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Learning about Elks history (L-r) Bob Pearce, a charter member of Clearwater Elks Lodge #499, points out items on display for the branch’s 50th anniversary to Katherine Chrystall of Vavenby and her children Hunter and Moira. The display was held in front of Buy-Low on Saturday. For more about the story, see page A3 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill
Kamloops riding stays True Blue Andrea Klassen and Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week
Bob Middlekoop (l) and John Chaytor hold up their voting cards and shake hands as they get ready to vote in the federal election at Dutch Lake Community Centre in Clearwater on Monday, Oct. 19. Incumbent M.P. Cathy McLeod won in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. Photo by Keith McNeill
Kamloops proved itself to not be a bellwether riding in Monday’s election, returning Conservative Cathy McLeod to office while the Liberals stunned a nation by sweeping to a majority. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won 184 of 338 seats — 14 more than is needed to form a majority government. The Conservatives were second with 99 seats, followed by the NDP at 44 seats, the Bloc Quebecois at 10 seats and the Greens at one seat. In Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo, the much-hyped strategic voting initiative failed to
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succeed, as McLeod held onto her seat with 24,444 votes (35.2 per cent of the vote). New Democrat Bill Sundhu finished second with 21,400 votes (30.8 per cent of the vote). Liberal Steve Powrie was third with 21,197 votes (30.5 per cent of the vote). Green Matt Greenwood — who told KTW he didn’t vote for himself, but voted for “change” — was fourth with 2,493 votes (3.6 per cent of the vote). In the 2011 election, the Conservatives received 52.3 per cent of the vote, the NDP garnered 36.9 per cent, the Liberals attracted 5.4 per cent and the Greens grabbed 5.1 per cent.
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In the KamloopsThompson-Cariboo riding, voter turnout was 74 per cent, with 69,534 of 93,877 registered electors voting — but that percentage does not include electors who registered on election day. In 2011, voter turnout was 63.3 per cent. Nationally, voter turnout was 68. 4 per cent, with 17.5-million of 25.6-millon registered electors casting ballots — not including electors who registered on election day. In the 2011 federal election, voter turnout was 61 per cent. The Liberals locally captured more than 30 per cent of the popular vote, compared to five per cent the party garnered in the 2011 election.