The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies
Federal riding · BC · No. 59014 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Mel Arnold Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 9,027 votes
- Turnout
- 73.7% of 92,788 electors
- Population
- 109,220 2021 census
- Area
- 33,574 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Area, largest first33,574 km² · 39th of 343 in Canada
- Turnout73.7% of 92,788 electors voted · 59th of 343 in Canada
- Population, smallest first109,220 people, 2021 census · 121st of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Mel Arnold
- Member: Fisheries and Oceans
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Vice-Chair: Fisheries and Oceans
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 29% of today's Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies came from ridings other than the old Kootenay—Columbia.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
70.7%Kootenay—Columbia 38% of it kept
24.6%North Okanagan—Shuswap 50% of it kept
4.7%Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo 4% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
Mel Arnold
Conservative
35,556
52.2% of valid votes
Margin
9,027
votes · +13.2 pts
Runner-up
Ken Robertson
Liberal
26,529
39.0% of valid votes
Conservative 52.2% · Liberal 39.0% · New Democratic 5.5% · Green 2.4%
Turnout73.7% of 92,788 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Arnold | Conservative | 35,556 | 52.2% | 44.8% | +7.4 |
| Ken Robertson | Liberal | 26,529 | 39.0% | 16.5% | +22.5 |
| Phaedra Idzan | New Democratic | 3,730 | 5.5% | 24.9% | −19.4 |
| Owen Madden | Green | 1,639 | 2.4% | 5.1% | −2.7 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| John Michael Henry | People's | 602 | 0.9% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
6.6 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
3,730 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 9,027-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
42 of 199
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 4,514 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 6.6% of the 68,056 valid votes, 6.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative35,556
Liberal26,529
Still Conservative by 9,027 votes. Actual margin: 9,027.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 50.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative54.7%49.8%−4.9
Liberal35.5%42.5%+7.0
New Democratic5.8%5.1%−0.7
Green2.9%1.9%−1.0
People's1.1%0.6%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $81,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest160th lowest of 343
- Median age is 47.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest47th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.1% — about 75 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest109th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 9.5% — about 55 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest108th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 78.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest70th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.6% — about the same as the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest165th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59014BC · 2025
Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies
Mel Arnold
- Result
- Conservative hold by 9,027
- Turnout
- 73.7%
- Population
- 109,220
- Area
- 33,574 km²
Area, largest firstTurnoutPopulation, smallest first
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