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'''Kamloops''' is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislative Assembly]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former [[Kamloops (electoral district)|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)]].
== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|48,959
|-
|Population Change, 1996-2001
|1.3%
|-
|Area (km²)
|2,695.61
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km²)
|18
|}
== Geography ==
{{Expand|date=January 2007}}
== History ==
== Member of Legislative Assembly ==
Its [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] is Hon. [[Claude Richmond]], a former member of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] and small business owner. He was first elected in [[1981]] as a [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] member and now represents the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]]. Mr. Richmond was elected [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the Assembly on June 19, 2001. He has previously served as Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for Expo '86, Minister of Social Services and Housing, and Minister of Forests.
== Election results ==
{{Election box begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 2005|B.C. General Election 2005]]: Kamloops }}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]
|[[Claude Richmond]]
|align="right"|11,261
|align="right"|47.58%
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Doug Brown
|align="right"|9,886
|align="right"|41.77%
|align="right"|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}}
|[[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]]
|Frank Stewart
|align="right"|1,723
|align="right"|7.28%
|align="right"|
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Terry Frank Bojarski
|align="right"|797
|align="right"|3.37%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|23,667
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 2001|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Kamloops}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]
|[[Claude Richmond]]
|align="right"|12,258
|align="right"|60.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,147
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Cathy McGregor
|align="right"|4,592
|align="right"|22.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$26,572
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Reform/row}}
|[[British Columbia Marijuana Party|Marijuana]]
|Julian Gushulak
|align="right"|707
|align="right"|3.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$410
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Unity/row}}
|[[Unity Party of British Columbia|Unity]]
|Ruth Watson
|align="right"|430
|align="right"|2.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,224
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Ernie Schmidt
|align="right"|193
|align="right"|0.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$91
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|20,360
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|174
!align="right"|0.85%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,534
!align="right"|72.46%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1996|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Kamloops}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Cathy McGregor
|align="right"|10,135
|align="right"|44.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$29,790
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]
|Gur Singh
|align="right"|9,273
|align="right"|40.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$45,486
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Reform/row}}
|[[Reform Party of British Columbia|BC Reform]]
|Joe Leong
|align="right"|1,721
|align="right"|7.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$7,280
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/PDA/row}}
|[[Progressive Democratic Alliance|PDA]]
|Deborah J. Fisher
|align="right"|1,241
|align="right"|5.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,471
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Ken Endean
|align="right"|508
|align="right"|2.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$6,538
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|22,878
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|172
!align="right"|0.75%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,050
!align="right"|69.56%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1991|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Kamloops}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Arthur L. Charbonneau
|align="right"|8,926
|align="right"|43.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$26,908
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Patricia A. Wallace
|align="right"|5,481
|align="right"|26.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$72,408
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Liberal/row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]
|Kimball B. Kastelen
|align="right"|6,033
|align="right"|29.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$12,595
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|20,440
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|247
!align="right"|1.19%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,687
!align="right"|71.65%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
== Electoral history 1903-1963 ==
''Note: Winners of each election are in'' '''bold'''.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1903|10th British Columbia election, 1903]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John Francis Deane
|align="right"|494
|align="right"|48.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Frederick John Fulton]]
|align="right"|<b>517
|align="right"|<b>51.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,011
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1907|11th British Columbia election, 1907]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[Frederick John Fulton]]
|align="right"|<b>534
|align="right"|<b>54.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John Donald Swanson
|align="right"|439
|align="right"|45.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|973
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1909|12th British Columbia election, 1909]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[James Pearson Shaw]]
|align="right"|<b>872
|align="right"|<b>64.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Henry Maxwell Vasey
|align="right"|482
|align="right"|35.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,354
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1912|13th British Columbia election, 1912]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Raymond Findlay Leighton
|align="right"|397
|align="right"|29.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[James Pearson Shaw]]
|align="right"|<b>931
|align="right"|<b>70.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,328
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1916|14th British Columbia election, 1916]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Frederick William Anderson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,519
|align="right"|<b>61.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist/row}}
|[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]
|[[James Pearson Shaw]]
|align="right"|960
|align="right"|38.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,479
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1920|15th British Columbia election, 1920]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Frederick Wilhelm Anderson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,617
|align="right"|<b>37.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Matthew Fulton Crawford
|align="right"|1,295
|align="right"|29.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/UFBC/row}}
|United Farmers of BC
|John Owen Stevens
|align="right"|1,408
|align="right"|32.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,320
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[James Reginald Colley]]
|align="right"|<b>1,212
|align="right"|<b>41.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|[[Edwin Arthur Meighen]]
|align="right"|997
|align="right"|34.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}}
|[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]]
|William Frederick Palmer
|align="right"|<b>720
|align="right"|<b>24.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|2,929
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[James Reginald Colley]]
|align="right"|1,516
|align="right"|49.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[John Ralph Michell]]
|align="right"|<b>1,531
|align="right"|<b>50.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,047
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|66
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Robert Henry Carson]] <sup>1</sup>
|align="right"|<b>1,836
|align="right"|<b>44.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NPIG/row}}
|[[Non-Partisan Independent Group]]
|David Brown Johnstone
|align="right"|906
|align="right"|22.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|George Richmond Williams
|align="right"|1,360
|align="right"|33.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,102
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|85
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>1</sup> <small>Brother of [[Ernest Crawford Carson]], Conservative MLA for [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]]. Both became cabinet ministers in their respective governments. Their father, [[Virginia]]n Robert Carson, came west via the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|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. He sold it to [[Captain John Martley]], who was a candidate in the [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]] riding in [[1878]] and whose descendants still own it today.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|18th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Alfred Hugh Bayne
|align="right"|1,461
|align="right"|31.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Robert Henry Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,786
|align="right"|<b>38.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[George Faulds Sterling]]
|align="right"|1,345
|align="right"|29.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,592
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|47
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|19th British Columbia election, 1941]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Robert Henry Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>1,933
|align="right"|<b>40.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Walter Unnett Homfray
|align="right"|14
|align="right"|0.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist Labour/row}}
|[[Socialist Labour Party]]
|John Marshall
|align="right"|19
|align="right"|0.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Nathaniel Nye
|align="right"|1,138
|align="right"|23.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[Charles Edward Scanlan]]
|align="right"|1,712
|align="right"|35.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,816
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|100
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|19th British Columbia election, 1945]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Robert Henry Carson]]
|align="right"|<b>2,804
|align="right"|<b>57.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labour Progressive Party]]
|Charles Herbert Cook
|align="right"|156
|align="right"|3.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|George Richmond Williams
|align="right"|<b>1,893
|align="right"|<b>39.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,853
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|54
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|19th British Columbia election, 1949]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Sydney John Smith]]
|align="right"|<b>4,992
|align="right"|<b>64.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Charles Archibald Smith
|align="right"|<b>2,751
|align="right"|<b>35.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|7,743
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|105
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|21st British Columbia election, 1952]] <sup>3</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Ralph Wilbur Emery
|align="right"|1,311
|align="right"|16.21%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|B.C. Social Credit League]]
|<b>[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|<b>3,108
|align="right"|<b>38.44%
|align="right"|<b>4,002
|align="right"|<b>54.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia ConservativeParty|Progressive Conservative]]
|George Henry Greer
|align="right"|959
|align="right"|11.86%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Sydney John Smith]]
|align="right"|2,708
|align="right"|33.49%
|align="right"|3,366
|align="right"|45.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,086
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|7,368
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|231
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>3</sup> <small>Preferential ballot. First and final of three counts only shown.</small>
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|22nd British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>4</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Robert Gordon Carson <sup>5</sup>
|align="right"|2,272
|align="right"|27.75%
|align="right"|2,503
|align="right"|30.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Labout Progressive Party]]
|Robert Gordon Carson <sup>5</sup>
|align="right"|80
|align="right"|0.98%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|<b>4,037
|align="right"|<b>49.33%
|align="right"|<b>4,171
|align="right"|<b>51.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia ConservativeParty|Progressive Conservative]]
|Gilbert Smith
|align="right"|427
|align="right"|5.22%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Pete Wright
|align="right"|1,368
|align="right"|16.72%
|align="right"|1,434
|align="right"|17.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,184
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|8,108
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|356
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>4</sup> <small>Preferential ballot. First and second of two counts only shown.</small>
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>5</sup> <small>Son of [[Robert Henry Carson]], previous Liberal MLA for this riding.</small>
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|23rd British Columbia election, 1956]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|<b>4,948
|align="right"|<b>61.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Victor Mauro
|align="right"|1,144
|align="right"|14.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Thomas Palmer Wilson
|align="right"|2,017
|align="right"|24.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|8,109
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|24th British Columbia election, 1960]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|4,777
|align="right"|45.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|CCF]]
|Ronald Edmund Green
|align="right"|2,828
|align="right"|27.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Peter John Millward
|align="right"|1,374
|align="right"|13.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Thomas Palmer Wilson
|align="right"|1,437
|align="right"|13.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,416
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|531
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|25th British Columbia election, 1963]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Edmund Davie Fulton
|align="right"|4,473
|align="right"|37.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|<b>5,669
|align="right"|<b>47.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Lance Randle
|align="right"|1,297
|align="right"|10.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Henry Maxwell Smith
|align="right"|580
|align="right"|4.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,019
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|71
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1966|26th British Columbia election, 1966]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|<b>5,753
|align="right"|<b>52.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Nicholas Harvey Kalyk
|align="right"|2,000
|align="right"|18.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Lance Randle
|align="right"|3,237
|align="right"|29.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|10,990
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1972|27th British Columbia election, 1972]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Gerald Hamilton Anderson]]
|align="right"|<b>7,497
|align="right"|<b>32.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|[[Philip Arthur Gaglardi]]
|align="right"|6,812
|align="right"|29.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|George William Mercer
|align="right"|5,691
|align="right"|24.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Terrence Andrew Shaw
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|0.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|John Archibald Willoughby
|align="right"|3,243
|align="right"|13.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|23,291
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|154
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|28th British Columbia election, 1975]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|[[Gerald Hamilton Anderson]]
|align="right"|10,975
|align="right"|36.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Donald Norman Carter
|align="right"|4,464
|align="right"|14.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Rafe Mair|Rafe Kenneth Mair]]
|align="right"|<b>14,639
|align="right"|<b>48.67%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|30,078
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|236
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1979|29th British Columbia election, 1979]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Andrew Lapa
|align="right"|12,121
|align="right"|40.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Rafe Mair|Rafe Kenneth Mair]]
|align="right"|<b>15,430
|align="right"|<b>51.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Murray Regis Pratt
|align="right"|2,273
|align="right"|7.62%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|29,824
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|545
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1983|30th British Columbia election, 1983]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Andrew Lapa
|align="right"|972
|align="right"|2.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|David Phillip Reiter
|align="right"|14,627
|align="right"|39.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Claude Harry Richmond]]
|align="right"|<b>21,114
|align="right"|<b>57.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Christopher Keith Sumner
|align="right"|259
|align="right"|0.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|36,972
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|356
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1986|31st British Columbia election, 1986]] <sup>6</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|David Phillip Reiter
|align="right"|16,442
|align="right"|24.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}}
|[[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]]
|Trudy M. Frisk
|align="right"|695
|align="right"|1.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Leon Mikulin
|align="right"|282
|align="right"|0.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Norman A. Morrison
|align="right"|1,277
|align="right"|1.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Claude Harry Richmond]]
|align="right"|<b>17,478
|align="right"|<b>25.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|[[Peter Carson Rolston]] <sup>7</sup>
|align="right"|15,131
|align="right"|22.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Stuart Douglas Boland (Bud) Smith]]
|align="right"|<b>16,869
|align="right"|<b>24.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|68,174
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|1,148
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>6</sup> <small>Seat increased to two members from one.</small>.
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|<sup>7</sup> <small>Later elected in the riding of [[Dewdney (electoral district)|Dewdney]] and grandson of Social Credit figure Tilly Rolston.</small>.
|}
For elections from 1991 on, see the first section of the election results.
== Sources ==
* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_22.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/kam.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_kam.htm Results of 1996 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-46.html Results of 1991 election]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]
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[[Category:British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]