Frank Caputo

Frank Caputo
Member of Parliament
for Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (2021–2025)
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byCathy McLeod
Personal details
PartyConservative
OccupationPolitician

Frank Caputo is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. He was elected to represent the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and succeeded a retiring MP from the same party, Cathy McLeod.[1]

He was elected vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.

Prior to being elected, Caputo was a Crown prosecutor and instructor at Thompson Rivers University.[2]

Frank Caputo at the Tk̓emlúps Pow Wow Arbour on May 23, 2022, attending the Le Estcwicwéy̓ Memorial, which honoured the missing 215+ buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Electoral record

2025 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeFrank Caputo32,00851.54+8.04$98,593.33
LiberalIain Currie24,96140.19+22.49$48,683.25
New DemocraticMiguel Godau3,6815.93–22.63$17,377.27
GreenJenna Lindley9361.51–2.25none listed
People'sChris Enns5160.83–5.14$5,524.43
Total valid votes/expense limit 62,10299.49–$161,416.54
Total rejected ballots 3200.51–
Turnout 62,42269.35–
Eligible voters 90,012
Conservative notional hold Swing –7.23
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2021 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeFrank Caputo30,28142.98–1.76$105,275.30
New DemocraticBill Sundhu20,43129.00+15.29$112,540.75
LiberalJesse McCormick12,71718.05–9.16$37,784.53
People'sCorally Delwo4,0335.72+4.16$7,670.66
GreenIain Currie2,5763.66–8.47$19,210.54
IndependentBob O'Brien2640.37–none listed
IndependentWayne Allan1460.21–none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 70,44899.54–$149,567.00
Total rejected ballots 3240.46+0.03
Turnout 70,77265.81–4.12
Eligible voters 107,548
Conservative hold Swing –
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Conservative Caputo elected MP in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo". Kamloops This Week. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Meet Frank". Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
  4. ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2025 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  5. ↑ "Forty-Fourth General Election 2021 — Poll-by-poll Results: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2021.
  6. ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2021). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2021 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".