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Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola is a federal riding in British Columbia. Frank Caputo (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2021) represents Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola. Frank Caputo (Conservative) held Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 7,047 votes (11.3 points), with 51.5% of the vote. Iain Currie (Liberal) was second with 40.2%, on a turnout of 69.3% of 90,012 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Frank Caputo's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Frank Caputo

Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Conservative

MP since 2021-09-20 · 2 terms

Public Safety and National Security committee
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
Vice-Chair, Public Safety and National Security committee

288 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Main Estimates, 2025-26.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 62,102 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Frank Caputo	Conservative	32,008	51.5%
Iain Currie	Liberal	24,961	40.2%
Miguel Godau	New Democratic	3,681	5.9%
Jenna Lindley	Green	936	1.5%
Other (1)		516	0.8%

Frank Caputo (Conservative) won Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola on April 28, 2025 with 32,008 votes, 51.5% of the 62,102 valid votes. Iain Currie (Liberal) was second with 24,961 (40.2%), 7,047 votes and 11.3 points behind.

Of the 62,102 valid votes, Frank Caputo (Conservative) took 51.5%, Iain Currie (Liberal) 40.2%, Miguel Godau (New Democratic) 5.9% and Jenna Lindley (Green) 1.5%; one other candidate took 0.8%. Turnout was 69.3% of 90,012 electors: 62,422 ballots cast, 62,102 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 8.2 (43.3% to 51.5%), the Liberals up 22.6 (17.6% to 40.2%), the New Democrats down 22.5 (28.4% to 5.9%) and the Greens down 2.2 (3.7% to 1.5%), 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—Thompson—Nicola at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative42.7%by 16.0 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative42.1%by 13.7 points over the New Democrats
2008Conservative49.1%by 17.2 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative52.9%by 18.6 points over the New Democrats
2015Conservative35.8%by 4.0 points over the Liberals
2019Conservative44.9%by 18.1 points over the Liberals
2021Conservative43.3%by 14.9 points over the New Democrats
2025Conservative51.5%by 11.3 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

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	42.7%	Liberal	16.0	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	42.1%	New Democratic	13.7	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	49.1%	New Democratic	17.2	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	52.9%	New Democratic	18.6	carried, our estimate
2015	Conservative	35.8%	Liberal	4.0	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	44.9%	Liberal	18.1	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	43.3%	New Democratic	14.9	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	51.5%	Liberal	11.3	official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 14.2 points over the next party, short of the 20 a stronghold needs. In 2025 the Conservatives took 51.5% of the vote here, 7.1 points above their average of 44.4% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (42.7%), 2006 (42.1%), 2008 (49.1%), 2011 (52.9%), 2015 (35.8%), 2019 (44.9%), 2021 (43.3%) and 2025 (51.5%), 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 · Frank Caputo, by 9,850 votes (14.0 pts)
2019 Conservative · Cathy McLeod, by 12,699 votes (17.5 pts)
2015 Conservative · Cathy McLeod, by 3,129 votes (4.5 pts)

In Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola is

Population: 111,6902021 census
Area: 50,083km²
Density: 2.2people per km²
Electors: 90,012on the 2025 lists

Median age is 46.0 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest65th highest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.6% — about 70 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest91st lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.0% — about 63 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest101st lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 9.5% — about 55 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest108th lowest of 343
Median total household income is $78,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest125th lowest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 72.7% — about the same as the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest152nd 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. 78% of the 2025 electors in today's Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola lived in the old Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo; by area, 40% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

78.3%Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo 60.3% of the area · 78% of it kept

12.4%Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola 13.2% of the area · 42% of it kept

8.9%Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon 26.2% of the area · 62% of it kept

0.5%North Okanagan—Shuswap 0.4% of the area · 1% 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Frank Caputo	Conservative	32,008	51.5%	43.3%	+8.2
Iain Currie	Liberal	24,961	40.2%	17.6%	+22.6
Miguel Godau	New Democratic	3,681	5.9%	28.4%	−22.5
Jenna Lindley	Green	936	1.5%	3.7%	−2.2

1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote

Chris Enns

People's

516

0.8%

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

3,681 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 7,047-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

44 of 211

4 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (163) · ■ won by another party (44) · ▨ tied (4).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 3,524 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 5.7% of the 62,102 valid votes, 5.7 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 007,048

Conservative32,008

Liberal24,961

Still Conservative by 7,047 votes. Actual margin: 7,047.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 49.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 53.1%, the Liberals 36.7%, the New Democrats 7.2%, the Greens 2.0% and the People's Party 0.9%; in advance and special ballots, 50.0%, 43.6%, 4.6%, 1.0% and 0.7%, in that order.

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

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

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	53.1%	50.0%	−3.1
Liberal	36.7%	43.6%	+6.9
New Democratic	7.2%	4.6%	−2.6
Green	2.0%	1.0%	−1.0
People's Party	0.9%	0.7%	−0.2

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—Thompson—Nicola and its 10 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/kamloops-thompson-nicola/
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.