Kamloops—Cariboo

Kamloops—Cariboo
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 Canadian House of Commons 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

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLen Marchand 20,474 41.73 +6.54
Progressive ConservativeDonald W. Couch 17,328 35.32 +1.84
New DemocraticRon Anderson 9,478 19.32 -7.01
Social CreditLaurie Brigden 1,782 3.63 -1.37
Total valid votes 49,062100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.35
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeonard S. Marchand 14,707 35.19 -5.29
Progressive ConservativeRoy Hewson 13,993 33.48 +3.26
New DemocraticJohn Farr 11,002 26.33 +2.77
Social CreditPeter R. Gook 2,089 5.00 -0.74
Total valid votes 41,791100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -4.28
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLeonard Stephen Marchand 13,000 40.48
Progressive ConservativeEdmund Davie Fulton 9,704 30.22
New DemocraticVernor Wilfred Jones 7,566 23.56
Social CreditPeter Robert Gook 1,842 5.74
Total valid votes 32,112100.0  
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.

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