Kamloops — Shuswap was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

Kamloops—Shuswap
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested1979
Last contested1984

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan—Kootenay ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Kamloops and Okanagan—Shuswap ridings.

It consisted of:

  • the part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lying east of Electoral Areas E and I and north of Electoral Area M; and
  • the part of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District lying west of Electoral Area B.

Members of Parliament edit

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo
and Okanagan—Kootenay
31st  1979–1980     Donald Niel Cameron Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984     Nelson Riis New Democratic
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Kamloops and Okanagan—Shuswap

Election results edit

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Nelson A. Riis 30,512 54.08 +4.05
Progressive Conservative Robert Michael Latta 20,500 36.33 -8.53
Liberal Patricia Anne Wallace 4,675 8.29 +3.85
Rhinoceros A. Dean Purych 353 0.63 -0.03
Green Connie Harris 216 0.38
Confederation of Regions E. Neville Houghton 102 0.18
Independent Leon Mikulin 65 0.12
Total valid votes 56,423 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +6.29
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Nelson A. Riis 17,896 39.10 +11.57
Progressive Conservative Don Cameron 16,046 35.06 -8.68
Liberal Malcolm Bates (Mack) Bryson 11,588 25.32 -3.40
Rhinoceros Kyle Storey 237 0.52
Total valid votes 35,767 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +10.69
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Don Cameron 19,369 43.74
Liberal Len Marchand 12,720 28.72
New Democratic Ron H. Anderson 12,193 27.53
Total valid votes 44,282 100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Okanagan—Kootenay, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Kamloops—Cariboo). Liberal Leonard Marchand was the incumbent from Kamloops—Cariboo.

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