- Cariboo (electoral district)
:"For the region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, see
Cariboo . For the provincial electoral district of the same name, seeCariboo (provincial electoral district) .Cariboo was a federal electoral district in
British Columbia ,Canada , that was represented in theCanadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as
Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into theCanadian Confederation in 1871. The name was changed to "Cariboo" in 1872, and existed in this form until it was abolished in 1892 when it was amalgamated into the new riding ofYale—Cariboo . In 1914, Yale—Cariboo was redistributed and Yale and Cariboo were separate ridings once again, though with smaller areas than before. The Cariboo riding lasted until 1966. The succession of ridings for the Cariboo area since then has been:*
Kamloops—Cariboo )
*Cariboo—Chilcotin (1976—2003)
*Cariboo—Prince George (2003 - )
*Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (2004 - )The Chilcotin region of the riding, west of the
Fraser River , was from 1966 to 1976 part of theCoast Chilcotin riding.The original form of the riding was the whole of the Cariboo plateau and both Cariboo and
Lillooet Land District s. Its southern boundary was on the northern edge of the Vancouver riding, and later the North Vancouver riding, with near-coastal localities such as Pemberton, Squamish, Britannia Beach and Port Douglas all politically part of "Cariboo".Cariboo was also a provincial electoral district. It was a three-member riding whose first representatives included George Anthony Boomer Walkem, later 3rd and 5th holder of the office of
Premier of British Columbia . It was one of the province's first twelve electoral constituencies.Election results
"Note: Winners in each election are in" bold
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Liberal-ConservativeJoshua Spencer Thompson
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Liberal-ConservativeJoshua Spencer Thompson
align="right"|192
align="right"|82.76%
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UnknownS. Walker
align="right"|40
align="right"|17.24%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|232!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"-
Liberal-ConservativeJoshua Spencer Thompson
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Liberal-Conservative
James Reid
align="right"|179
align="right"|42.32%
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Unknown
Monroe 2
align="right"|104
align="right"|24.59%
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Unknown
Ball 2
align="right"|78
align="right"|18.44%
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Unknown
Archibald Greig
align="right"|62
align="right"|14.66%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|423!align="right"
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-!align="left" colspan=7|1 By-Election: On Mr. Thompson'death, December 20, 1880.
-!align="left" colspan=7|2 Neither Ball's nor Monroe's first names are given in the historical records of this riding.-
Liberal-Conservative
James Reid
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Liberal-Conservative
James Reid
align="right"|145
align="right"|58.00%
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Liberal
D. Ferguson
align="right"|105
align="right"|42.00%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|250!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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ConservativeFrank Stillman Barnard 4
align="right"|117
align="right"|39.26%
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Independent
R. McLeese
align="right"|95
align="right"|31.88%
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Independent
Rogers 5
align="right"|86
align="right"|28.86%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|298!align="right"
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-!align="left" colspan=7|3 By-Election: On Mr. Reid's appointment to the Senate.
-!align="left" colspan=7|4 Son of Frank (Francis Jones) Barnard ofBarnard's Express , premier freight company on theCariboo Wagon Road . Francis Stillman Barnard was later 10thLieutenant-Governor of British Columbia ) and was a Knight by the time of his appointment.
-!align="left" colspan=7|5 Rogers' first name does not appear in the historical records or this riding.-
Conservative
F.S. Barnard
align="right"|223
align="right"|53.48%
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LiberalHugh Watt
align="right"|194
align="right"|46.52%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|417!align="right"
!align="right"Under the Representation Act of 1892, the constituencies of Yale and Cariboo were united to form
Yale—Cariboo . In 1914 that riding was broken up and the Yale and Cariboo riding-names were restored, although the new constituencies were considerably smaller than before. The restored Yale riding included the Boundary Country around Grand Forks and Greenwood, but the Kootenay was now a separate riding and the town of Yale itself was not in the restored Yale riding, but in the new riding ofWestminster District . The first election using the new boundaries was in 1917. "Government" and "Opposition" were used during the wartime campaign to designate the governing Conservatives vs the Opposition Liberals.-
GovernmentFrederick John Fulton
align="right"|6,010
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Opposition
Raymond Findlay Leighton
align="right"|2,804
align="right"|31.81%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,814!align="right"|100%!align="right"Progressive
Thomas George McBride
align="right"|7,185
align="right"|64.94%
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Conservative
John Thomas Robinson
align="right"|3,879
align="right"|35.06%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|11,064!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Conservative
John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|6,430
align="right"|53.74%
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ProgressiveThomas George McBride
align="right"|5,534
align="right"|46.26%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|11,964!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Conservative
John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|7,200
align="right"|53.00%
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Liberal
Joseph Graham
align="right"|6,386
align="right"|47.00%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|13,586!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Conservative
John Anderson Fraser
align="right"|8,548
align="right"|50.98%
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LiberalHenry George Thomas Perry
align="right"|8,220
align="right"|49.02%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|16,768!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Liberal
James Gray Turgeon
align="right"|4,222
align="right"|40.89%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.John McInnis
align="right"|3,740
align="right"|36.22%
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ConservativeJohn Anderson Fraser
align="right"|1,853
align="right"|17.95%
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Reconstruction
Frederick Clarke
align="right"|510
align="right"|4.94%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|10,325!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Liberal
James Gray Turgeon
align="right"|6,063
align="right"|44.95%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Irvine
align="right"|5,070
align="right"|37.59%
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National GovernmentFrederick Herbert Stephens
align="right"|2,354
align="right"|17.45%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|13,487 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Irvine
align="right"|5,773
align="right"|40.70%
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LiberalJames Gray Turgeon
align="right"|4,841
align="right"|34.13%
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-Progressive Conservative
Thomas Jamieson
align="right"|2,490
align="right"|17.55%
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Social Credit
Volney Lane Phillips
align="right"|1,080
align="right"|7.61%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|14,184!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"Liberal
George Matheson Murray
align="right"|7,330
align="right"|55.53%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Irvine
align="right"|5,870
align="right"|44.47%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|13,200!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-A major redistribution in 1952 took away the southern half of the
Cariboo district, with a southern boundary at 52 degrees 30 minutes north, just excluding Williams Lake and the south bank ofQuesnel Lake . The rest of the riding extended to the Little Rancheria River and the border withYukon and theNorthwest Territories , therefore including the Omineca, Prince George and Peace River districts.
Social CreditBert Leboe
align="right"|5,562
align="right"|36.99%
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LiberalGeorge Matheson Murray
align="right"|5,160
align="right"|34.32%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
WIlliam Irvine
align="right"|4,314
align="right"|28.69%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|15,036!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-Social Credit
Bert Leboe
align="right"|8,292
align="right"|42.62%
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Progressive ConservativeWilliam Dow Ferry
align="right"|4,217
align="right"|21.68%
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Liberal
Angus Carmichael
align="right"|4,208
align="right"|21.63%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Marshall Close
align="right"|2,737
align="right"|14.07%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|19,454!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-Progressive Conservative
Walter Clarence Henderson
align="right"|9,327
align="right"|43.20%
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Social CreditBert Leboe
align="right"|5,811
align="right"|26.91%
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Liberal
Gordon Douglas Bryant
align="right"|3,279
align="right"|15.19%
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William M. Close
align="right"|3,175
align="right"|14.70%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|21,592!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-Social Credit
Bert Leboe
align="right"|8,435
align="right"|30.43%
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Liberal
Charles E. Graham
align="right"|7,715
align="right"|27.84%
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Progressive Conservative
Gus Henderson
align="right"|6,830
align="right"|24.65%
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New Democrat
Ken Rutherford
align="right"|4,732
align="right"|17.08%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|21,592!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-Social Credit
Bert Leboe
align="right"|9,335
align="right"|30.46%
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Liberal
Charles E. Graham
align="right"|8,543
align="right"|27.88%
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Progressive Conservative
Peter Runkle
align="right"|8,304
align="right"|27.10%
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New Democrat
Bill Close
align="right"|4,461
align="right"|14.56%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|30,643!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-Social Credit
Bert Leboe
align="right"|12,344
align="right"|37.59%
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Progressive Conservative
Peter Runkle
align="right"|7,756
align="right"|23.62%
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Liberal
Art McLellan
align="right"|7,144
align="right"|21.76%
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New Democrat
Fred Atkinson
align="right"|5,594
align="right"|17.04%
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|32,838!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
-The Cariboo electoral district was abolished in 1966. Successor ridings were:
*
Coast Chilcotin (1966 - 1976)
*Kamloops—Cariboo (1966 - 1976)
*Prince George—Peace River (1966 - 1976)
*Skeena (1914 - 2003)See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
Riding history from the]
Library of Parliament :
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=118 (1872 - 1892)
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=119 (1914 - 1966)
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