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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59014British Columbia

Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies is a federal riding in British Columbia. Mel Arnold (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies. Mel Arnold (Conservative) held Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 9,027 votes (13.2 points), with 52.2% of the vote. Ken Robertson (Liberal) was second with 39.0%, on a turnout of 73.7% of 92,788 electors. Member as of .

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Fig. 1 — Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

CMel Arnold
Mel Arnold's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Mel Arnold

Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies

Conservative

MP since · 4 terms

  • Fisheries and Oceans committee
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
  • Vice-Chair, Fisheries and Oceans committee

108 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Citizenship Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, April 28, 2025Of the 68,056 valid votes, Mel Arnold (Conservative) took 52.2%, Ken Robertson (Liberal) 39.0%, Phaedra Idzan (New Democratic) 5.5% and Owen Madden (Green) 2.4%; one other candidate took 0.9%.2025Turnout 73.7% of 92,788 electorsMel ArnoldConservative52.2% · 35,5569,027 votes ahead · 13.3 ptsKen RobertsonLiberal39.0% · 26,529Phaedra IdzanNew Democratic5.5% · 3,730Owen MaddenGreen2.4% · 1,639Other (1)0.9% · 602050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, April 28, 2025Of the 68,056 valid votes, Mel Arnold (Conservative) took 52.2%, Ken Robertson (Liberal) 39.0%, Phaedra Idzan (New Democratic) 5.5% and Owen Madden (Green) 2.4%; one other candidate took 0.9%.2025Turnout 73.7% of 92,788 electorsMel ArnoldConservative52.2% · 35,5569,027 votes ahead · 13.3 ptsKen RobertsonLiberal39.0% · 26,529Phaedra IdzanNew Democratic5.5% · 3,730Owen MaddenGreen2.4% · 1,639Other (1)0.9% · 602050%100%
Shares of the 68,056 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mel ArnoldConservative35,55652.2%
Ken RobertsonLiberal26,52939.0%
Phaedra IdzanNew Democratic3,7305.5%
Owen MaddenGreen1,6392.4%
Other (1)6020.9%

Mel Arnold (Conservative) won Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies on with 35,556 votes, 52.2% of the 68,056 valid votes. Ken Robertson (Liberal) was second with 26,529 (39.0%), 9,027 votes and 13.2 points behind.

Of the 68,056 valid votes, Mel Arnold (Conservative) took 52.2%, Ken Robertson (Liberal) 39.0%, Phaedra Idzan (New Democratic) 5.5% and Owen Madden (Green) 2.4%; one other candidate took 0.9%. Turnout was 73.7% of 92,788 electors: 68,376 ballots cast, 68,056 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 7.4 (44.8% to 52.2%), the Liberals up 22.5 (16.5% to 39.0%), the New Democrats down 19.4 (24.9% to 5.5%) and the Greens down 2.7 (5.1% to 2.4%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: held by the Conservatives

The party first in Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative45.5%by 20.8 points over the New Democrats
  2. 2006Conservative44.6%by 16.9 points over the New Democrats
  3. 2008Conservative51.3%by 26.6 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011Conservative54.6%by 24.3 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative37.8%by 9.1 points over the New Democrats
  6. 2019Conservative47.1%by 25.1 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021Conservative44.8%by 19.9 points over the New Democrats
  8. 2025Conservative52.2%by 13.2 points over the Liberals
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Conservative45.5%New Democratic20.8carried, our estimate
2006Conservative44.6%New Democratic16.9carried, our estimate
2008Conservative51.3%New Democratic26.6carried, our estimate
2011Conservative54.6%New Democratic24.3carried, our estimate
2015Conservative37.8%New Democratic9.1carried, our estimate
2019Conservative47.1%Liberal25.1carried, our estimate
2021Conservative44.8%New Democratic19.9transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative52.2%Liberal13.2official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 19.5 points over the next party, short of the 20 a stronghold needs. In 2025 the Conservatives took 52.2% of the vote here, 5.7 points above their average of 46.5% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (45.5%), 2006 (44.6%), 2008 (51.3%), 2011 (54.6%), 2015 (37.8%), 2019 (47.1%), 2021 (44.8%) and 2025 (52.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 23 of the 343 ridings are held without being strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Conservative · Mel Arnold, by 19,697 votes (27.2 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Mel Arnold, by 19,371 votes (26.2 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Mel Arnold, by 6,541 votes (9.4 pts)

In North Okanagan—Shuswap on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies is

Population
109,2202021 census
Area
33,574km²
Density
3.3people per km²
Electors
92,788on the 2025 lists
  • Median age is 47.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest47th highest 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 who are immigrants is 9.5% — about 55 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest108th lowest 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
  • Median total household income is $81,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest160th lowest 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 on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 57% of the 2025 electors in today's Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies lived in the old North Okanagan—Shuswap; by area, 71% of the riding came from the old Kootenay—Columbia.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
57.4%North Okanagan—Shuswap 24.6% of the area · 50% of it kept
28.4%Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo 4.7% of the area · 4% of it kept
14.3%Kootenay—Columbia 70.7% of the area · 38% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Mel ArnoldConservative35,55652.2%44.8%+7.4
Ken RobertsonLiberal26,52939.0%16.5%+22.5
Phaedra IdzanNew Democratic3,7305.5%24.9%−19.4
Owen MaddenGreen1,6392.4%5.1%−2.7
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
John Michael HenryPeople's6020.9%
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

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.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (153) · ■ won by another party (42) · ▨ tied (4).
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.

On election day the Conservatives took 54.7%, the Liberals 35.5%, the New Democrats 5.8%, the Greens 2.9% and the People's Party 1.1%; in advance and special ballots, 49.8%, 42.5%, 5.1%, 1.9% and 0.6%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 54.7%, the Liberals 35.5%, the New Democrats 5.8%, the Greens 2.9% and the People's Party 1.1%; in advance and special ballots, 49.8%, 42.5%, 5.1%, 1.9% and 0.6%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative54.7%49.8%−4.9 ptsLiberal35.5%42.5%+7.0 ptsNew Democratic5.8%5.1%−0.7 ptsGreen2.9%1.9%−1.0 ptsPeople's Party1.1%0.6%−0.5 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 54.7%, the Liberals 35.5%, the New Democrats 5.8%, the Greens 2.9% and the People's Party 1.1%; in advance and special ballots, 49.8%, 42.5%, 5.1%, 1.9% and 0.6%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative54.7%49.8%−4.9 ptsLiberal35.5%42.5%+7.0 ptsNew Democratic5.8%5.1%−0.7 ptsGreen2.9%1.9%−1.0 ptsPeople's Party1.1%0.6%−0.5 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and 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's Party1.1%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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/kamloops-shuswap-central-rockies/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.