Kamloops (provincial electoral district)

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Kamloops was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1903 to 2009. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kamloops, which encompassed a much larger area.

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

Kamloops voted for the winning party in every election it was contested, from the riding's creation in 1903 up until its final election in 2005.

Demographics

Population, 200148,959
Population Change, 1996–20011.3%
Area (km2)2,695.61
Pop. Density (people per km2)18

Electoral history

10th British Columbia election, 1903
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Frederick John Fulton 51751.14%unknown
  Liberal John Francis Deane49448.86%unknown
Total valid votes1,011100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
11th British Columbia election, 1907
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative Frederick John Fulton 53454.88%unknown
  Liberal John Donald Swanson43945.12%unknown
Total valid votes973100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
12th British Columbia election, 1909
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative James Pearson Shaw 87264.40%unknown
  Liberal Henry Maxwell Vasey48235.60%unknown
Total valid votes1,354100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
13th British Columbia election, 1912
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative James Pearson Shaw 93170.11%unknown
  Liberal Raymond Findlay Leighton39729.89%unknown
Total valid votes1,328100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
14th British Columbia election, 1916
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Frederick William Anderson 1,51961.27%unknown
Socialist James Pearson Shaw 96038.73%unknown
Total valid votes2,479100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1920 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Frederick Wilhelm Anderson 1,61737.43
Conservative Matthew Fulton Crawford1,29529.98
United Farmers John Owen Stevens1,40832.59
Total valid votes4,320 100.00
16th British Columbia election, 1924
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal James Reginald Colley 1,21241.38%unknown
  Conservative Edwin Arthur Meighen 99734.04%unknown
Provincial William Frederick Palmer72024.58%unknown
Total valid votes2,929100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
17th British Columbia election, 1928
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Conservative John Ralph Michell 1,53150.25%unknown
  Liberal James Reginald Colley 1,51649.75%unknown
Total valid votes3,047100.00%
Total rejected ballots66
Turnout%
18th British Columbia election, 1933
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Robert Henry Carson 11,83644.76%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Richmond Williams1,36033.15%unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group David Brown Johnstone90622.09%unknown
Total valid votes4,102100.00%
Total rejected ballots85
Turnout%
1Brother 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.
19th British Columbia election, 1937
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Robert Henry Carson 1,78638.89%unknown
  Conservative Alfred Hugh Bayne1,46131.82%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Faulds Stirling 1,34529.29%unknown
Total valid votes4,592100.00%
Total rejected ballots47
Turnout%
1941 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Robert Henry Carson 1,93340.14
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Edward Scanlan 1,71235.55
Conservative Nathaniel Nye1,13823.63
Socialist Labour John Marshall190.39
Independent Walter Unnett Homfray140.29
Total valid votes4,816 100.00
Total rejected ballots100
21st British Columbia election, 1945
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition Robert Henry Carson 2,80457.78%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Richmond Williams1,89339.01%unknown
Labour Progressive Charles Herbert Cook1563.21%unknown
Total valid votes4,853100.00%
Total rejected ballots54
Turnout%
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition Sydney John Smith 4,99264.47% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Charles Archibald Smith2,75135.53%unknown
Total valid votes7,743100.00%
Total rejected ballots105
Turnout%
1952 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%
Social Credit League Philip Arthur Gaglardi 3,10838.444,00254.32
Liberal Sydney John Smith 2,70833.493,36645.68
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Wilbur Emery1,31116.21
Progressive Conservative George Henry Greer95911.86
Total valid votes8,086 100.00 7,368 100.00
Total rejected ballots231
Note: Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
1953 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 4,03749.334,17151.44
Liberal Robert Gordon Carson52,27227.752,50330.87
Co-operative Commonwealth Pete Wright1,36816.721,43417.69
Progressive Conservative Gilbert Smith4275.22
Labor–Progressive Robert Gordon Carson5[ citation needed ]800.98
Total valid votes8,184 100.00 8,108 100.00
Total rejected ballots356
Note: Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown.
5 Son of Robert Henry Carson, previous Liberal MLA for this riding.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 4,94861.02%unknown
  Liberal Thomas Palmer Wilson2,01724.87%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Victor Mauro1,14414.11%unknown
Total valid votes8,109100.00%
Total rejected ballots53
Turnout%
26th British Columbia election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 4,77745.86%unknown
  CCF Ronald Edmund Green2,82827.15%unknown
  Liberal Thomas Palmer Wilson1,43713.80%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Peter John Millward1,37413.19%unknown
Total valid votes10,416100.00%
Total rejected ballots531
Turnout%
1963 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 5,66947.17%
Progressive Conservative Edmund Davie Fulton 4,47337.22%
New Democratic Lance Randle1,29710.79%
Liberal Henry Maxwell Smith5804.83%
Total valid votes12,019100.00%
Total rejected ballots71
28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 5,75352.35%unknown
New Democratic Lance Randle3,23729.45%unknown
  Liberal Nicholas Harvey Kalyk2,00018.20%unknown
Total valid votes10,990100.00%
Total rejected ballots63
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 7,57245.12%
  Liberal Malcolm Bates (Mack) Bryson4,86028.96%unknown
New Democratic James Andrew Jacobs 4,35125.93unknown
Total valid votes16,783100.00%
Total rejected ballots120
Turnout%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Gerald Hamilton Anderson 7,49732.19%unknown
Social Credit Philip Arthur Gaglardi 6,81229.25%unknown
  Liberal George William Mercer5,69124.43%unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Archibald Willoughby3,24313.92%unknown
 IndependentTerrence Andrew Shaw480.21%unknown
Total valid votes23,291100.00%
Total rejected ballots154
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Rafe Mair 14,63948.67%unknown
New Democratic Gerald Hamilton Anderson 10,97536.49%unknown
  Liberal Donald Norman Carter4,46414.84%unknown
Total valid votes30,078100.00%
Total rejected ballots236
Turnout%
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Rafe Mair 15,43051.74%unknown
New Democratic Andrew Lapa12,12140.64%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Murray Regis Pratt2,2737.62%unknown
Total valid votes29,824100.00%
Total rejected ballots545
Turnout%
British Columbia provincial by-election, May 14, 1981: Kamloops
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Claude Richmond 10,83345.13%
New Democratic Howard Donald Dack 10,05841.91
Progressive Conservative James Thomas Walsh 2,2989.57
Liberal David Brian Kendall 7042.93
Independent John Ernest Currie1451.87
Total valid votes24,002100.00 
Total rejected ballots179
Turnout
Eligible voters
Social Credit hold Swing Social Credit
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Claude Richmond 21,11457.11%unknown
New Democratic David Phillip Reiter14,62739.56%unknown
 IndependentAndrew Lapa9722.63%unknown
 IndependentChristopher Keith Sumner2590.70%unknown
Total valid votes36,972100.00%
Total rejected ballots356
Turnout%
34th British Columbia election, 1986 6
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Claude Richmond 17,47825.64%unknown
Social Credit Bud Smith 16,86924.74%unknown
New Democratic David Phillip Reiter16,44224.12%unknown
New Democratic Peter Rolston 715,13122.20%unknown
  Liberal Norman A. Morrison1,2771.87%unknown
Green Trudy M. Frisk6951.02%unknown
 IndependentLeon Mikulin2820.41%unknown
Total valid votes68,174100.00%
Total rejected ballots1,148
Turnout%
6Seat increased to two members from one..
7Later elected in the riding of Dewdney and grandson of Social Credit figure Tilly Rolston..
B.C. General Election 1991: Kamloops
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  NDP Arthur Charbonneau 8,92643.67%$26,908
Liberal Kimball B. Kastelen6,03329.52%$12,595
Social Credit Patricia A. Wallace5,48126.81%$72,408
Total Valid Votes20,440100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots2471.19%
Turnout20,68771.65%
B.C. General Election 1996: Kamloops
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Cathy McGregor 10,13544.30+0.63$29,790
Liberal Gur Singh9,27340.53+11.01$45,486
Reform Joe Leong1,7217.52$7,280
Progressive Democrat Deborah J. Fisher1,2415.42$4,471
Social Credit Ken Endean5082.22-24.59$6,538
Total Valid Votes22,878100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots1720.75%
Turnout23,05069.56%
2001 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Claude Richmond 12,25860.2119.68$43,147
New Democratic Cathy McGregor 4,59222.55-21.75$26,572
Green Joe Teichman2,18010.71
Marijuana Julian Gushulak7073.47$410
Unity Ruth Watson4302.11$1,224
Independent Ernie Schmidt1930.95$491
Total Valid Votes20,360100.00
Total Rejected Ballots1740.85
Turnout20,53472.46
2005 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Claude Richmond 11,26147.58-12.63
New Democratic Doug Brown9,88641.77+19.22
Green Frank Stewart1,7237.28
Conservative Terry Frank Bojarski7973.37
Total23,667100.00

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