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.

Kamloops—Cariboo
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1976
First contested1968
Last contested1974

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo and Kamloops ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Cariboo—Chilcotin, Kamloops—Shuswap, Okanagan North, Okanagan—Similkameen and Prince George–Bulkley Valley ridings.

Members of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Cariboo and Kamloops
28th  1968–1972     Leonard Marchand Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Chilcotin,
Kamloops—Shuswap, Okanagan North,
Okanagan—Similkameen and Prince George—Bulkley Valley

Election results

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1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Leonard Stephen Marchand 13,000 40.48
Progressive Conservative Edmund Davie Fulton 9,704 30.22
New Democratic Vernor Wilfred Jones 7,566 23.56
Social Credit Peter Robert Gook 1,842 5.74
Total valid votes 32,112 100.0  
This riding was created from Cariboo and Kamloops, which elected a Social Credit and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Davie Fulton was the incumbent from Kamloops.
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonard S. Marchand 14,707 35.19 -5.29
Progressive Conservative Roy Hewson 13,993 33.48 +3.26
New Democratic John Farr 11,002 26.33 +2.77
Social Credit Peter R. Gook 2,089 5.00 -0.74
Total valid votes 41,791 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -4.28
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Len Marchand 20,474 41.73 +6.54
Progressive Conservative Donald W. Couch 17,328 35.32 +1.84
New Democratic Ron Anderson 9,478 19.32 -7.01
Social Credit Laurie Brigden 1,782 3.63 -1.37
Total valid votes 49,062 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.35

See also

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