Kamloops-North Thompson is a
provincial electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
for the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The other component of the Legislature is the lieutenant governor of British Columbi ...
, Canada.
It was formerly considered a political
bellwether
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.[bellwether]
" ''Cambridge Dictionary''. Re ...
for the next provincial government, having swung to the governing party ever since party politics was introduced into British Columbia. This trend broke in 2017, when the district was won by a BC Liberal despite a BC NDP government being sworn in.
Demographics
Geography
As of the 2020 provincial election, Kamloops-North Thompson comprises the northeastern portion of the
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
The Thompson–Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2021 Census population was 143,680 and the area covers 44,449.49 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the ma ...
. It is located in central British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...
, north of the Thompson river,
Clearwater, and
Barriere.
History
Election results
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, align="right", $84,848
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! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Valid Votes
!align="right", 20,943
!align="right", 100%
, - style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right", 112
!align="right", 0.5%
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! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Turnout
!align="right", 21,055
!align="right", 55%
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, -
,
NDP
, Mike Hanson
, align="right", 9,635
, align="right", 40.00%
, align="right",
, align="right", $70,259
, - style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Valid Votes
!align="right", 24,088
!align="right", 100%
, - style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right", 150
!align="right", 0.62%
, - style="background:white;"
! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Turnout
!align="right", 24,238
!align="right", 67.71%
, -
, -
,
NDP
, Dwayne Hartle
, align="right", 4,181
, align="right", 19.14%
, align="right",
, align="right", $24,205
, -
, -
,
NDP
, Frederick H. Jackson
, align="right", 6,945
, align="right", 41.25%
, align="right",
, align="right", $24,546
, -
,
NDP
, Frederick H. Jackson
, align="right", 5,843
, align="right", 39.43%
, align="right",
, align="right", $27,214
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References
External links
BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)Results of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures (pdf)1996 Expenditures (pdf)Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1991–2001
British Columbia provincial electoral districts
Kamloops