Kamloops—Shuswap
Kamloops — Shuswap was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.
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|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Kamloops and Okanagan—Shuswap ridings.
It consisted of:
- the part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lying east of Electoral Areas E and I and north of Electoral Area M; and
- the part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District lying west of Electoral Area B.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan—Kootenay |
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| 31st | 1979–1980 | Donald Niel Cameron | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Nelson Riis | New Democratic | |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Kamloops and Okanagan—Shuswap | ||||
Election results
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Nelson A. Riis | 30,512 | 54.08 | +4.05 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Michael Latta | 20,500 | 36.33 | -8.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Anne Wallace | 4,675 | 8.29 | +3.85 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | A. Dean Purych | 353 | 0.63 | -0.03 | ||||
| Green | Connie Harris | 216 | 0.38 | – | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | E. Neville Houghton | 102 | 0.18 | – | ||||
| Independent | Leon Mikulin | 65 | 0.12 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 56,423 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.29 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Nelson A. Riis | 17,896 | 39.10 | +11.57 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Cameron | 16,046 | 35.06 | -8.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Bates (Mack) Bryson | 11,588 | 25.32 | -3.40 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Kyle Storey | 237 | 0.52 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,767 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +10.69 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Cameron | 19,369 | 43.74 | |||||
| Liberal | Len Marchand | 12,720 | 28.72 | |||||
| New Democratic | Ron H. Anderson | 12,193 | 27.53 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 44,282 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan—Kootenay, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo). Liberal Leonard Marchand was the incumbent from Kamloops—Cariboo. | ||||||||
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See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
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