Mel Arnold
Mel Arnold | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Arnold in 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies North Okanagan—Shuswap (2015–2025) | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Mayes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 or 1959 (age 66–67)[1] Notch Hill, Blind Bay, British Columbia, Canada |
| Party | Conservative |
Melvin John Arnold MP (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of North Okanagan—Shuswap during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2] The district was changed for the 2025 election; Arnold won the new Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies district in that year.[3]
Arnold was active on the boards of local service clubs, including the BC Wildlife Federation and Canadian Wildlife Federation, where he held the role of President for two terms. Before serving as a member of Parliament, he served on his Salmon Arm's environmental advisory council for eight years. In 2010 he was appointed to the B.C. government's Species at Risk Task Force.[4]
Politics
Arnold voted in support of Bill C-233 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.[5]
He was elected vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 35,556 | 52.25 | +7.24 | $78,626.22 | |||
| Liberal | Ken Robertson | 26,529 | 38.98 | +22.37 | $18,798.89 | |||
| New Democratic | Phaedra Idzan | 3,730 | 5.48 | –19.56 | $10,053.14 | |||
| Green | Owen Madden | 1,639 | 2.41 | –2.68 | $8,540.51 | |||
| People's | John Michael Henry | 602 | 0.88 | –7.27 | $4,359.28 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,056 | 99.53 | – | $155,306.63 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 320 | 0.47 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 68,376 | 73.69 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,788 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | –7.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 33,626 | 46.4 | -2.4 | $66,332.75 | |||
| New Democratic | Ron Johnston | 13,929 | 19.2 | +3.9 | $6,364.37 | |||
| Liberal | Shelley Desautels | 13,666 | 18.9 | -3.7 | $44,668.61 | |||
| People's | Kyle Delfing | 7,209 | 10.0 | +7.3 | $38,335.73 | |||
| Green | Andrea Gunner | 3,967 | 5.5 | -5.1 | $6,405.15 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 72,397 | 99.5 | – | $143,796.18 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 372 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Turnout | 72,769 | 65.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 111,599 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: North Okanagan—Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 36,154 | 48.76 | +9.46 | $68,251.58 | |||
| Liberal | Cindy Derkaz | 16,783 | 22.64 | –7.31 | $87,574.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 11,353 | 15.31 | –10.29 | $13,852.59 | |||
| Green | Marc Reinarz | 7,828 | 10.56 | +5.40 | $9,953.69 | |||
| People's | Kyle Delfing | 2,027 | 2.73 | – | $5,718.06 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 74,145 | 99.40 | – | $135,980.25 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 449 | 0.60 | +0.39 | |||||
| Turnout | 74,594 | 69.25 | –2.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 107,712 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 27,490 | 39.30 | -16.06 | $94,762.90 | |||
| Liberal | Cindy Derkaz | 20,949 | 29.95 | +22.48 | $76,594.10 | |||
| New Democratic | Jacqui Gingras | 17,907 | 25.60 | -0.88 | $81,410.56 | |||
| Green | Chris George | 3,608 | 5.16 | -5.53 | $6,792.93 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 69,954 | 99.78 | $255,644.99 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 70,106 | 72.84 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 96,243 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -19.27 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Mel Arnold announces bid for Shuswap Liberal leadership". Salmon Arm Observer. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ↑ "ELECTION 2015: Conservative win in North Okanagan-Shuswap". Global News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ Rempel, Luc (April 29, 2025). "Conservative candidate Mel Arnold takes decisive win in Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies - Salmon Arm News". www.castanet.net. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ "Mel Arnold: Former President of BCWF". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ↑ House of Commons of Canada (February 26, 2020). "BILL C-233 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)". LEGISinfo.
- ↑ "Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ↑ "Forty-Third General Election 2019 — Poll-by-poll Results: North Okanagan—Shuswap". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2019.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2019). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2019 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".
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for North Okanagan—Shuswap, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates