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Incumbent Conservative Frank Caputo is back in the driver’s seat for a second consecutive term in the new riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola. With all but one of the 272 poll locations within the riding reporting their results as as of noon of April 29, Caputo leads second-place candidate Liberal Iain Currie by a wide margin, with 31,768 votes, or 51.6 per cent. Currie currently has 24,714 ballots to his name, or 40.1 per cent. New Democratic Party candidate Miguel Godau is behind the Liberal candidate, sitting at 3,660 votes. Green Party’s Jenna Lindley has garnered 925 votes, while Chris Enns of the People’s Party of Canada brings up the rear with 510 votes. Caputo was first elected to Parliament in 2021 for the then-riding of KamloopsThompson-Cariboo. The boundaries of the riding were changed for the 2025 election, with the name changed to ELECTION: continued on page 3
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ELECTIONS 2025: Conservative candidate Frank Caputo was re-elected with 51.5 per cent, Liberal candidate Iain Currie secured 40.2 per cent of votes, NDP candidate Miguel Godau secured 5.9 per cent, Green Party candidate Jenna Lindley with 1.5 per cent and People’s Party of Canada candidate Chris Enns with 0.8 per cent. See Pages 1 and 3 for stories.
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