Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
British Columbia electoral district
	Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	51°33′07″N 120°26′02″W / 51.552°N 120.434°WCoordinates: 51°33′07″N 120°26′02″W / 51.552°N 120.434°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	118,618
Electors (2015)	92,130
Area (km²)	38,320
Pop. density (per km²)	3.1
Census divisions	Cariboo, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivisions	Kamloops, 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)

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (formerly known as Kamloops—Thompson) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Despite the large area covered, about three quarters of the population in this district live in the city of Kamloops.

History[edit]

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]

Demographics[edit]

Ethnic groups in Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	96,170	79.5%
	Aboriginal	14,220	11.8%
	South Asian	2,615	2.2%
	Chinese	1,360	1.1%
	Japanese	950	0.8%
	Filipino	790	0.7%
	Black	600	0.5%
	Latin American	360	0.3%
	Korean	310	0.3%
	Southeast Asian	245	0.2%
	Arab	195	0.2%
	West Asian	100	0.1%
	Multiple minorities	200	0.2%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	85	0.1%
Total population		124,358	100%

Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament	Years		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–present

Current Member of Parliament[edit]

Its Member of Parliament is Cathy McLeod, a former nurse, and mayor of Pemberton between 1996 and 1999. She was first elected in the 2008 election. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

Election results[edit]