# 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 (km$^2$) | 2,695.61 |
| Pop. Density (people per km$^2$) | 18 |

## Electoral history

10th British Columbia election, 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Frederick John Fulton | 517 | 51.14% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Francis Deane | 494 | 48.86% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,011 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
11th British Columbia election, 1907 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Frederick John Fulton | 534 | 54.88% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Donald Swanson | 439 | 45.12% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 973 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
12th British Columbia election, 1909 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | James Pearson Shaw | 872 | 64.40% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Henry Maxwell Vasey | 482 | 35.60% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,354 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
13th British Columbia election, 1912 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | James Pearson Shaw | 931 | 70.11% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Raymond Findlay Leighton | 397 | 29.89% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,328 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Frederick William Anderson | 1,519 | 61.27% | | unknown |
| | Socialist | James Pearson Shaw | 960 | 38.73% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,479 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
vte1920 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Frederick Wilhelm Anderson | 1,617 | 37.43 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Fulton Crawford | 1,295 | 29.98 |
| | United Farmers | John Owen Stevens | 1,408 | 32.59 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,320 | 100.00 |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | James Reginald Colley | 1,212 | 41.38% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | Edwin Arthur Meighen | 997 | 34.04% | | unknown |
| | Provincial | William Frederick Palmer | 720 | 24.58% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,929 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,047 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | 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 Group | David Brown Johnstone | 906 | 22.09% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,102 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 85 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,592 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
vte1941 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Robert Henry Carson | 1,933 | 40.14 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Charles Edward Scanlan | 1,712 | 35.55 |
| | Conservative | Nathaniel Nye | 1,138 | 23.63 |
| | Socialist Labour | John Marshall | 19 | 0.39 |
| | Independent | Walter Unnett Homfray | 14 | 0.29 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,816 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 100 |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | Robert Henry Carson | 2,804 | 57.78% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | George Richmond Williams | 1,893 | 39.01% | | unknown |
| | Labor-Progressive | Charles Herbert Cook | 156 | 3.21% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,853 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 54 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | Sydney John Smith | 4,992 | 64.47% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Charles Archibald Smith | 2,751 | 35.53% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,743 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 105 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
vte1952 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % |
| | Social Credit League | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 3,108 | 38.44 | 4,002 | 54.32 |
| | Liberal | Sydney John Smith | 2,708 | 33.49 | 3,366 | 45.68 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Ralph Wilbur Emery | 1,311 | 16.21 |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Henry Greer | 959 | 11.86 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,086 | 100.00 | 7,368 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 231 |
| Note: Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown. |||||||
vte1953 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 4,037 | 49.33 | 4,171 | 51.44 |
| | Liberal | Robert Gordon Carson$^5$ | 2,272 | 27.75 | 2,503 | 30.87 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Pete Wright | 1,368 | 16.72 | 1,434 | 17.69 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gilbert Smith | 427 | 5.22 |
| | Labor–Progressive | Robert Gordon Carson$^5$ | 80 | 0.98 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,184 | 100.00 | 8,108 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 4,948 | 61.02% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Thomas Palmer Wilson | 2,017 | 24.87% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Victor Mauro | 1,144 | 14.11% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,109 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 53 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 4,777 | 45.86% | – | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,416 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 531 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
vte1963 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 5,669 | 47.17% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Edmund Davie Fulton | 4,473 | 37.22% |
| | New Democratic | Lance Randle | 1,297 | 10.79% |
| | Liberal | Henry Maxwell Smith | 580 | 4.83% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,019 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 71 |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 5,753 | 52.35% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Lance Randle | 3,237 | 29.45% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Nicholas Harvey Kalyk | 2,000 | 18.20% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,990 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 63 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 7,572 | 45.12% | – | |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Bates (Mack) Bryson | 4,860 | 28.96% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | James Andrew Jacobs | 4,351 | 25.93 | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,783 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 120 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Gerald Hamilton Anderson | 7,497 | 32.19% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | 6,812 | 29.25% | – | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,291 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 154 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Rafe Mair | 14,639 | 48.67% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Gerald Hamilton Anderson | 10,975 | 36.49% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Donald Norman Carter | 4,464 | 14.84% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,078 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 236 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Rafe Mair | 15,430 | 51.74% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Andrew Lapa | 12,121 | 40.64% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Murray Regis Pratt | 2,273 | 7.62% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,824 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 545 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
British Columbia provincial by-election, May 14, 1981: Kamloops :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Claude Richmond | 10,833 | 45.13% | – |
| | New Democratic | Howard Donald Dack | 10,058 | 41.91 | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | James Thomas Walsh | 2,298 | 9.57 | – |
| | Liberal | David Brian Kendall | 704 | 2.93 | – |
| | Independent | John Ernest Currie | 145 | 1.87 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,002 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 179 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | Social Credit |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Claude Richmond | 21,114 | 57.11% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | David Phillip Reiter | 14,627 | 39.56% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Andrew Lapa | 972 | 2.63% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Christopher Keith Sumner | 259 | 0.70% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,972 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 356 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
34th British Columbia election, 1986 $^6$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Claude Richmond | 17,478 | 25.64% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Bud Smith | 16,869 | 24.74% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | David Phillip Reiter | 16,442 | 24.12% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Peter Rolston $^7$ | 15,131 | 22.20% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Norman A. Morrison | 1,277 | 1.87% | | unknown |
| | Green | Trudy M. Frisk | 695 | 1.02% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Leon Mikulin | 282 | 0.41% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 68,174 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,148 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^6$ Seat increased to two members from one.. |||||||
| $^7$ Previously elected in the riding of Dewdney and grandson of Social Credit figure Tilly Rolston.. |||||||
B.C. General Election 1991: Kamloops :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | NDP | Arthur Charbonneau | 8,926 | 43.67% | | $26,908 |
| | Liberal | Kimball B. Kastelen | 6,033 | 29.52% | – | $12,595 |
| | Social Credit | Patricia A. Wallace | 5,481 | 26.81% | – | $72,408 |
| Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | 20,440 | 100.00% | | |
| Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | 247 | 1.19% | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,687 | 71.65% | | |
B.C. General Election 1996: Kamloops :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Cathy McGregor | 10,135 | 44.30 | +0.63 | $29,790 |
| | Liberal | Gur Singh | 9,273 | 40.53 | +11.01 | $45,486 |
| | Reform | Joe Leong | 1,721 | 7.52 | – | $7,280 |
| | Progressive Democrat | Deborah J. Fisher | 1,241 | 5.42 | – | $4,471 |
| | Social Credit | Ken Endean | 508 | 2.22 | -24.59 | $6,538 |
| Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | 22,878 | 100.00% | | |
| Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | 172 | 0.75% | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,050 | 69.56% | | |
2001 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Claude Richmond | 12,258 | 60.21 | 19.68 | $43,147 |
| | New Democratic | Cathy McGregor | 4,592 | 22.55 | -21.75 | $26,572 |
| | Green | Joe Teichman | 2,180 | 10.71 | – | |
| | Marijuana | Julian Gushulak | 707 | 3.47 | – | $410 |
| | Unity | Ruth Watson | 430 | 2.11 | – | $1,224 |
| | Independent | Ernie Schmidt | 193 | 0.95 | – | $491 |
| Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | Total Valid Votes | 20,360 | 100.00 | | |
| Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | Total Rejected Ballots | 174 | 0.85 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,534 | 72.46 | | |
2005 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Claude Richmond | 11,261 | 47.58 | -12.63 |
| | New Democratic | Doug Brown | 9,886 | 41.77 | +19.22 |
| | Green | Frank Stewart | 1,723 | 7.28 | – |
| | Conservative | Terry Frank Bojarski | 797 | 3.37 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 23,667 | 100.00 | |

## Sources

* BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
* Results of 2001 election (pdf)
* 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
* Results of 1996 election
* 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
* Results of 1991 election
* 1991 Expenditures
* Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
* Elections BC Historical Returns