Kamloops (provincial electoral district) 1865548 150675938 2007-08-12T00:23:28Z The Evil Spartan 4305139 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/82.10.12.253|82.10.12.253]] to last version by SmackBot '''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] {{BC-ED}} [[Category:British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]