- Kamloops (electoral district)
Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys (formerly known as Kamloops) was a federal electoral district in
British Columbia ,Canada , that was represented in theCanadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968, and from 1988 to 2004.Geography
History
This riding was created in 1935 from parts of Cariboo and
Kootenay West ridings. 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 of
Kamloops—Shuswap riding. In 1988, it was renamed "Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys".It consisted of:
* Electoral Areas A, B, J, L, O and P of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District;
* The City ofKamloops ;
* the Village of Chase; and
* the District Municipality of Logan Lake.It was redefined in 1996 to consist of:
* Subdivisions A, B and E of Thompson-Nicola Regional District, including Skeetchestn Indian Reserve and Logan Lake District Municipality, excepting Spatsum Indian Reserve No. 11;
* the City of Kamloops; and
* Kamloops Indian Reserve No. 1.In 2003, the riding was abolished, and a new riding, "Kamloops—Thompson", was created with substantially the same boundaries. In 2005, this district was re-named "
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo ".Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
#
Betty Hinton ,Canadian Alliance , Conservative (2000-present)Election results
Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys, 1998-2003
-
Canadian AllianceBetty Hinton
align="right"|23,577
align="right"|48.59%
align="right"
align="right"|$52,370New Democratic Party
Nelson Riis
align="right"|13,600
align="right"|28.02%
align="right"
align="right"|$52,389
Liberal
Jon Moser
align="right"|7,582
align="right"|15.62%
align="right"
align="right"|$58,449
-
Progressive Conservative
Randy Patch
align="right"|3,217
align="right"|6.63%
align="right"
align="right"|$18,401
Canadian Action
Ernie Schmidt
align="right"|544
align="right"|1.12%
align="right"
align="right"|$2,180
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|48,520!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|117!align="right"|0.24%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|48,637!align="right"|67.38%!align="right"
!align="right"Kamloops, 1987-1998
-
New Democratic Party Nelson Riis
align="right"|16,138
align="right"|36.06%|
align="right"|$52,988
Liberal
Joel Groves
align="right"|14,244
align="right"|31.83%|
align="right"|$58,887
-
Reform
Fred Bosman
align="right"|12,928
align="right"|28.89%|
align="right"|$45,611
Progressive Conservative
Don Cameron
align="right"|999
align="right"|2.23%|
align="right"|$13,522
Green
Donald Stuart Rennie
align="right"|437
align="right"|0.97%|
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|44,746!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|126!align="right"|0.28%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|44,872!align="right"|67.32%!!-
RIIS, Nelson ||align=right|15,182
-
RADDATZ, Keith ||align=right| 10,957
-
KRUEGER, Kevin ||align=right| 10,040
-
COLDICOTT, Frank ||align=right| 3,526
-
WUNDERLICH, Kathrine ||align=right|1,398
-
EDGE, Randall ||align=right|152
-
MCCOOEY, Mark ||align=right|122
-
MUNDAY, Marion ||align=right|43
-
BROWN, Thomas ||align=right|40Kamloops, 1933 - 1966
-
RIIS, Nelson ||align=right|21,513
-
CUNDARI, Russ ||align=right|13,328
-
HALLIDAY, Gus ||align=right|5,412
-
MASKELL, Ted ||align=right|477
-
FRISK, Trudy M. ||align=right| 263
-
CAREY, Valerie Adrienne ||align=right| 77
-
GRANT, Carl A. ||align=right| 67-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right|11,731
-
JONES, Vernor Wilfred ||align=right|7,132
-
CHILTON, Albert John Edward ||align=right|6,757
-
SILLS, Thomas Daly ||align=right|5,756-
WILLOUGHBY, Charles J.M. ||align=right| 8,604
-
WHIST, Jarl ||align=right|8,359
-
JONES, Vernor W. ||align=right|6,860
-
WRIGHT, Clarence A. ||align=right|5,394-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right|11,312
-
WHIST, Jarl ||align=right|5,789
-
INGLIS, Walter D. ||align=right|4,733
-
WRIGHT, Clarence Aubrey ||align=right|4,393-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right| 13,858
-
AFFLECK, Arnold McIntyre ||align=right|2,868
-
GREENWAY, Austin Kenneth ||align=right|2,777
-
MERRICK, Earl Victor Roy ||align=right|2,390-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right|10,029
-
SMITH, Walter James ||align=right|5,858
-
AFFLECK, Arnold McIntyre ||align=right|3,383
-
GREENWAY, Austin Kenneth ||align=right| 1,959-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right| 7,578
-
WRIGHT, Clarence Aubrey ||align=right|3,780
-
HOUGHTON, Kenneth Durward ||align=right|2,731
-
GREENWAY, Austin Kenneth ||align=right| 2,140-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right|7,682
-
O'NEILL, Thomas James ||align=right|6,399
-
LARSON, George Victor ||align=right|5,091-
FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right|4,401
-
O'NEILL, Thomas James ||align=right|4,229
-
MCKENZIE, Francis James ||align=right| 4,003
-
CODD, John Henry ||align=right|666-
O'NEILL, Thomas James ||align=right|5,621
-
STEVENS, Hon. Henry Herbert ||align=right|4,290
-
MACNAB, Margaret ||align=right|3,538-
O'NEILL, Thomas James ||align=right|4,190
-
MOFFATT, William James ||align=right|2,974
-
STIRLING, George Foulds ||align=right|2,920
-
ELLIS, George Henry ||align=right| 1,084See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59007 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures – 1997]Riding history from the
Library of Parliament :
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=320 Kamloops (1933 - 1966)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=904 Kamloops (1987 - 1998)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1229&Include= Kamloops,Thompson and Highland Valleys (1998 - 2003)]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.