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Stone tough to beat on paper

Liberal candidates Terry Lake and Todd Stone were the two biggest spenders in Kamloops on their way to winning their seats in the May provincial election.

KAMLOOPS – Newly-elected Kamloops-South Thompson Liberal MLA Todd Stone surpassed all other Kamloops candidates in spending for the 2013 B.C. election, outspending his NDP opponent by $70,000.

Stone racked up $158,696 in expenses during the campaign and the 60 days leading up to the campaign, compared to his NDP counterpart Tom Friedman who spent $85,503 in expenses—which was a high total among NDP candidates, suggesting both parties thought it would be a much closer race.

Stone won the election with about 57 per cent of the vote. He did it, in part, by spending roughly $51,000 on media, nearly $17,000 in promotional materials (including the many signs that cleverly decorated area hills during the campaign) and $21,000 in research and polling.

In comparison Friedman spent only $22,000 on media and $14,000 in promotional materials and B.C. Conservative candidate Peter Sharp tallied just under $10,000 in expenses, $4,365 of that amount on promotional materials.

In the Kamloops-North Thompson riding Liberal MLA Terry Lake reported nearly $122,000 in expenses. Lake, who was re-elected with 52 per cent of the vote, also tipped the scales on media, nearly $30,000, and promotional materials, $17,000, and matched the amount his fellow Liberal candidate spent on research and polling.

NDP candidate Kathy Kendall also did some polling, spending more than $8,000 on research, but spent a more conservative $26,000 on media and $13,000 on promotional materials. In total Kendall spent $76,789 on her campaign.

Ed Klop, the North Thompson candidate for the B.C. Conservatives, spent just $8,910 on his campaign, nearly three-quarters of that on promotional materials.

To contact a reporter for this story, email jstahn@infotelnews.ca, call (250)819-3723 or tweet @JennStahn.

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