Kamloops was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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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

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and Kootenay West ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into

Coast Chilcotin Coast Chilcotin was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of British Columbia. Geography The riding spanned the southern Coast Mountains and included the Ce ...

Fraser Valley East Fraser Valley East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Okanagan Bo ...

Kamloops—Cariboo Kamloops—Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings. It was ...

Okanagan—Kootenay Okanagan—Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan— ...

and

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ridings. In 1987, a new Kamloops riding was created from parts of

Kamloops—Shuswap Kamloops — Shuswap was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo ...

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 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, w ...

; * the Village of Chase; and * the District Municipality of Logan Lake. It was redefined in 1996 to consist of: * Subdivisions A, B and E of Thompson-Nicola Regional District, including Skeetchestn Indian Reserve and Logan Lake District Municipality, excepting Spatsum Indian Reserve No. 11; * the City of Kamloops; and * Kamloops Indian Reserve No. 1. In 2003, the riding was abolished, and a new riding, "Kamloops—Thompson", was created with substantially the same boundaries. In 2005, this district was renamed "

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo 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. While the riding covers ...

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following

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Election results

Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys, 1998–2003

Kamloops, 1987–1998

Kamloops, 1933–1966

External links

Expenditures - 2000Expenditures – 1997
Riding history from the

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Kamloops (1933 - 1966)Kamloops (1987 - 1998) Kamloops,Thompson and Highland Valleys (1998 - 2003)
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