Nelson Andrew Riis

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Nelson Andrew Riis

Statistics

Races

6

Race Wins

5

Total Votes

115,722

Affiliated Parties

New Democratic Party

Parliamentary Roles

N.D.P. Caucus Chair	1984/10/29 — 1986/09/01
N.D.P. House Leader	1986/09/05 — 1996/01/11
N.D.P. Deputy House Leader	1994/01/01 — 1996/01/01
N.D.P. Caucus Chair	1996/01/11 — 2000/01/31

Electoral Record

Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys

— British Columbia

2000 General Election

Betty Hinton	Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance		23,578

Nelson Andrew Riis	New Democratic Party		13,600

Jon Moser	Liberal Party of Canada		7,582

Randy Patch	Progressive Conservative Party		3,217

Ernie Schmidt	Canadian Action Party		544

— British Columbia

1997 General Election

Nelson Andrew Riis	New Democratic Party		16,138

Joel Groves	Liberal Party of Canada		14,244

Fred Bosman	Reform Party of Canada		12,928

Donald Niel (Don) Cameron	Progressive Conservative Party		999

Donald Stuart Rennie	Green Party of Canada		437

— British Columbia

1993 General Election

Nelson Andrew Riis	New Democratic Party		16,063

Keith Raddatz	Reform Party of Canada		11,847

Kevin Krueger	Liberal Party of Canada		10,776

Frank Coldicott	Progressive Conservative Party		3,857

Kathrine Wunderlich	National Party of Canada		1,399

Mark McCooey	Natural Law Party of Canada		133
Randall Edge	Libertarian Party of Canada		109
Marion Munday	Canada Party		45
Thomas Brown	Independent		41

— British Columbia

1988 General Election

Nelson Andrew Riis	New Democratic Party		21,513

Russ Cundari	Progressive Conservative Party		13,328

Gus Halliday	Liberal Party of Canada		5,412

Ted Maskell	Reform Party of Canada		477
Trudy M. Frisk	Green Party of Canada		263
Valerie Adrienne Carey	Communist Party of Canada		77
Carl A. Grant	No affiliation		67

Kamloops–Shuswap

— British Columbia

1984 General Election

Nelson Andrew Riis	New Democratic Party		30,512

Robert Michael Latta	Progressive Conservative Party		20,500

Patricia Anne Wallace	Liberal Party of Canada		4,675

A. Dean Purych	Rhinoceros Party of Canada		353
Connie Harris	Green Party of Canada		216
E. Neville Houghton	Confederation of Regions Western Party		102
Leon Mikulin	Independent		65

Kamloops–Shuswap

— British Columbia

1980 General Election

Nelson Andrew Riis	New Democratic Party		17,896

Donald Niel (Don) Cameron	Progressive Conservative Party		16,046

Mack Bryson	Liberal Party of Canada		11,588

Kyle Storey	Rhinoceros Party of Canada		237

Occupation History

Parliamentarian

2000

College instructor

1997

Member of Parliament

1993

Member of Parliament

1988

Member of Parliament

1984

College instructor, geographer

1980