- Yale—Cariboo
Yale—Cariboo was a federal electoral district in
British Columbia ,Canada , that was represented in theCanadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1917.This riding was created in 1896 by combining the former Yale and Cariboo ridings. A redistribution in 1903 split off the eastern portion of the riding as the Kootenay riding from the Yale portion of Yale—Cariboo. It was abolished in 1914 and the Yale riding name restored, although on a smaller scale and actually without the town of Yale in the riding (it was in
Fraser Valley ), and also excluding Salmon Arm and Kamloops, which were part of theCariboo portion of Yale—Cariboo, were re-assigned to the Cariboo riding.Major communities in the riding
Thompson:
*Savona
*KamloopsShusw
Okanagan:
*Vernon
*Kelowna
*Penticton
*Osoyoos
*Oliver
*Enderby
*Armstrong
*Summerland
*Coldstream
*CherryvilleBoundary Country:
*Greenwood
*Grand Forks
*Rock Creek
*Eholt (Midway)The following communities were split off from Yale—Cariboo in the redistribution of 1903, to form the new riding of Kootenay.
*Castlegar
*Rossland
*Trail
*Ymir
*Nelson
*Sandon
*New Denver
*Kaslo
*Nakusp
*Revelstoke
*Golden
*Invermere
*Kimberley
*Cranbrook
*Fernie
*Sparwood
*Yahk
*Creston
*SalmoNicola-Similkameen:
*Keremeos
*Hedley
*Princeton
*Merritt
*Douglas Lake
*Tulameen
*Coalmont (Granite City)
*Aspen GroveMembers of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
*Right Hon. Hewitt Bostock
*John Andrew Mara
*Martin Burrell Election results
"Note: Winners or each election are in" bold
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Liberal
H. Bostock 1
align="right"|1,824
align="right"|55.22%
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Conservative
J.A. Mara
align="right"|1,479
align="right"|44.78%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,303!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=7|1 Senator, 1904-1930, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Minister of Public Works 1921-1922, Speaker of the Senate 1922-1930.-
LiberalWm. A. Galliher
align="right"|3,112
align="right"|37.28%
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LabourChris Foley
align="right"|2,652
align="right"|31.77%
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Conservative
John McKane
align="right"|2,583
align="right"|30.95%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,347!align="right"
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Liberal
Duncan Ross
align="right"|2,019
align="right"|46.35%
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ConservativeMartin Burrell
align="right"|1,858
align="right"|42.65%
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UnknownErnest Mills
align="right"|479
align="right"|11.00%
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,356!align="right"
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ConservativeMartin Burrell
align="right"|3,413
align="right"|53.14%
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Liberal
Duncan Ross
align="right"|2,520
align="right"|39.23%
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Unknown
Charles Bunting
align="right"|490
align="right"|7.63%
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,423!align="right"
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ConservativeMartin Burrell
align="right"|3,851
align="right"|63.56%
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LiberalKenneth Cattanach MacDonald
align="right"|1,962
align="right"|32.38%
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Socialist
James Foulds Johnson
align="right"|246
align="right"|4.06%
align="right"
-!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,059!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"-
ConservativeMartin Burrell
align="right"|Accl.
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-!align="left" colspan=3|Total
-!align="left" colspan=7|2 By-Election: On Mr. Burrell being appointed Minister of Agriculture, October 10, 1911.Yale—Cariboo was abolished in advance of the 1917 election, with the original riding names of Cariboo and Yale being re-established but with new boundaries from before.
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=835&Include= Riding history from the]
Library of Parliament
* [http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s4=BC&s1=Yale-Cariboo&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=1911PEN&s10=1911&Sect6=HITOFF&d=GS31&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F1911%2F006003-100.01-e.html&r=0&f=S Census of Canada, 1911, Yale-Cariboo (ArchiviaNet)] - includes detailed list of contemporary communities in riding.
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