Cariboo-Chilcotin (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Cariboo-Chilcotin is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 and was first contested in the 2009 general election.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2015) | 33,520 | ||
| Area (km²) | 44,512 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.75 | ||
| Census division | Cariboo Regional District | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Williams Lake, 100 Mile House | ||
Geography
As of the 2020 provincial election, Cariboo-Chilcotin comprises the southern portion of the Cariboo Regional District. It is located in central British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Cariboo South | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Donna Barnett | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2023 | Lorne Doerkson | ||
| 2023–2024 | BC United | |||
| 2024–2024 | Conservative | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | |||
Electoral history
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Lorne Doerkson | 13,714 | 69.59 | – | $52,365.03 | |||
| New Democratic | Michael Moses | 5,992 | 30.41 | −1.4 | $23,077.93 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,706 | 99.54 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 92 | 0.46 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 19,798 | 60.04 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 32,975 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from BC United | Swing | N/A[n 1] | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
- Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
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| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 52.2 | ||
| New Democratic | 31.8 | ||
| Green | 11.1 | ||
| Others | 4.9 | ||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lorne Doerkson | 6,600 | 51.25 | −7.52 | $29,284.50 | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Andrews | 4,180 | 32.46 | +6.23 | $1,965.55 | |||
| Green | David Laing | 1,379 | 10.71 | −4.29 | ||||
| Independent | Katya Potekhina | 457 | 3.55 | – | $1,453.00 | |||
| Libertarian | James Buckley | 263 | 2.04 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,879 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Donna Barnett | 8,517 | 58.77 | $59,044 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sally Watson | 3,801 | 26.23 | $22,988 | ||||
| Green | Rita Helen Giesbrecht | 2,175 | 15.00 | $7,708 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,493 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,596 | 60.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Donna Barnett | 7,679 | 56.18 | |||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Wyse | 4,740 | 34.68 | |||||
| Green | Dustin Victor Price | 747 | 5.46 | |||||
| Independent | Gary Young | 503 | 3.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 13,669 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 68 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,737 | 63.64 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Donna Barnett | 6,259 | 47.85% | |||
| New Democratic | Charlie Wyse | 6,171 | 47.18% | |||
| Green | Elli Taylor | 650 | 4.97% | |||
| Total Valid Votes | 13,080 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 66 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,146 | 62.93% | ||||
