Kamloops (provincial electoral district)

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.

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, 2001 48,959
Population Change, 1996–2001 1.3%
Area (km²) 2,695.61
Pop. Density (people per km²) 18

Electoral history
10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Conservative Frederick John Fulton 517 51.14% unknown
  Liberal John Francis Deane 494 48.86% unknown
Total valid votes 1,011 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Conservative Frederick John Fulton 534 54.88% unknown
  Liberal John Donald Swanson 439 45.12% unknown
Total valid votes 973 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Conservative James Pearson Shaw 872 64.40% unknown
  Liberal Henry Maxwell Vasey 482 35.60% unknown
Total valid votes 1,354 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Conservative James Pearson Shaw 931 70.11% unknown
  Liberal Raymond Findlay Leighton 397 29.89% unknown
Total valid votes 1,328 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Frederick William Anderson 1,519 61.27% unknown
SocialistJames Pearson Shaw96038.73%–unknown
Total valid votes 2,479 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1920 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalFrederick Wilhelm Anderson1,61737.43
ConservativeMatthew Fulton Crawford1,29529.98
United FarmersJohn Owen Stevens1,40832.59
Total valid votes 4,320 100.00
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal James Reginald Colley 1,212 41.38% unknown
     Conservative Edwin Arthur Meighen 997 34.04% unknown
ProvincialWilliam Frederick Palmer72024.58%–unknown
Total valid votes 2,929 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Conservative John Ralph Michell 1,531 50.25% unknown
  Liberal James Reginald Colley 1,516 49.75% unknown
Total valid votes 3,047 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 66
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Robert Henry Carson 1 1,836 44.76% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Richmond Williams 1,360 33.15% unknown
Non-Partisan Independent GroupDavid Brown Johnstone90622.09%–unknown
Total valid votes 4,102 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 85
Turnout %
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.
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Robert Henry Carson 1,786 38.89% unknown
     Conservative Alfred Hugh Bayne 1,461 31.82% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Faulds Stirling 1,345 29.29% unknown
Total valid votes 4,592 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 47
Turnout %
1941 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRobert Henry Carson1,93340.14
Co-operative CommonwealthCharles Edward Scanlan1,71235.55
ConservativeNathaniel Nye1,13823.63
Socialist LabourJohn Marshall190.39
IndependentWalter Unnett Homfray140.29
Total valid votes 4,816 100.00
Total rejected ballots 100
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
CoalitionRobert Henry Carson2,80457.78%–unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Richmond Williams 1,893 39.01% unknown
Labour ProgressiveCharles Herbert Cook1563.21%unknown
Total valid votes 4,853 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 54
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
CoalitionSydney John Smith4,99264.47% –unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Charles Archibald Smith 2,751 35.53% unknown
Total valid votes 7,743 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 105
Turnout %
1952 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%
Social Credit LeaguePhilip Arthur Gaglardi3,10838.444,00254.32
LiberalSydney John Smith2,70833.493,36645.68
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Wilbur Emery1,31116.21
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Henry Greer95911.86
Total valid votes 8,086 100.00 7,368 100.00
Total rejected ballots 231
Note: Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.
1953 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		%
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi4,03749.334,17151.44
LiberalRobert Gordon Carson52,27227.752,50330.87
Co-operative CommonwealthPete Wright1,36816.721,43417.69
Progressive ConservativeGilbert Smith4275.22
Labor–ProgressiveRobert Gordon Carson5800.98
Total valid votes 8,184 100.00 8,108 100.00
Total rejected ballots 356
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
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi4,94861.02%–unknown
  Liberal Thomas Palmer Wilson 2,017 24.87% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Victor Mauro 1,144 14.11% unknown
Total valid votes 8,109 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 53
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi4,77745.86%–unknown
  CCF Ronald Edmund Green 2,828 27.15% unknown
  Liberal Thomas Palmer Wilson 1,437 13.80% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Peter John Millward 1,374 13.19% unknown
Total valid votes 10,416 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 531
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi5,66947.17%–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Edmund Davie Fulton 4,473 37.22% unknown
New DemocraticLance Randle1,29710.79%unknown
  Liberal Henry Maxwell Smith 580 4.83% unknown
Total valid votes 12,019 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 71
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi5,75352.35%–unknown
New DemocraticLance Randle3,23729.45%unknown
  Liberal Nicholas Harvey Kalyk 2,000 18.20% unknown
Total valid votes 10,990 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 63
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi7,57245.12%–
  Liberal Malcolm Bates (Mack) Bryson 4,860 28.96% unknown
New DemocraticJames Andrew Jacobs4,35125.93unknown
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticGerald Hamilton Anderson7,49732.19%unknown
Social CreditPhilip Arthur Gaglardi6,81229.25%–unknown
  Liberal George William Mercer 5,691 24.43% unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Archibald Willoughby 3,243 13.92% unknown
  Independent Terrence Andrew Shaw 48 0.21% unknown
Total valid votes 23,291 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 154
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditRafe Mair14,63948.67%–unknown
New DemocraticGerald Hamilton Anderson10,97536.49%unknown
  Liberal Donald Norman Carter 4,464 14.84% unknown
Total valid votes 30,078 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 236
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditRafe Mair15,43051.74%–unknown
New DemocraticAndrew Lapa12,12140.64%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Murray Regis Pratt 2,273 7.62% unknown
Total valid votes 29,824 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 545
Turnout %
British Columbia provincial by-election, May 14, 1981: Kamloops
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditClaude Richmond10,83345.13%–
New DemocraticHoward Donald Dack10,05841.91–
Progressive ConservativeJames Thomas Walsh2,2989.57–
LiberalDavid Brian Kendall7042.93–
IndependentJohn Ernest Currie1451.87–
Total valid votes 24,002100.00 
Total rejected ballots 179
Turnout
Eligible voters
Social Credit hold Swing Social Credit
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditClaude Richmond21,11457.11%–unknown
New DemocraticDavid Phillip Reiter14,62739.56%unknown
  Independent Andrew Lapa 972 2.63% unknown
  Independent Christopher Keith Sumner 259 0.70% unknown
Total valid votes 36,972 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 356
Turnout %
34th British Columbia election, 1986 6
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditClaude Richmond17,47825.64%–unknown
Social CreditBud Smith16,86924.74%–unknown
New DemocraticDavid Phillip Reiter16,44224.12%unknown
New DemocraticPeter Rolston 715,13122.20%unknown
  Liberal Norman A. Morrison 1,277 1.87% unknown
GreenTrudy M. Frisk6951.02%–unknown
  Independent Leon Mikulin 282 0.41% unknown
Total valid votes 68,174 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,148
Turnout %
6 Seat increased to two members from one..
7 Later elected in the riding of Dewdney and grandson of Social Credit figure Tilly Rolston..
B.C. General Election 1991: Kamloops
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  NDP Arthur Charbonneau 8,926 43.67% $26,908
LiberalKimball B. Kastelen6,03329.52%–$12,595
Social CreditPatricia A. Wallace5,48126.81%–$72,408
Total Valid Votes 20,440 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 247 1.19%
Turnout 20,687 71.65%
B.C. General Election 1996: Kamloops
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticCathy McGregor10,13544.30+0.63$29,790
LiberalGur Singh9,27340.53+11.01$45,486
ReformJoe Leong1,7217.52–$7,280
Progressive DemocratDeborah J. Fisher1,2415.42–$4,471
Social CreditKen Endean5082.22-24.59$6,538
Total Valid Votes 22,878 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 172 0.75%
Turnout 23,050 69.56%
2001 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalClaude Richmond12,25860.2119.68$43,147
New DemocraticCathy McGregor4,59222.55-21.75$26,572
MarijuanaJulian Gushulak7073.47–$410
UnityRuth Watson4302.11–$1,224
IndependentErnie Schmidt1930.95–$491
Total Valid Votes 20,360 100.00
Total Rejected Ballots 174 0.85
Turnout 20,534 72.46
2005 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalClaude Richmond11,26147.58-12.63
New DemocraticDoug Brown9,88641.77+19.22
GreenFrank Stewart1,7237.28–
ConservativeTerry Frank Bojarski7973.37–
Total 23,667 100.00

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