Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries. Point indicates the city of Kamloops.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mel Arnold Conservative
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	109,218
Electors (2025)	91,588
Area (km²)	32,871
Pop. density (per km²)	3.3
Census division(s)	Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivision(s)	Kamloops (part), Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, Armstrong, Spallumcheen (part), Golden, Enderby, Sicamous, Chase, Enderby

Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.^[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created out of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, Kootenay—Columbia and North Okanagan—Shuswap.^[3]

• The southeastern third of Kamloops, the northern half of Spallumcheen, the municipalities of Armstrong, Chase, Enderby, Golden, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, the regional district electoral areas of Columbia Shuswap A, Columbia Shuswap B, Columbia Shuswap C, Columbia Shuswap D, Columbia Shuswap E, Columbia Shuswap F, North Okanagan F, Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands), a small part of Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks) around Adams Lake, and the Indian Reserves Chum Creek 2, Enderby 2, Hustalen 1, Neskonlith, North Bay 5, Okanagan (Part) 1, Quaaout 1, Sahhaltkum 4, Salmon River 1, Scotch Creek 4, Stequmwhulpa 5, Switsemalph and Switsemalph 3.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 91.7% English, 1.9% French, 1.5% German

Religions: 60.9% No religion, 36.2% Christian (9.5% Catholic, 4.4% United Church, 3.4% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.6% Lutheran, 15.3% Other)

Median income: $39,600 (2020)

Average income: $50,240 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European[a]	92,235	85.92%
Indigenous	9,360	8.72%
East Asian[b]	1,665	1.55%
South Asian	1,505	1.4%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,055	0.98%
African	640	0.6%
Latin American	430	0.4%
Middle Eastern[d]	250	0.23%
Other/multiracial[e]	210	0.2%
Total responses	107,345	98.28%
Total population	109,220	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies Riding created from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, Kootenay—Columbia, and North Okanagan—Shuswap
45th	2025–present		Mel Arnold	Conservative

Electoral results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mel Arnold	35,238	52.21	+7.20
	Liberal	Ken Robertson	26,295	38.96	+22.35
	New Democratic	Phaedra Idzan	3,660	5.42	–19.62
	Green	Owen Madden	1,702	2.52	–2.57
	People's	John Michael Henry	601	0.89	–7.26
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			67,496	73.22
Eligible voters			92,185
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–7.58
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,749	45.01
	New Democratic	14,877	25.04
	Liberal	9,869	16.61
	People's	4,844	8.15
	Green	3,025	5.09
	Others	60	0.10

References

1. "Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
2. McIntyre, Pete. "Greater Vernon and Lake Country part of new federal riding". Vernon Matters. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
3. "Changes proposed for new Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola riding". The Williams Lake Tribune. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
4. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kamloops--Shuswap--Central Rockies [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], British Columbia". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
5. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
6. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
7. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.