Kamloops–Cariboo was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1968 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Cariboo

Cariboo (electoral district)

Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...

 and Kamloops

Kamloops (electoral district)

Kamloops was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968, and from 1988 to 2004. From 1998 to 2004, it was known as Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys.-History:...

  ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Cariboo–Chilcotin, Kamloops–Shuswap, Okanagan North

Okanagan North

Okanagan North was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988....

, Okanagan–Similkameen and Prince George–Bulkley Valley  ridings.

Election results

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|MARCHAND, Leonard Stephen ||align=right|13,000
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|FULTON, Edmund Davie ||align=right|9,704
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|JONES, Vernor Wilfred ||align=right|7,566
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|GOOK, Peter Robert ||align=right|1,842
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|MARCHAND, Leonard S. ||align=right|14,707
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|HEWSON, Roy ||align=right| 13,993
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|FARR, John ||align=right| 11,002
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|GOOK, Peter R. ||align=right| 2,089
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|MARCHAND, Len ||align=right|20,474
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|COUCH, Donald W. ||align=right|17,328
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|ANDERSON, Ron ||align=right|9,478
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|BRIGDEN, Laurie ||align=right|1,782

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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