Cariboo (provincial electoral district)

Cariboo (provincial electoral district)

:"For the federal electoral district of the same name, see Cariboo (electoral district). For the historical-geographic region, see Cariboo.

Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced through reapportionment and became a two-member riding until the 1916 election, after which it has been a single-member riding. It produced many notable Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), including George Anthony Boomer Walkem, third and fifth holder of the office of Premier of British Columbia and who was one of the first representatives elected from the riding; John Robson, ninth Premier of British Columbia; and Robert Bonner, a powerful minister in the W.A.C. Bennett cabinet, and later CEO of MacMillan Bloedel and BC Hydro.

Demographics

Political geography

When the riding was created, the bulk of its population was in the Cariboo goldfields district around Barkerville, although its boundaries extended to the Yukon boundaries - the original Cariboo riding at its creation included all of the former New Caledonia fur district, north of those parts of it now in the Lillooet Land District which formed the Lillooet riding.1 As mining exploration and other settlement spread northwards from the Cariboo mining areas, the Omineca, Fort George and Peace River (British Columbia electoral district)|ridings were split off by the end of the 19th Century, and the Cariboo riding was reduced to the Cariboo Plateau, south from Quesnel to just south of Williams Lake and 150 Mile House, and including the Barkerville, British Columbia region as well as the remote Chilcotin region, which had no voting (settler) population when the riding was formed other than isolated traders and trappers who may have had time or means to vote. Nearly all of the 785 voters in the first election were in the goldfield towns, Quesnel (then Quesnellemouthe), Williams Lake or towns and ranches south along the Cariboo Road and other routes of the era, and those along the West Fraser from the Chilcotin River, including the Gang Ranch south to just north of Big Bar, an isolated canyon ranching, river-crossing and wagon-trail town in the Fraser Canyon, which was in the Lillooet riding.

Following the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), increased settlement on the Cariboo Plateau south of the goldfields region shifted the population weight of the riding to that area, which was increasingly centred on the town of Williams Lake and the plateau between there and Kamloops, British Columbia. The southern Cariboo region, later added in a redistribution and division of the Cariboo riding into Cariboo South and Cariboo North, which exist today, was originally part of the Lillooet riding. The Lillooet and Cariboo provincial ridings combined formed the original definition of the Cariboo federal riding.

1 New Caledonia's southern boundary was vague, but it was generally accepted to include the Thompson area although its heartland is the Fort Saint James-Fraser Lake region northwest of Prince George.

Notable elections

First Nations

When the riding was created its boundaries stretched from the Quesnel Lake and Chilcotin areas, flanking the great plateau of central BC on its east and west, all the way north to the Yukon border. At that time, although irrelevant to the issue of electoral representation, the riding's population included members of the Shuswap, Carrier, Chilcotin, Sekani and other more northerly nations. As the riding was reduced to roughly correspond with the Cariboo district (excluding Lillooet-Ashcroft, which were in the Lillooet electoral district, at least until mid-20th Century) the native population became only Shuswap, along the Fraser and east of it, and the Chilcotin people, who lived to the west of it. First Nations people, even in the reduced riding area, mostly outnumbered the total figure for non-natives until the early 20th Century, but were not allowed to vote or run for office.

Towns and industry

Major Communities

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: Winners of each election are in "bold.
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"'Independent
"'Cornelius Booth
align="right"|"'155
align="right"|"'19.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
John Evans
align="right"|107
align="right"|13.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Independent
"'Joseph Hunter
align="right"|"'162
align="right"|"'20.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
John Spencer Thompson
align="right"|132
align="right"|16.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Independent
"'George Anthony Boomer Walkem 1
align="right"|"'229
align="right"|"'29.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|785!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1Premier 1874-1876

-
"'Independent
"'George Anthony Boomer Walkem
align="right"|"'Acclaimed
align="right"|"' -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|n/a!align="right"| -.- %!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|2 The byelection was called due to Walkem's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on November. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.

-
Independent
Abraham Barlow
align="right"|23
align="right"|9.35%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Independent
"'John George Barnston
align="right"|"'132
align="right"|"'53.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Edward Pearson
align="right"|91
align="right"|36.99%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|n/a!align="right"| -.- %!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|3 Caused by resignation of C. Booth 23 April 1872 upon appointment as Clerk to the Bench at Kootenay 19 April 1872.

-
"'Independent Opposition
"'Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
align="right"|"'199
align="right"|"'23.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Independent Opposition
"'John Evans
align="right"|"'173
align="right"|"'20.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Edward Pearson
align="right"|117
align="right"|13.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
John Johnston Robertson
align="right"|68
align="right"|7.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Government
"'George Anthony Boomer Walkem 4
align="right"|"'254
align="right"|"'29.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Samuel Walker
align="right"|41
align="right"|4.81%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|852!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|4 Incumbent Premier from 1874; term ended in 1876

-
"'Opposition
"'George Cowan
align="right"|"'238
align="right"|"'30.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Opposition
"'John Evans
align="right"|"'230
align="right"|"'29.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Jonathan Nutt
align="right"|68
align="right"|8.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Opposition
"'George Anthony Boomer Walkem 5
align="right"|"'252
align="right"|"'31.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|788!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=6|5 Elected Premier!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Opposition
"'George Anthony Boomer Walkem
align="right"|Acclaimed
align="right"|"' -.- %
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|n/a!align="right"| -.- %!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|6 Byelection caused by Walkem's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council June. Date is that of return of writ, as a polling day was not necessary.

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"'Unknown
"'George Ferguson
align="right"|"'94
align="right"|"'41.23%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Unknown
John Glasson
align="right"|55
align="right"|24.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Unknown
Robert McLeese
align="right"|79
align="right"|34.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|228!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|7 Cause of byelection was the death of John Evans August.
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"'Independent
"'George Cowan
align="right"|"'217
align="right"|"'24.46%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
George Ferguson
align="right"|117
align="right"|13.19%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Daniel McKay
align="right"|82
align="right"|9.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Government
"'Robert McLeese
align="right"|"'169
align="right"|"'19.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Samuel Walker
align="right"|107
align="right"|12.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Opposition
"'Charles Wilson
align="right"|"'195
align="right"|"'21.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|887!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Opposition
Neil R. Campbell
align="right"|39
align="right"|5.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Government
"'George Cowan]
align="right"|"'111
align="right"|"'14.70%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
George Ferguson
align="right"|90
align="right"|11.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Opposition
"'Robert McLeese
align="right"|"'113
align="right"|"'14.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Government
"'Joseph Mason
align="right"|"'125
align="right"|"'16.56%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Denis Murphy
align="right"|88
align="right"|11.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Robert Lauderdale Shaw
align="right"|38
align="right"|5.03%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Samuel Walker
align="right"|61
align="right"|8.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Charles Wilson
align="right"|90
align="right"|11.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|755!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Government
"'Joseph Mason
align="right"|"'187
align="right"|"'29.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Government
"'John Robson 8
align="right"|"'158
align="right"|"'24.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Opposition
"'Samuel Augustus Rogers
align="right"|"'163
align="right"|"'25.39%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
William Pinchbeck
align="right"|134
align="right"|20.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|642!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|8 Incumbent Premier since 1889; term ended in 1892

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"'Government
"'William Adams
align="right"|"'147
align="right"|"'21.33%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
John Charlton Kinchant
align="right"|95
align="right"|13.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Robert McLeese
align="right"|142
align="right"|20.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Government
"'Samuel Augustus Rogers
align="right"|"'167
align="right"|"'24.24%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Hugh Watt
align="right"|138
align="right"|20.03%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|689!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Opposition
"'Hans Lars Helgesen
align="right"|"'218
align="right"|"'28.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Joseph Hunter
align="right"|173
align="right"|22.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Opposition
"'John Charlton Kinchant
align="right"|"'195
align="right"|"'25.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
Samuel Augustus Rogers
align="right"|172
align="right"|22.69%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|758!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
"'Conservative
"'Joseph Hunter
align="right"|"'302
align="right"|"'31.17%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive
Harry Jones
align="right"|201
align="right"|20.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive
John Charlton Kinchant
align="right"|177
align="right"|18.27%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Conservative
"'Samuel Augustus Rogers
align="right"|"'289
align="right"|"'29.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|969!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
Conservative
William Adams
align="right"|411
align="right"|23.76%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'Harry Jones
align="right"|"'439
align="right"|"'25.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'James Murphy
align="right"|"'501
align="right"|"'28.96%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Samuel Augustus Rogers
align="right"|379
align="right"|21.91%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,730!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Conservative
Leon Frederick James Champion
align="right"|135
align="right"|20.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'Harry Jones
align="right"|"'184
align="right"|"'28.14%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Charles Wilson
align="right"|152
align="right"|23.34%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'John McKay Yorston
align="right"|"'183
align="right"|"'27.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|654!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Conservative
"'Michael Callanan
align="right"|"'273
align="right"|"'31.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Conservative
"'John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|"'267
align="right"|"'31.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Harry Jones
align="right"|159
align="right"|18.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John McKay Yorston
align="right"|158
align="right"|18.54%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|857!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Conservative
"'Michael Callanan
align="right"|"'310
align="right"|"'37.48%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Conservative
"'John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|"'335
align="right"|"'40.51%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John Holt
align="right"|182
align="right"|22.01%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|827!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Conservative
John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|207
align="right"|31.36%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'John McKay Yorston
align="right"|"'453
align="right"|"'68.64%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|660!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Conservative
John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|349
align="right"|38.35%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'John McKay Yorston
align="right"|"'561
align="right"|"'61.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|910!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Conservative
John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|397
align="right"|30.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Provincial Party
"'David Alexander Stoddart
align="right"|"'561
align="right"|"'61.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
John McKay Yorston
align="right"|414
align="right"|31.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,304!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Liberal
Robert Neil Campbell
align="right"|400
align="right"|28.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Conservative
"'Roderick MacKenzie
align="right"|"'623
align="right"|"'44.00%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
David Alexander Stoddart
align="right"|393
align="right"|27.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,416!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|157!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Rupert Williams Haggen
align="right"|398
align="right"|19.92%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'Donald Morrison MacKay
align="right"|"'1,089
align="right"|"'54.50%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group
Roderick MacKenzie
align="right"|511
align="right"|25.58%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|1,998!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|38!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
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Independent
Jennie E. Clarke
align="right"|655
align="right"|25.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'Louis LeBourdais
align="right"|"'1,921
align="right"|"'74.57%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,578!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|62!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Richmond Charles Biss
align="right"|338
align="right"|11.86%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Truman Charles Docherty
align="right"|404
align="right"|14.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
John Hargreaves
align="right"|257
align="right"|9.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Liberal
"'Louis LeBourdais
align="right"|"'1,429
align="right"|"'50.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Conservative
Christy McDevitt
align="right"|257
align="right"|9.02%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,849!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|92!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Coalition
"'Louis LeBourdais
align="right"|"'1,370
align="right"|"'57.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Charles Archibald Thomas
align="right"|995
align="right"|42.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,365!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|67!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Co-operative Commonwealth
Nicholas Charles Bird
align="right"|1,314
align="right"|33.12%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Coalition
"'Angus MacLean
align="right"|"'2,653
align="right"|"'66.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|3,967!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|110!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"

-
"'Social Credit League
"'William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd
align="right"|"'2,684
align="right"|"'51.84%
align="right"|"'2,684
align="right"|"'51.84%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Angus McLean
align="right"|1,029
align="right"|19.88%
align="right"|1,029
align="right"|19.88%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Roland Riley
align="right"|689
align="right"|13.31%
align="right"|689
align="right"|13.31%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Kenneth Winston Thibaudeau
align="right"|775
align="right"|14.97%
align="right"|775
align="right"|14.97%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,177!align="right"|%!align="right"|5,177!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|216!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|77.94%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|9 Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count

-
Progressive Conservative
Jack Gardner Boultbee
align="right"|509
align="right"|9.63%
align="right"|509
align="right"|9.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit League
"'William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd
align="right"|"'2,733
align="right"|"'51.73%
align="right"|"'2,733
align="right"|"'51.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Gideon Earl Malcolm
align="right"|1,050
align="right"|19.87%
align="right"|1,050
align="right"|19.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Joseph Wilson McConnell
align="right"|992
align="right"|18.77%
align="right"|992
align="right"|18.77%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,284!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|5,284!align="right"|%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|288!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=9|10 Preferential ballot; only one count shown due to majority on first count

-
"'Social Credit
"'William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd
align="right"|"'3,014
align="right"|"'60.86
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Felix Rudolph Kohnke
align="right"|1,141
align="right"|23.04%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
James Lehman
align="right"|797
align="right"|16.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,952!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|45!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Stanley Doubleday Crowe
align="right"|1,842
align="right"|24.37%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Felix Rudolph Kohnke
align="right"|2,073
align="right"|27.43%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'William Collins Speare
align="right"|"'3,091
align="right"|"'40.90%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Celian Orvian Tingley
align="right"|552
align="right"|7.30%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,558!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|112!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
Progressive Conservative
John Alfred Vernon Cade
align="right"|1,551
align="right"|21.60%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Stanley Doubleday Crowe
align="right"|1,482
align="right"|20.63%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Felix Rudolph Kohnke
align="right"|1,134
align="right"|15.79%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'William Collins Speare
align="right"|"'3,015
align="right"|"'41.98%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,182!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|49!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
New Democrat
Hartley Douglas Dent
align="right"|2,530
align="right"|35.74%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Ronald Charles MacKay
align="right"|719
align="right"|10.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'William Collins Speare
align="right"|"'3,830
align="right"|"'54.10%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,079!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|74!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Social Credit
"'Alex Fraser
align="right"|"'5,766
align="right"|"'52.05%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Kirby Gerald Seabrook
align="right"|2,961
align="right"|26.73%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
David Zirnhelt
align="right"|2,351
align="right"|21.22%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|11,078!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|85!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
New Democrat
Ronald Hjalmar Anderson
align="right"|5,435
align="right"|38.68%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'Alex Fraser
align="right"|"'6,780
align="right"|"'48.25%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Lawrence Albert Gladue
align="right"|1,837
align="right"|13.07%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|14,052!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|220!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
New Democrat
Grethyl Verda Adams
align="right"|6,122
align="right"|30.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'Alex Fraser
align="right"|"'14,194
align="right"|"'69.87%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|20,316!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|235!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Social Credit
"'Alex Fraser
align="right"|"'13,736
align="right"|"'64.09%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democratic Party
Byron Ralph Kemp
align="right"|7,233
align="right"|33.75%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Brian Hartley Mayne
align="right"|462
align="right"|2.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|21,431!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|315!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
-
"'Social Credit
"'Alex Fraser
align="right"|"'16,446
align="right"|"'61.82%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Steven Edward Hilbert
align="right"|8,990
align="right"|33.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Green Party of British Columbia
Jeremie Louis LeBourdais 11
align="right"|212
align="right"|0.80%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Western Canada Concept
Harold Alexander Paley
align="right"|405
align="right"|1.52%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Quintin Robert McAdam Robertson
align="right"|549
align="right"|2.06%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|26,602!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|393!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|11 Son of former MLA Louis Lebourdais
-
Liberal
Michael George D'Arcy
align="right"|1,738
align="right"|3.61%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
John Dressler
align="right"|8,386
align="right"|17.41%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Peter V. Epp
align="right"|555
align="right"|1.15%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'Alex Fraser
align="right"|"'14,954
align="right"|"'30.312%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Jeremie Louis LeBourdais
align="right"|214
align="right"|0.44%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
New Democrat
Christine M. Slater
align="right"|8,250
align="right"|17.13%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
"'Social Credit
"'T. Neil Vant
align="right"|"'12,715
align="right"|"'26.40%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Liberal
Sylvia Anne Louise Warn
align="right"|927
align="right"|1.93%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive Conservative
Charles Richard Wyse
align="right"|778
align="right"|1.62%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|48,157!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|778!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|12 Seat increased to two members from one.

ources

* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC website - historical election data]


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