Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies
Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Point indicates the city of Kamloops. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 109,218 | ||
| Electors (2025) | 91,588 | ||
| Area (km²) | 32,871 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3.3 | ||
| Census division(s) | Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan, Thompson-Nicola | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Kamloops (part), Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, Armstrong, Spallumcheen (part), Golden, Enderby, Sicamous, Chase, Enderby | ||
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Geography
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created out of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, Kootenay—Columbia and North Okanagan—Shuswap.[3]
- The southeastern third of Kamloops, the northern half of Spallumcheen, the municipalities of Armstrong, Chase, Enderby, Golden, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, the regional district electoral areas of Columbia Shuswap A, Columbia Shuswap B, Columbia Shuswap C, Columbia Shuswap D, Columbia Shuswap E, Columbia Shuswap F, North Okanagan F, Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands), a small part of Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks) around Adams Lake, and the Indian Reserves Chum Creek 2, Enderby 2, Hustalen 1, Neskonlith, North Bay 5, Okanagan (Part) 1, Quaaout 1, Sahhaltkum 4, Salmon River 1, Scotch Creek 4, Stequmwhulpa 5, Switsemalph and Switsemalph 3.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
Languages: 91.7% English, 1.9% French, 1.5% German
Religions: 60.9% No religion, 36.2% Christian (9.5% Catholic, 4.4% United Church, 3.4% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.6% Lutheran, 15.3% Other)
Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $50,240 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 92,235 | 85.92% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 9,360 | 8.72% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 1,665 | 1.55% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 1,505 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[c] | 1,055 | 0.98% | ||||||||||||
| African | 640 | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 430 | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 250 | 0.23% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 210 | 0.2% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 107,345 | 98.28% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 109,220 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies Riding created from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, Kootenay—Columbia, and North Okanagan—Shuswap |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Mel Arnold | Conservative | |
Electoral results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 35,238 | 52.21 | +7.20 | ||||
| Liberal | Ken Robertson | 26,295 | 38.96 | +22.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Phaedra Idzan | 3,660 | 5.42 | –19.62 | ||||
| Green | Owen Madden | 1,702 | 2.52 | –2.57 | ||||
| People's | John Michael Henry | 601 | 0.89 | –7.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 67,496 | 73.22 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,185 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | –7.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 26,749 | 45.01 | |
| New Democratic | 14,877 | 25.04 | |
| Liberal | 9,869 | 16.61 | |
| People's | 4,844 | 8.15 | |
| Green | 3,025 | 5.09 | |
| Others | 60 | 0.10 | |
