Randy Kamp

Randy Kamp
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
In office
January 23, 2006 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byDan Ruimy
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Dewdney—Alouette
In office
June 28, 2004 – January 23, 2006
Preceded byGrant McNally
Personal details
Born (1953-08-30) August 30, 1953 (age 71)
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyConservative
SpouseRuth Kamp
Residence(s)Maple Ridge, BC
ProfessionManager, Executive Assistant
PortfolioParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Websitehttp://www.randykamp.com

Randy Kamp (born August 30, 1953) is a Canadian politician based in British Columbia. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015.

Early life and education

Born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Kamp grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia and graduated from Maple Ridge Secondary School in 1971. He studied at Simon Fraser University in theology and earned a Bachelor of Arts. He then studied linguistics at the graduate level.

Ministry

From 1985 to 1992, he and his family lived in the Philippines where he was regional director for an organization doing linguistic work among minority language groups. Kamp was Pastor of Maple Ridge Church Baptist Church, member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, until 1997.[1]

Politics

In 1997, Kamp was hired as the executive assistant to Grant McNally, the Member of Parliament for the Dewdney—Alouette riding from 1997 to 2004.

When McNally retired, Kamp decided to run for Parliament, and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Dewdney—Alouette during the 2004 federal election. In his first term, Kamp was promoted to the position of Official Opposition Critic for Fisheries and Oceans on the Pacific Coast and was elected Chair of the Conservative Crystal Meth Task Force.

On January 23, 2006, Kamp was re-elected to the House of Commons as the member for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission as his riding was now called. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Kamp as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn. He was concurrently a member of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Kamp voted in favor of motion 312, Stephen Woodworth's private member's bill that would have had Canada reexamine at what time human life begins.[2]

Kamp has been married to his wife Ruth for over thirty years, and they have three adult children and four grandchildren.

On January 31, 2015, Kamp announced that he would retire and not stand as a candidate in the next election, widely expected to occur in October 2015.[3][4]

Election history

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Randy Kamp 28,803 54.34% +2.53
  New Democratic Craig Speirs 18,835 35.53% +2.52
  Liberal Mandeep Bhuller 2,739 5.17% -1.46
Green Peter Tam 2,739 5.17% -1.46
Total valid votes 53,006 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 158 0.3%
Turnout 56,164 60.04%
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Randy Kamp 26,512 51.8%
  New Democratic Mike Bocking 16,894 33.0%
  Liberal Dan Olson 3,394 6.6%
Green Mike Gildersleeve 3,833 7.5%
Total valid votes 51171 99.7%
Total rejected ballots 137 0.3%
Turnout 51308 60.2%
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Randy Kamp 20,946 40.18% $76,400.47
  New Democratic Mike Bocking 18,225 34.96% $62,086.56
  Liberal Keith Henry 10,556 20.25% $42,446.84
Green Robert Hornsey 1,694 3.25% –
Marijuana Dan Banov 327 0.62%
  Independent Erin Knipstrom 277 0.53%
Marxist–Leninist Frank Martin 95 0.18%
Total valid votes 52,120 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 128
Turnout 52,248 64.1%
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Conservative Randy Kamp 18,490 38.50% $51,279
  New Democratic Mike Bocking 15,693 32.68% $34,357
  Liberal Blanche Juneau 10,500 21.86% $14,179
Green Tammy Lea Meyer 2,535 5.27% – $1,789
  No affiliation Scott Etches 1,156 1.66% $707
Total valid votes 48,016 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 125 0.26%
Turnout 48,141 62.29%

References

  1. ^ Hilltimes, A primer on the 39 new Conservative MPs, hilltimes.com, Canada, July 26, 2004
  2. ^ Melnychuk, Phil. "The Maple Ridge News - Debate on abortion closed, for now". The Maple Ridge News. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ^ The Canadian Press (31 January 2015). "B.C. Conservative MP Randy Kamp won't seek re-election". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ^ Hooper, Roxanne (31 January 2015). "Kamp calls it quits: Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission MP will not seek re-election". Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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