Kamloops-South Thompson is a provincial electoral district in

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, Canada, established by the '' Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was first contested in the 2009 general election.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Kamloops-South Thompson comprises the eastern 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 mai ...

. 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 South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, ...

, south of the Thompson river and Chase.

Member of Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term.

Claude Richmond Claude Harry Richmond (born August 3, 1935) is a former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Kamloops from 1981 to 1991 and from 2001 to 2009. He was first ...

British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party, often shortened to the BC Liberals, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition. Subsequent to the 2020 Br ...

was initially elected during the 2005 election to the

riding and didn't seek re-election. Kevin Krueger,

BC Liberal The British Columbia Liberal Party, often shortened to the BC Liberals, is a centre-right provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition. Subsequent to the 2020 British Columbia general ...

sought re-election in the adjacent redrawn riding of Kamloops-South Thompson during the 2009 election rather than in the riding of

Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-North Thompson is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was formerly considered a political bellwether for the next provincial government, having swung to the governing party eve ...

History

Electoral history

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References

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2009–2017 British Columbia provincial electoral districts Kamloops