | 23.29 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Kenneth Durward Houghton | 2,731 | 16.83 | -16.55 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Austin Kenneth Greenway | 2,140 | 13.19 | -13.36 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,229 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | -8.68 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 7,682 | 40.07 | +6.98 | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 6,399 | 33.38 | +1.58 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Victor Larson | 5,091 | 26.55 | -3.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,172 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +2.70 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 4,401 | 33.09 | +1.19 | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 4,229 | 31.80 | -9.99 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Francis James McKenzie | 4,003 | 30.10 | +3.79 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | John Henry Codd | 666 | 5.01 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,299 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +5.59 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 5,621 | 41.79 | +4.27 | ||||
| National Government | Henry Herbert Stevens | 4,290 | 31.90 | +5.27 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Margaret MacNab | 3,538 | 26.31 | +0.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,449 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -0.50 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 4,190 | 37.52 | |||||
| Conservative | William James Moffatt | 2,974 | 26.63 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Faulds Stirling | 2,920 | 26.15 | |||||
| Reconstruction | George Henry Ellis | 1,084 | 9.71 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 11,168 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created fromCariboo andKootenay West, both of which elected a Conservative in the last election. | ||||||||
Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament: