Comments on: Kamloops Electoral Boundary Changes http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/ The race for Victoria Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:36:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sacha Peter http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Sacha Peter Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:22:40 +0000 http://bc2009.com/?p=249#comment-266 fersure: Thank you for your comments. I have corrected the main article, and I think I have sufficiently botched up my geography that this warrants a re-examination in a future post. fersure: Thank you for your comments.

I have corrected the main article, and I think I have sufficiently botched up my geography that this warrants a re-examination in a future post.

]]> By: fersure http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-264 fersure Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:44:15 +0000 http://bc2009.com/?p=249#comment-264 oops: Del Oro is poll #110. oops: Del Oro is poll #110.

]]> By: fersure http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-263 fersure Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:42:45 +0000 http://bc2009.com/?p=249#comment-263 I don't disagree with your findings: just your geography. The heavy NDP area on the map is actually North Kamloops and Brocklehurst, not Westsyde. Both NK and Brock were in Kamloops ED in the last election: Westsyde was in K-NT. The dividing line is the CN railway. As an aside: Westsyde was an odd fit in K-NT as it "jumped" across the river within the Kamloops city limits. Westsyde is a relatively narrow strip of land sandwiched between the North Thompson and the hills. To see the results of the Westsyde area (which are only partially shown on the map, you need to view the results of polls: 52, 54-68. My impression is that Westsyde is a close split, marginally going to Krueger. See: Kamloops-North Thompson ED: http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov05/kat.pdf Kamloops ED: http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov05/kam.pdf As a double whammy to the Liberals in Kamloops NT: it loses the polls around the Rivershore Golf Course (poll 109) Monte Creek (part of #44)and Del Oro (# 10). This is a wealthy exurban area that voted massively Liberal (not shown on your map). This is where the 'million dollar homes' are located in Kamloops. These polls should further help the Libs in Kamloops South. No wonder Krueger wanted Richmond to 'retire.' I don’t disagree with your findings: just your geography.
The heavy NDP area on the map is actually North Kamloops and Brocklehurst, not Westsyde.
Both NK and Brock were in Kamloops ED in the last election: Westsyde was in K-NT. The dividing line is the CN railway.

As an aside: Westsyde was an odd fit in K-NT as it “jumped” across the river within the Kamloops city limits. Westsyde is a relatively narrow strip of land sandwiched between the North Thompson and the hills. To see the results of the Westsyde area (which are only partially shown on the map, you need to view the results of polls: 52, 54-68. My impression is that Westsyde is a close split, marginally going to Krueger.

See: Kamloops-North Thompson ED: http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov05/kat.pdf
Kamloops ED: http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov05/kam.pdf

As a double whammy to the Liberals in Kamloops NT: it loses the polls around the Rivershore Golf Course (poll 109) Monte Creek (part of #44)and Del Oro (# 10). This is a wealthy exurban area that voted massively Liberal (not shown on your map). This is where the ‘million dollar homes’ are located in Kamloops. These polls should further help the Libs in Kamloops South.

No wonder Krueger wanted Richmond to ‘retire.’

]]> By: Sacha Peter http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Sacha Peter Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:22:46 +0000 http://bc2009.com/?p=249#comment-261 I should have made the shading transparent since not a lot of people are acutely aware of geography outside the Lower Mainland. Just north of the Kamloops downtown is the Thompson River and there's a park there called "Riverside Park". There's an ice cream shop on the corner across from the stadium which makes a fortune when it gets hot in Kamloops. It's just a great place to chill out since there are plenty of tall trees there to provide shade. I try my very best to explore the province in my car - it's also fun. I should have made the shading transparent since not a lot of people are acutely aware of geography outside the Lower Mainland.

Just north of the Kamloops downtown is the Thompson River and there’s a park there called “Riverside Park”. There’s an ice cream shop on the corner across from the stadium which makes a fortune when it gets hot in Kamloops. It’s just a great place to chill out since there are plenty of tall trees there to provide shade.

I try my very best to explore the province in my car – it’s also fun.

]]> By: Derrick http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Derrick Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:15:51 +0000 http://bc2009.com/?p=249#comment-251 Yeah, these maps are really fantastic. Thanks for the effort! Yeah, these maps are really fantastic. Thanks for the effort!

]]> By: BJ http://bc2009.com/2008/08/17/kamloops-electoral-boundary-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-239 BJ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:23:53 +0000 http://bc2009.com/?p=249#comment-239 Thanks for those colour-coded graphics of the constituencies! That picture is definitely worth a thousand words. :) Thanks for those colour-coded graphics of the constituencies!

That picture is definitely worth a thousand words. :)

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