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Kamloops (electoral District)
Kamloops was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968, and from 1988 to 2004. From 1998 to 2004, it was known as Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys. History This riding was created in 1935 from parts of Cariboo (federal electoral district), Cariboo and Kootenay West Riding (division), ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Coast Chilcotin, Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo, Okanagan—Kootenay and Prince George—Peace River ridings. In 1987, a new Kamloops riding was created from parts of Kamloops—Shuswap riding. In 1998, it was renamed "Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys". It consisted of: * Electoral Areas A, B, J, L, O and P of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District; * The City of Kamloops; * the Village of Chase; and * the District Municipality of Logan Lake. It was redefined in 1996 to consist of: * Subdivision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially, and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or ''constituency''. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Parliament
The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived the 1916 fire that destroyed Centre Block. The library has been augmented and renovated several times since its construction in 1876, the last between 2002 and 2006, though the form and decor remain essentially authentic. The building today serves as a Canadian icon, and appears on the obverse of the Canadian ten-dollar bill. The library is overseen by the Parliamentary Librarian of Canada and an associate or assistant librarian. The Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate is considered to be an officer of the library. Main branch characteristics Designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, and inspired by the British Museum Reading Room, the building is formed as a chapter house, separated from the main body of the Centre Block by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Federal Electoral Districts Of Canada
This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Canadian Prairies, Prairies and the Maritimes, Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constitutional changes allowing changes in the existing imbalance of seats between various provinces. During the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral redistribution, an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Faulds Stirling
George Faulds Stirling (February 26, 1877 – November 7, 1966) was an English-born educator, rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Salmon Arm in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1942 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Middlesbrough and moved to Canada in the early 1900s. Stirling first worked in lumber camps in British Columbia as a logger and carpenter. He next worked as a clerk and immigration agent, then as a teacher in the Okanagan region. Stirling ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1912 as a Socialist candidate, in 1924 as a Labour candidate and in 1933 and 1937 as a CCF candidate before being elected in a 1942 by-election held after the death of Rolf Wallgren Bruhn. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1945. He also ran unsuccessfully for the Kamloops federal seat in 1935. Stirling later owned a ranch on Shuswap Lake Shuswap Lake (pronounced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Herbert Stevens
Henry Herbert Stevens, (8 December 1878 – 14 June 1973) was a Canadian politician and businessman. A member of R. B. Bennett's cabinet, he split with the Conservative Prime Minister to found the Reconstruction Party of Canada. Early life Stevens was born in Bristol, England and immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of nine. His family settled in Peterborough, Ontario where his widowed father raised him and his three brothers and sisters. The family moved to Vernon, British Columbia, in 1894 and Stevens found his first job there, as a grocery clerk, at the age of 16. He then went to northern British Columbia to work in the mining camps before working as a fireman on the Canadian Pacific Railway and later as a stagecoach driver. In 1899 he joined the United States Army, and travelled to the Philippines and then to China, where he was present during the Boxer Rebellion, before returning to British Columbia in 1901. He found work again in the grocery business and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas O'Neill (Canadian Politician)
Thomas James O'Neill (2 June 1882 – 16 October 1965) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and became a locomotive engineer by career. From 1897 to 1900, he was a member of the Rocky Mountain Rangers. O'Neill was active on various boards and committees, including chairing the British Columbia Railway Legislation Board at one time. He also served on the General Committee of Adjustment for Canadian Pacific Railway. He was an active supporter of labour unions, particularly the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. O'Neill was first elected to Parliament at the Kamloops riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected in 1940. He was defeated by Davie Fulton of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1945 election. O'Neill was also unsuccessful in unseating Fulton in 1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Willoughby (politician)
Charles James McNeil Willoughby (30 March 1894 – 5 September 1995) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cookstown, Ontario, and became a physician and surgeon by career. He was first elected at the Kamloops riding in the 1963 general election and served one term, the 26th Canadian Parliament The 26th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 16, 1963, until September 8, 1965. The membership was set by the 1963 federal election on April 8, 1963, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was disso .... Willoughby did not seek re-election after this. External links * 1894 births 1995 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Canadian men centenarians 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{BritishColumbia-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Krueger
Kevin Krueger (born 1955 or 1956) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson from 1996 to 2009, and Kamloops-South Thompson from 2009 to 2013. As part of the BC Liberal Party caucus, he served in several cabinet posts under Premier Gordon Campbell. Biography Before entering politics, Krueger worked for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) for twenty years, serving as road safety regional manager in his final role at the corporation. He was a candidate for the federal Liberals in the 1993 federal election, coming in third in the riding of Kamloops. He ran for the BC Liberals in the 1996 provincial election, defeating the incumbent New Democratic candidate Frederick H. Jackson to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kamloops-North Thompson. While the Liberals were in opposition, Krueger served as labour critic and caucus whip. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Riis
Nelson Andrew Riis (born 10 January 1942) is a Canadian businessman and former Member of Parliament (MP). Early life Nelson Riis was born in High River, Alberta on 10 January 1942 to Hans and Signe Riis. He attended school in Longview, Alberta, and Port Moody, BC. Early occupations included clerk, waiter, fisherman, surveyor, truck driver, timber cruiser, farm labourer, deckhand, and refinery worker. Nelson graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) in 1967 and Master of Arts (MA) (Geography) in 1970. In the late 1960s, he taught in both elementary and secondary schools. In the 1970s, he taught in the newly created Geography Department of Cariboo College (now known as Thompson Rivers University) in Kamloops, and held the position of chair of the Social Sciences Department 1970–1973 and 1978–1980. Political career In Kamloops, he served as an alderman 1973–1978 and as a school trustee 1978–1980. Although often mentioned, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Hinton
Betty Zane Hinton (born February 22, 1950) is a Canadian politician, previously representing the constituency of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the federal parliament. Born in Trail, British Columbia, Hinton has served as mayor of Logan Lake, British Columbia, and as an alderman and school trustee in Kamloops, British Columbia. In the 2000 Canadian federal election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Canadian Alliance candidate in the riding of Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys. She was re-elected as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the riding of Kamloops—Thompson in the 2004 Canadian federal election. A businesswoman, she has served as the Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole, as well as the Opposition Critic of Multiculturalism, the Status of Women, Public Health, and as Critic of Veterans Affairs. She was also the Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the Standing Committee on National Defence and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
