Kamloops—Shuswap
Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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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. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
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
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 30,512 | 54.08 | +14.97 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Michael Latta | 20,500 | 36.33 | +1.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Anne Wallace | 4,675 | 8.29 | –17.03 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | A. Dean Purych | 353 | 0.63 | +0.11 | ||||
| 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 | 99.77 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 132 | 0.23 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 56,555 | 81.94 | +10.44 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 69,022 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +8.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1][2][3] | ||||||||
1980
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Nelson Riis | 17,896 | 39.10 | +11.57 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Niel Cameron | 16,046 | 35.06 | –8.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Bates (Mack) Bryson | 11,588 | 25.32 | –3.41 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Kyle Storey | 237 | 0.52 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 45,767 | 99.83 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 76 | 0.17 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,843 | 71.50 | –2.69 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,118 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +7.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6] | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Niel Cameron | 19,369 | 43.74 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Leonard Marchand | 12,720 | 28.72 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ron H. Anderson | 12,193 | 27.53 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,282 | 99.87 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 56 | 0.13 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 44,338 | 74.19 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 59,762 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] | ||||||||