Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Cathy McLeod, the Conservative candidate, won the riding with 24,595 votes (35.3% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Bill Sundhu (NDP-New Democratic Party) with 21,466 votes (30.8%), defeated by a margin of 3,129 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Steve Powrie (Liberal, 30%).
Riding information
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Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo stretches from the city of Kamloops northward through the Thompson Valley and into the Cariboo region of British Columbia's interior. The riding follows Highway 97 through communities such as Clinton, 100 Mile House, and 108 Mile Ranch, and extends along Highway 5 toward Valemount. The semi-arid landscape around Kamloops gives way to forested plateau country in the Cariboo.
Candidates
Cathy McLeod (Conservative) — The incumbent MP since 2008, McLeod was a registered nurse who held a Master’s degree in International Primary Healthcare. Before entering federal politics, she managed health centres in Pemberton, Logan Lake, Chase, and Kamloops, and served as mayor of Pemberton.
Bill Sundhu (NDP) — A Kamloops-based human rights lawyer with more than 30 years of legal experience, Sundhu held a Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University. He had served as a British Columbia provincial court judge for ten years and was appointed to the List of Counsel for the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Steve Powrie (Liberal) and Matthew Greenwood (Green Party) also contested the riding.
About the Riding
Kamloops is a major transportation hub where the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5 converge, and a place where both CN Rail and CP Rail lines run through the city. The city is home to Thompson Rivers University and the Kamloops Regional Airport. The local economy relies on forestry, mining, ranching, tourism, and public-sector employment in healthcare and education. The Cariboo portion of the riding carries the legacy of the gold rush era—communities like 100 Mile House take their names from their distance along the old wagon road from Lillooet to the goldfields. Forestry and ranching dominate the rural economy. In 2015, issues of concern included healthcare access in rural communities, the state of the forestry sector, infrastructure investment, and Indigenous affairs, particularly given the riding’s significant First Nations population.
