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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 | Volume 34 No. 32
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Frank Caputo will be the Conservative candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in the next federal election. Caputo, a Crown prosecutor, emerged victorious in a weekend membership vote featuring four candidates. Also seeking the nomination were Tourism Kamloops CEO Beverley DeSantis, Tobiano founder Mike Grenier and Barriere Mayor Ward Stamer. Results of the membership vote — in which about 800 ballots were cast — were not released by the riding association. Caputo will succeed fourterm MP Cathy McLeod as the Conservative candidate, as McLeod has decided to not seek re-election. An election call is expected later this month. Caputo told KTW shortly following his nomination win that the reality of the situation hadn’t yet sunk in. He said he felt his team ran a strong campaign, adding he is humbled to be selected by party members. “It would be an honour to represent the hard-working people of
CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE FRANK CAPUTO
PEOPLE’S PARTY CANDIDATE CORALLY DELWO
LIBERAL CANDIDATE GEORGE PETEL
NDP CANDIDATE BILL SUNDHU
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo,” he said in a statement. “I will fight for local priorities like safe streets, accountability and transparency. The Liberal government — led by Justin Trudeau — have ignored this region for too long.” Echoing the sentiment by other politicians and media pundits, Caputo said he feels a snap election could be called by the prime minister at any time, noting the Conservatives need to be ready for the upcoming campaign. The only other nomination race thus far locally involved the People’s Party of Canada, with
Corally Delwo defeating Matt Robson for the nomination. Delwo, who finished 20th among 21 candidates running for Kamloops council in 2018, is also a co-organizer of so-called freedom rallies in Kamloops, gatherings featuring people who are opposed to government measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and people who question whether COVID-19 is indeed a pandemic. Following her June 27 nomination win, Delwo said she is looking forward to meeting people in Kamloops and the rest of the riding.
“I will not forget that I also represent Clearwater, Barriere, Sun Peaks, Pritchard, Savona, Clinton, 100 Mile House and all the other communities and homes in between,” she said. “I will also work in partnership with all our neighbouring First Nations bands. With the recent news cycle highlighting historical tragedies at residential schools in Canada, I will be a strong advocate of our Indigenous communities and support their efforts to heal and thrive.” Over the weekend, the Liberal Party of Canada acclaimed lawyer George Petel as its candidate.
Petel was born in Kamloops, raised in the Bonaparte-Cache Creek-Ashcroft area as a child and educated at St. Ann’s Academy, John Peterson junior secondary and Kamloops High. He attended the University College of the Cariboo (now known as Thompson Rivers University), the University of Calgary and UBC’s Allard School of Law before going to work in Calgary at a national law firm and, later, in a publicly traded company specializing in construction and commercial law. See A CONSERVATIVE, A15
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