# Kamloops (federal electoral district)

Kamloops was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968, and from 1988 to 2004. From 1998 to 2004, it was known as Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys.

## History

This riding was created in 1935 from parts of Cariboo and Kootenay West ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Coast Chilcotin, Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan—Kootenay and Prince George—Peace River ridings.
In 1987, a new Kamloops riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Shuswap riding. In 1998, 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 of Kamloops;
* 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 renamed "Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo".

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Kamloops Riding created from Cariboo and Kootenay West |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Thomas O'Neill | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Thomas O'Neill | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Charles Willoughby | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Coast Chilcotin, Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan—Kootenay and Prince George—Peace River |||||
| Riding re-created from Kamloops—Shuswap |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Nelson Riis | New Democratic |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Nelson Riis | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Nelson Riis | New Democratic |
| Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys |||||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Betty Hinton | Alliance |
| Riding dissolved into Kamloops—Thompson |||||

## Election results
### Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys, 1998–2003

2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Alliance | Betty Hinton | 23,577 | 48.59 | +19.70 | $52,370 |
| | New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 13,600 | 28.02 | -8.04 | $52,389 |
| | Liberal | Jon Moser | 7,582 | 15.62 | -16.21 | $58,449 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Randy Patch | 3,217 | 6.63 | +4.40 | $18,401 |
| | Canadian Action | Ernie Schmidt | 544 | 1.12 | – | $2,180 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 48,520 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 117 | 0.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,637 | 67.38 |
| | Alliance gain from New Democratic | Alliance gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | +13.87 |
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. |||||||

### Kamloops, 1987–1998

1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 16,138 | 36.06 | -0.56 | $52,988 |
| | Liberal | Joel Groves | 14,244 | 31.83 | +7.61 | $58,887 |
| | Reform | Fred Bosman | 12,928 | 28.89 | +2.46 | $45,611 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Don Cameron | 999 | 2.23 | -6.27 | $13,522 |
| | Green | Donald Stuart Rennie | 437 | 0.97 | – | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 44,746 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 126 | 0.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,872 | 67.32 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -4.08 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 15,182 | 36.62 | -15.68 |
| | Reform | Keith Raddatz | 10,957 | 26.43 | +25.27 |
| | Liberal | Kevin Krueger | 10,040 | 24.22 | +11.06 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Frank Coldicott | 3,526 | 8.50 | -23.90 |
| | National | Kathrine Wunderlich | 1,398 | 3.37 | – |
| | Libertarian | Randall Edge | 152 | 0.37 | – |
| | Natural Law | Mark McCooey | 122 | 0.29 | – |
| | Canada Party | Marion Munday | 43 | 0.10 | – |
| | Independent | Thomas Brown | 40 | 0.10 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,460 | 100.0 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -20.48 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 21,513 | 52.30 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Russ Cundari | 13,328 | 32.40 |
| | Liberal | Gus Halliday | 5,412 | 13.16 |
| | Reform | Ted Maskell | 477 | 1.16 |
| | Green | Trudy M. Frisk | 263 | 0.64 |
| | Communist | Valerie Adrienne Carey | 77 | 0.19 |
| | Independent | Carl A. Grant | 67 | 0.16 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,137 | 100.0 |
| This riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Shuswap, with New Democrat Nelson Riis being the incumbent. |||||||

### Kamloops, 1933–1966

vte1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 11,731 | 37.39 | +7.94 |
| | New Democratic | Vernor Wilfred Jones | 7,132 | 22.73 | -0.75 |
| | Liberal | Albert John Edward Chilton | 6,757 | 21.54 | -7.07 |
| | Social Credit | Thomas Daly Sills | 5,756 | 18.35 | -0.11 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,376 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +4.34 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Charles Willoughby | 8,604 | 29.45 | -13.68 |
| | Liberal | Jarl Whist | 8,359 | 28.61 | +6.54 |
| | New Democratic | Vernor W. Jones | 6,860 | 23.48 | +5.43 |
| | Social Credit | Clarence A. Wright | 5,394 | 18.46 | +1.71 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,217 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -10.11 |
vte1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 11,312 | 43.13 | -20.70 |
| | Liberal | Jarl Whist | 5,789 | 22.07 | +8.86 |
| | New Democratic | Walter D. Inglis | 4,733 | 18.05 | +5.26 |
| | Social Credit | Clarence Aubrey Wright | 4,393 | 16.75 | +5.74 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,227 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -14.78 |
| Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. |||||||
vte1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 13,858 | 63.83 | +16.59 |
| | Liberal | Arnold McIntyre Affleck | 2,868 | 13.21 | -2.73 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Austin Kenneth Greenway | 2,777 | 12.79 | +3.56 |
| | Social Credit | Earl Victor Roy Merrick | 2,390 | 11.01 | -16.58 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,893 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +9.66 |
vte1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 10,029 | 47.24 | +0.55 |
| | Social Credit | Walter James Smith | 5,858 | 27.59 | +4.30 |
| | Liberal | Arnold McIntyre Affleck | 3,383 | 15.94 | -0.89 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Austin Kenneth Greenway | 1,959 | 9.23 | -3.96 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,229 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.88 |
vte1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 7,578 | 46.69 | +5.92 |
| | Social Credit | Clarence Aubrey Wright | 3,780 | 23.29 | – |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Durward Houghton | 2,731 | 16.83 | -16.55 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Austin Kenneth Greenway | 2,140 | 13.19 | -13.36 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,229 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -8.68 |
vte1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 7,682 | 40.07 | +6.98 |
| | Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 6,399 | 33.38 | +1.58 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | George Victor Larson | 5,091 | 26.55 | -3.55 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,172 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +2.70 |
vte1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 4,401 | 33.09 | +1.19 |
| | Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 4,229 | 31.80 | -9.99 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Francis James McKenzie | 4,003 | 30.10 | +3.79 |
| | Labor–Progressive | John Henry Codd | 666 | 5.01 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,299 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.59 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 5,621 | 41.79 | +4.27 |
| | National Government | Henry Herbert Stevens | 4,290 | 31.90 | +5.27 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Margaret MacNab | 3,538 | 26.31 | +0.16 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,449 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -0.50 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Thomas James O'Neill | 4,190 | 37.52 |
| | Conservative | William James Moffatt | 2,974 | 26.63 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | George Faulds Stirling | 2,920 | 26.15 |
| | Reconstruction | George Henry Ellis | 1,084 | 9.71 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,168 | 100.0 |
| This riding was created from Cariboo and Kootenay West, both of which elected a Conservative in the last election. |||||||