Kamloops (provincial electoral district)

Kamloops is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kamloops, which encompassed a much larger area.

For other ridings named Kamloops or in the Kamloops-Shuswap-Thompson area, please see Kamloops (electoral districts).

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Claude Richmond, a former member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and small business owner. He was first elected in 1981 as a Social Credit member and now represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Richmond was elected Speaker of the Assembly on June 19, 2001. He has previously served as Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for Expo '86, Minister of Social Services and Housing, and Minister of Forests.

Election results

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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Claude Richmond
align="right"|11,261
align="right"|47.58%
align="right"
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NDP
Doug Brown
align="right"|9,886
align="right"|41.77%
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Green
Frank Stewart
align="right"|1,723
align="right"|7.28%
align="right"
Conservative
Terry Frank Bojarski
align="right"|797
align="right"|3.37%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|23,667!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Claude Richmond
align="right"|12,258
align="right"|60.21%
align="right"
align="right"|$43,147
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NDP
Cathy McGregor
align="right"|4,592
align="right"|22.55%
align="right"
align="right"|$26,572
Marijuana
Julian Gushulak
align="right"|707
align="right"|3.47%
align="right"
align="right"|$410
Unity
Ruth Watson
align="right"|430
align="right"|2.11%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,224
Independent
Ernie Schmidt
align="right"|193
align="right"|0.95%
align="right"
align="right"|$91
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|20,360!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|174!align="right"|0.85%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|20,534!align="right"|72.46%!align="right"
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NDP
Cathy McGregor
align="right"|10,135
align="right"|44.30%
align="right"
align="right"|$29,790
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Gur Singh
align="right"|9,273
align="right"|40.53%
align="right"
align="right"|$45,486
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BC Reform
Joe Leong
align="right"|1,721
align="right"|7.52%
align="right"
align="right"|$7,280
PDA
Deborah J. Fisher
align="right"|1,241
align="right"|5.42%
align="right"
align="right"|$4,471
Social Credit
Ken Endean
align="right"|508
align="right"|2.22%
align="right"
align="right"|$6,538
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|22,878!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|172!align="right"|0.75%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|23,050!align="right"|69.56%!align="right"
!align="right"
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NDP
Arthur L. Charbonneau
align="right"|8,926
align="right"|43.67%
align="right"
align="right"|$26,908
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Social Credit
Patricia A. Wallace
align="right"|5,481
align="right"|26.81%
align="right"
align="right"|$72,408
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Kimball B. Kastelen
align="right"|6,033
align="right"|29.52%
align="right"
align="right"|$12,595
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|20,440!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|247!align="right"|1.19%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|20,687!align="right"|71.65%!align="right"
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Electoral history 1903-1963

"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
Liberal
John Francis Deane
align="right"|494
align="right"|48.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Frederick John Fulton
align="right"|517
align="right"|51.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,011 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
Frederick John Fulton
align="right"|534
align="right"|54.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Donald Swanson
align="right"|439
align="right"|45.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|973!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
James Pearson Shaw
align="right"|872
align="right"|64.40%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Maxwell Vasey
align="right"|482
align="right"|35.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,354!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Liberal
Raymond Findlay Leighton
align="right"|397
align="right"|29.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
James Pearson Shaw
align="right"|931
align="right"|70.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,328 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Liberal
Frederick William Anderson
align="right"|1,519
align="right"|61.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist
James Pearson Shaw
align="right"|960
align="right"|38.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,479 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Liberal
Frederick Wilhelm Anderson
align="right"|1,617
align="right"|37.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Matthew Fulton Crawford
align="right"|1,295
align="right"|29.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
United Farmers of BC
John Owen Stevens
align="right"|1,408
align="right"|32.59%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,320!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Liberal
James Reginald Colley
align="right"|1,212
align="right"|41.38%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Edwin Arthur Meighen
align="right"|997
align="right"|34.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Provincial
William Frederick Palmer
align="right"|720
align="right"|24.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,929 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
James Reginald Colley
align="right"|1,516
align="right"|49.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
John Ralph Michell
align="right"|1,531
align="right"|50.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,047 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|66!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Liberal
Robert Henry Carson ¹
align="right"|1,836
align="right"|44.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group
David Brown Johnstone
align="right"|906
align="right"|22.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Richmond Williams
align="right"|1,360
align="right"|33.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,102 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|85!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|¹ Brother of Ernest Crawford Carson, Conservative MLA for Lillooet. Both became cabinet ministers in their respective governments. Their father, Virginian Robert Carson, came west via the Sierra Nevada passes to California and, coming north for the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, homesteaded on Pavilion Mountain on one of BC's earliest ranches. He sold it to Captain John Martley, who was a candidate in the Lillooet riding in 1878 and whose descendants still own it today.

Conservative
Alfred Hugh Bayne
align="right"|1,461
align="right"|31.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Robert Henry Carson
align="right"|1,786
align="right"|38.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Faulds Sterling
align="right"|1,345
align="right"|29.29%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,592 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|47!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Liberal
Robert Henry Carson
align="right"|1,933
align="right"|40.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Walter Unnett Homfray
align="right"|14
align="right"|0.29%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Socialist Labour Party
John Marshall
align="right"|19
align="right"|0.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Nathaniel Nye
align="right"|1,138
align="right"|23.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Charles Edward Scanlan
align="right"|1,712
align="right"|35.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,816 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|100!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Coalition
Robert Henry Carson
align="right"|2,804
align="right"|57.78%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labour Progressive Party
Charles Herbert Cook
align="right"|156
align="right"|3.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
George Richmond Williams
align="right"|1,893
align="right"|39.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,853 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|54!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Coalition
Sydney John Smith
align="right"|4,992
align="right"|64.47%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Charles Archibald Smith
align="right"|2,751
align="right"|35.53%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,743 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|105!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Ralph Wilbur Emery
align="right"|1,311
align="right"|16.21%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
B.C. Social Credit League
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|3,108
align="right"|38.44%
align="right"|4,002
align="right"|54.32%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
George Henry Greer
align="right"|959
align="right"|11.86%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Sydney John Smith
align="right"|2,708
align="right"|33.49%
align="right"|3,366
align="right"|45.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,086 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|7,368
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|231!align="right"
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!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|³ Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
Liberal
Robert Gordon Carson ⁵
align="right"|2,272
align="right"|27.75%
align="right"|2,503
align="right"|30.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Labout Progressive Party
Robert Gordon Carson ⁵
align="right"|80
align="right"|0.98%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|4,037
align="right"|49.33%
align="right"|4,171
align="right"|51.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Gilbert Smith
align="right"|427
align="right"|5.22%
align="right"| -
align="right"| -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Pete Wright
align="right"|1,368
align="right"|16.72%
align="right"|1,434
align="right"|17.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,184 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|8,108
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|356!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|⁴ Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown.
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|⁵ Son of Robert Henry Carson, previous Liberal MLA for this riding.

Social Credit
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|4,948
align="right"|61.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Victor Mauro
align="right"|1,144
align="right"|14.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Palmer Wilson
align="right"|2,017
align="right"|24.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,109 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|53!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Social Credit
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|4,777
align="right"|45.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
CCF
Ronald Edmund Green
align="right"|2,828
align="right"|27.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Peter John Millward
align="right"|1,374
align="right"|13.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Thomas Palmer Wilson
align="right"|1,437
align="right"|13.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,416 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|531!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Progressive Conservative
Edmund Davie Fulton
align="right"|4,473
align="right"|37.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|5,669
align="right"|47.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Lance Randle
align="right"|1,297
align="right"|10.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Henry Maxwell Smith
align="right"|580
align="right"|4.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|12,019 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|71!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Social Credit
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|5,753
align="right"|52.35%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Nicholas Harvey Kalyk
align="right"|2,000
align="right"|18.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Lance Randle
align="right"|3,237
align="right"|29.45%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|10,990!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|63!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Gerald Hamilton Anderson
align="right"|7,497
align="right"|32.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="right"|6,812
align="right"|29.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
George William Mercer
align="right"|5,691
align="right"|24.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Terrence Andrew Shaw
align="right"|48
align="right"|0.21%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
John Archibald Willoughby
align="right"|3,243
align="right"|13.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|23,291!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|154!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Gerald Hamilton Anderson
align="right"|10,975
align="right"|36.49%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Donald Norman Carter
align="right"|4,464
align="right"|14.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Rafe Kenneth Mair
align="right"|14,639
align="right"|48.67%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|30,078!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|236!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
Andrew Lapa
align="right"|12,121
align="right"|40.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Rafe Kenneth Mair
align="right"|15,430
align="right"|51.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Murray Regis Pratt
align="right"|2,273
align="right"|7.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|29,824 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|545!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

Independent
Andrew Lapa
align="right"|972
align="right"|2.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
David Phillip Reiter
align="right"|14,627
align="right"|39.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Claude Harry Richmond
align="right"|21,114
align="right"|57.11%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Christopher Keith Sumner
align="right"|259
align="right"|0.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|36,972 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|356!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

New Democrat
David Phillip Reiter
align="right"|16,442
align="right"|24.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Green
Trudy M. Frisk
align="right"|695
align="right"|1.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Leon Mikulin
align="right"|282
align="right"|0.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Norman A. Morrison
align="right"|1,277
align="right"|1.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Claude Harry Richmond
align="right"|17,478
align="right"|25.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Peter Carson Rolston ⁷
align="right"|15,131
align="right"|22.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Social Credit
Stuart Douglas Boland (Bud) Smith
align="right"|16,869
align="right"|24.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|68,174 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|1,148!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|⁶ Seat increased to two members from one..
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|⁷ Later elected in the riding of Dewdney and grandson of Social Credit figure Tilly Rolston..

For elections from 1991 on, see the first section of the election results.

Sources

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_22.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/kam.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_kam.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-46.html Results of 1991 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]