 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1966 |
| District abolished | 1976 |
| First contested | 1968 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Kamloops—Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings.
It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Cariboo—Chilcotin, Kamloops—Shuswap, Okanagan North, Okanagan—Similkameen and Prince George–Bulkley Valley ridings.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Cariboo and Kamloops | ||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Leonard Marchand | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Chilcotin, Kamloops—Shuswap, Okanagan North, Okanagan—Similkameen and Prince George—Bulkley Valley |
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Election results
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Leonard Stephen Marchand | 13,000 | 40.48 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edmund Davie Fulton | 9,704 | 30.22 | |||||
| New Democratic | Vernor Wilfred Jones | 7,566 | 23.56 | |||||
| Social Credit | Peter Robert Gook | 1,842 | 5.74 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,112 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from Cariboo and Kamloops, which elected a Social Credit and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Davie Fulton was the incumbent from Kamloops. | ||||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leonard S. Marchand | 14,707 | 35.19 | -5.29 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roy Hewson | 13,993 | 33.48 | +3.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Farr | 11,002 | 26.33 | +2.77 | ||||
| Social Credit | Peter R. Gook | 2,089 | 5.00 | -0.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,791 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.28 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Len Marchand | 20,474 | 41.73 | +6.54 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald W. Couch | 17,328 | 35.32 | +1.84 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ron Anderson | 9,478 | 19.32 | -7.01 | ||||
| Social Credit | Laurie Brigden | 1,782 | 3.63 | -1.37 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,062 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.35 | ||||||
See also
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