Kamloops Thompson Cariboo Federal Election 2015

Kamloops sees red in student vote

KAMLOOPS - If students in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding had their way, Liberal candidate Steve Powrie would be our member of Parliament. Elementary and secondary schools throughout the region, from Kamloops to Barriere to 100 Mile House, participated in mock elections facilitated by Student Vote; an organization that holds parallel student elections with federal, provincial and...

ELECTION 2015: What having an opposition MP means for Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - The results of this week’s election was a split between three parties in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding and now for the first time in seven years, it will have an opposition member of Parliament in Ottawa. After a tight race between the Conservatives, New Democratic Party and the Liberals, Conservative Cathy McLeod was re-elected...

ELECTION 2015: Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo’s Conservative Cathy McLeod ready for new role as opposition MP

KAMLOOPS - Cleanup efforts are underway at Conservative campaign headquarters in Kamloops and while member of Parliament Cathy McLeod topped the polls, she calls the change from incumbent to opposition ‘bittersweet.' McLeod’s win for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding was one of the 99 seats won by the Progressive Conservatives in last night’s Federal Election, but Oct....

ELECTION 2015: Conservative Cathy McLeod re-elected in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding will remain blue after re-electing Conservative candidate Cathy McLeod. This will mark McLeod’s third term in office, having already served seven years as an member of Parliament representing the region.  McLeod's Conservative campaign office was perhaps more somber than a winning candidate's office might be. McLeod called the night 'bittersweet'...

Voter turnout jumps in Thompson-Okanagan ridings

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Voter turnout numbers in the 42nd federal election jumped to more than 70 per cent throughout the region, just above the national average and well ahead of 2011 turnout. In the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding, where Conservative Cathy McLeod was re-elected, voter turnout jumped to 74.07 per cent this election, up significantly from the 63.3...

FEDERAL ELECTION 2015: Eye on the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo race

KAMLOOPS - Conservative Party of Canada candidate Cathy McLeod was a clear winner in 2011 with 52 per cent of the 56,814 voters in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding and it's projected she'll continue to hold the reign after the 2015 election count is completed.  McLeod has held the region for the Conservatives since she was first...

ELECTION 2015: Solo Harper protester goes topless in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – A topless Stephen Harper protestor took to the street in Kamloops today, Oct. 16, to demonstrate against the current government. Ashley Gribble said she picked Cathy McLeod’s campaign office because the Member of Parliament “needs to be more ashamed about what her government has done to women across Canada.” Gribble represents a group...

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo: Conservative candidate Cathy McLeod

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Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo: Liberal candidate Steve Powrie

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Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo: NDP candidate Bill Sundhu

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Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo: Green candidate Matt Greenwood

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ELECTION 2015: Hundreds attend emotional debate in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - With only a few days left until election day, an emotional crowd of about 700 came out to hear the local candidates during one of the last all-candidate forums last night. The crowd heckled, questioned and cheered while the candidates tried to keep their composure under direct questioning and technical issues like faulty...