Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (formerly known as Kamloops—Thompson) is a former federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2025. While the riding covers a large area, about three quarters of the population in the district live in the city of Kamloops.

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

British Columbia electoral district
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	51.552°N 120.434°W / 51.552; -120.434
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2023
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	124,358
Electors (2019)	104,054
Area (km²)[1]	38,320
Census division(s)	Cariboo, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivision(s)	Kamloops, Clearwater, 100 Mile House, Barriere, Cariboo G, Cariboo L, Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola L, Thompson-Nicola O (Lower North Thompson)

History

This district was created as Kamloops—Thompson in 2003 from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys riding and small parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings.

In 2004, the district was renamed "Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo".

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[2] The redefined Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo loses a portion of its current territory consisting of the community of Valemount and area to Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies but is otherwise unchanged. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3]

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was replaced by Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola.^[4]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[5]		2016[6]		2011[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	105,365	80.17%	100,180	82.86%	100,040	85.82%
Indigenous	14,565	11.08%	12,925	10.69%	10,155	8.71%
South Asian	4,655	3.54%	2,615	2.16%	2,100	1.8%
East Asian[b]	2,730	2.08%	2,620	2.17%	2,405	2.06%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,600	1.22%	1,035	0.86%	800	0.69%
African	1,180	0.9%	600	0.5%	280	0.24%
Latin American	540	0.41%	360	0.3%	170	0.15%
Middle Eastern[d]	345	0.26%	295	0.24%	450	0.39%
Other[e]	440	0.33%	285	0.24%	160	0.14%
Total responses	131,425	97%	120,910	97.23%	116,565	98.27%
Total population	135,492	100%	124,358	100%	118,616	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamloops—Thompson Riding created from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys, Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley
38th	2004–2006		Betty Hinton	Conservative
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
39th	2006–2008		Betty Hinton	Conservative
40th	2008–2011		Cathy McLeod
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present		Frank Caputo
Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Prince George, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, and Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is Frank Caputo, a former Crown prosecutor who was elected for the first time in the 2021 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Graph of election results in Kamloops—Thompson, and Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo, 2004–present

Graph of election results in Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frank Caputo	30,281	43.0	-1.7	$105,275.30
	New Democratic	Bill Sundhu	20,431	29.0	+15.3	$111,967.54
	Liberal	Jesse McCormick	12,717	18.1	-9.1	$37,784.53
	People's	Corally Delwo	4,033	5.7	+4.1	$7,670.66
	Green	Iain Currie	2,576	3.7	-8.4	$19,210.54
	Independent	Bob O'Brien	264	0.4	N/A	$0.00
	Independent	Wayne Allen	146	0.2	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			70,448	99.5	–	$149,567.00
Total rejected ballots			324	0.5
Turnout			70,772	66.5
Eligible voters			106,354
	Conservative hold		Swing		-8.5
Source: Elections Canada[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	32,415	44.74	+9.49	$108,203.10
	Liberal	Terry Lake	19,716	27.21	-3.20	$75,414.37
	New Democratic	Cynthia Egli	9,936	13.71	-17.06	$31,291.00
	Green	Iain Currie	8,789	12.13	+8.56	$66,820.29
	People's	Ken Finlayson	1,132	1.56		none listed
	Animal Protection	Kira Cheeseborough	321	0.44	-	$1,599.00
	Communist	Peter Kerek	144	0.20	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			72,453	99.57
Total rejected ballots			311	0.43	+0.18
Turnout			72,764	69.93	-3.42
Eligible voters			104,054
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.34
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	24,595	35.25	-17.04	$151,162.59
	New Democratic	Bill Sundhu	21,466	30.77	-6.17	$153,060.21
	Liberal	Steve Powrie	21,215	30.41	+25.05	$38,402.70
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2,489	3.57	-1.52	$1,761.67
Total valid votes/expense limit			69,765	99.75		$271,469.66
Total rejected ballots			174	0.25	–
Turnout			69,939	73.35
Eligible voters			95,347
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.43
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13]

2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,280	52.29
	New Democratic	20,682	36.94
	Liberal	3,001	5.36
	Green	2,847	5.08
	Others	185	0.33

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	29,682	52.24	+6.08
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	20,983	36.93	+1.04
	Liberal	Murray Todd	3,026	5.33	-4.51
	Green	Donovan Grube Cavers	2,932	5.16	-2.95
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Kempling	191	0.34	–
Total valid votes			56,814	100.0
Total rejected ballots			164	0.3	±0
Turnout			56,978	63.3	+1.2
Eligible voters			89,964
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.52

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	25,209	46.16	+6.89	$82,161
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	19,601	35.89	+5.11	$74,451
	Liberal	Ken Sommerfeld	5,375	9.84	-15.38	$61,963
	Green	Donovan Grube Cavers	4,430	8.11	+3.39	$1,996
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,615	100.0		$107,718
Total rejected ballots			137	0.3	+0.1
Total votes			54,752	62.0	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.89

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Betty Hinton	20,948	39.27	-1.08	$50,696
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	16,417	30.78	+4.59	$34,590
	Liberal	Ken Sommerfeld	13,454	25.22	-3.04	$41,547
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2,518	4.72	+0.39	$855
Total valid votes			53,337	100.0
Total rejected ballots			101	0.2
Turnout			53,438	63
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.84

Kamloops–Thompson, 2003–2004

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Kamloops–Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Betty Hinton	20,611	40.35	$50,665
	Liberal	John O'Fee	14,434	28.26	$78,065
	New Democratic	Brian Carroll	13,379	26.19	$62,464
	Green	Grant Fraser	2,213	4.33	$3,649
	Independent	Arjun Singh	440	0.86	$289
Total valid votes			51,077	100.0
Total rejected ballots			155	0.3
Turnout			51,232	63.9
This riding was created from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys and parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley, all of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the last election. Betty Hinton was the incumbent from Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada