According to Elections Canada a smaller percentage of eligible voters cast a ballot in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in this year’s federal election.
Preliminary numbers show nearly 71,703 voted in the riding, out of 102,749 people who were registered.
That’s a higher number than 2015 when 69,939 out of 95,347 people voted. However, it is a smaller percentage because of population growth.
All told 69.8 per cent of people voted this year, compared to 73.3 per cent in 2015.
Conservative incumbent Cathy McLeod was elected to a fourth-straight term last night, with preliminary numbers showing that she received 32,057 votes.
Meanwhile other Kamloops-area ridings also saw similar turnout for voters, with more votes cast but a smaller percentage overall.
Dan Albas was re-elected in the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola and Mel Arnold was also re-elected in the North Okanagan-Shuswap, while Brad Vis was elected in Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon.
Voter Turnout (preliminary results):
- Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo: 69.8 per cent (71,703 out of 102,749 registered voters)
- North-Okanagan Shuswap: 68.7 per cent (73,273 out of 106,601)
- Central-Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: 67.3 per cent (63,436 out of 94,331)
- Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon: 66.1 per cent (45,743 out of 69,190)
