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. While the riding covers a large area, about three quarters of the population in the district live in the city of Kamloops.
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![]() Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts | |||
Coordinates: | 51.552°N 120.434°W / 51.552; -120.434 | ||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 124,358 | ||
Electors (2019) | 104,054 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 38,320 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Cariboo, Thompson-Nicola | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Kamloops, Clearwater, 100 Mile House, Barriere, 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) |
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]
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Kamloops—Thompson Riding created from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys, Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Betty Hinton | Conservative | |
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | ||||
39th | 2006–2008 | Betty Hinton | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | Cathy McLeod | ||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present | Frank Caputo |
Its Member of Parliament is Frank Caputo, a former Crown prosecutor who was elected for the first time in the 2021 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Frank Caputo | 30,281 | 43.0 | -1.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Bill Sundhu | 20,431 | 29.0 | +15.3 | ||||
Liberal | Jesse McCormick | 12,717 | 18.1 | -9.1 | ||||
People's | Corally Delwo | 4,033 | 5.7 | +4.1 | ||||
Green | Iain Currie | 2,576 | 3.7 | -8.4 | ||||
Independent | Bob O'Brien | 264 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
Independent | Wayne Allen | 146 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
Total valid votes | 70,448 | 99.5 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 324 | 0.5 | ||||||
Turnout | 70,772 | 66.5 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 106,354 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.5 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 32,415 | 44.74 | +9.49 | $108,203.10 | |||
Liberal | Terry Lake | 19,716 | 27.21 | -3.20 | $75,414.37 | |||
New Democratic | Cynthia Egli | 9,936 | 13.71 | -17.06 | $31,291.00 | |||
Green | Iain Currie | 8,789 | 12.13 | +8.56 | $66,820.29 | |||
People's | Ken Finlayson | 1,132 | 1.56 | none listed | ||||
Animal Protection | Kira Cheeseborough | 321 | 0.44 | - | $1,599.00 | |||
Communist | Peter Kerek | 144 | 0.20 | - | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 72,453 | 99.57 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 311 | 0.43 | +0.18 | |||||
Turnout | 72,764 | 69.93 | -3.42 | |||||
Eligible voters | 104,054 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.34 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 24,595 | 35.25 | -17.04 | $151,162.59 | |||
New Democratic | Bill Sundhu | 21,466 | 30.77 | -6.17 | $153,060.21 | |||
Liberal | Steve Powrie | 21,215 | 30.41 | +25.05 | $38,402.70 | |||
Green | Matt Greenwood | 2,489 | 3.57 | -1.52 | $1,761.67 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,765 | 99.75 | $271,469.66 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 174 | 0.25 | – | |||||
Turnout | 69,939 | 73.35 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 95,347 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.43 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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