Cariboo (federal electoral district)

This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian 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 of Yale—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 (1966–1976)
• 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 the Coast Chilcotin riding.

The original form of the riding was the whole of the Cariboo Plateau and both Cariboo and Lillooet Land Districts. Its southern boundary was on the northern edge of the New Westminster riding, and later the Burrard riding, then the North Vancouver riding, with near-coastal localities such as Pemberton, Squamish, Britannia Beach and Port Douglas all politically part of "Cariboo".

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 of Westminster 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.

A major redistribution in 1947 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 of Quesnel Lake. The rest of the riding extended to the Little Rancheria River and the border with Yukonand the Northwest Territories, therefore including the Omineca, Prince George and Peace River districts.

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)

Cariboo, 1917–1968

More information 1965 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	12,344	37.59	+7.13
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Runkle	7,756	23.62	–3.48
	Liberal	Art McClellan	7,144	21.76	–6.12
	New Democratic	Fred Atkinson	5,594	17.04	+2.48
Total valid votes			32,838	99.31
Total rejected ballots			229	0.69	+0.17
Turnout			33,067	67.50	–4.02
Eligible voters			48,986
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+6.63
Source: Library of Parliament[1][2]

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More information 1963 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	9,335	30.46	+0.03
	Liberal	Charles E. Graham	8,543	27.88	+0.04
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Runkle	8,304	27.10	+2.45
	New Democratic	William Marshall Close	4,461	14.56	–2.52
Total valid votes			30,643	99.47
Total rejected ballots			162	0.53	–0.35
Turnout			30,805	71.52	+0.92
Eligible voters			43,073
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+0.03
Source: Library of Parliament[3][4]

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1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	8,435	30.44	+3.53
	Liberal	Charles E. Graham	7,715	27.84	+12.65
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Henderson	6,830	24.65	–18.55
	New Democratic	Ken Rutherford	4,732	17.08	+2.37
Total valid votes			27,712	99.12
Total rejected ballots			246	0.88	+0.03
Turnout			27,958	70.60	+3.54
Eligible voters			39,599
	Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.04
Source: Library of Parliament[5][6]

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1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Henderson	9,327	43.20	+21.52
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	5,811	26.91	–15.71
	Liberal	Gordon Douglas Bryant	3,279	15.19	–6.45
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Marshall Close	3,175	14.71	+0.64
Total valid votes			21,592	99.15
Total rejected ballots			186	0.85	–0.03
Turnout			21,778	67.06	–1.41
Eligible voters			32,474
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		+18.62
Source: Library of Parliament[7][8]

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1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	8,292	42.62	+5.63
	Progressive Conservative	William Dow Ferry	4,217	21.68	–
	Liberal	Angus Carmichael	4,208	21.63	–12.69
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Marshall Close	2,737	14.07	–14.62
Total valid votes			19,454	99.12
Total rejected ballots			173	0.88	–0.36
Turnout			19,627	68.47	+9.60
Eligible voters			28,664
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+9.16
Source: Library of Parliament[9][10]

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1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bert Leboe	5,562	36.99	–
	Liberal	George Matheson Murray	5,160	34.32	–21.21
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Irvine	4,314	28.69	–15.78
Total valid votes			15,036	98.76
Total rejected ballots			189	1.24	+0.50
Turnout			15,225	58.87	–10.92
Eligible voters			25,860
	Social Credit gain from Liberal		Swing		+26.39
Source: Library of Parliament[11][12]

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1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Matheson Murray	7,330	55.53	+21.40
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Irvine	5,870	44.47	+3.77
Total valid votes			13,200	99.26
Total rejected ballots			98	0.74	–0.12
Turnout			13,298	69.79	–12.90
Eligible voters			19,054
	Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+12.58
Source: Library of Parliament[13][14]

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1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Irvine	5,773	40.70	+3.11
	Liberal	James Gray Turgeon	4,841	34.13	–10.82
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Jamieson	2,490	17.56	+0.10
	Social Credit	Volney Lane Phillips	1,080	7.61	–
Total valid votes			14,184	99.14
Total rejected ballots			123	0.86	+0.09
Turnout			14,307	82.69	+5.36
Eligible voters			17,302
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.97
Source: Library of Parliament[15][16]

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More information 1940 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gray Turgeon	6,063	44.95	+4.06
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Irvine	5,070	37.59	+1.37
	National Government	Frederick Herbert Stephens	2,354	17.45	–0.49
Total valid votes			13,487	99.23
Total rejected ballots			104	0.77	–0.71
Turnout			13,591	77.33	+8.39
Eligible voters			17,575
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.72
Source: Library of Parliament[17][18]

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More information 1935 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gray Turgeon	4,222	40.89	–8.13
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John McInnis	3,740	36.22	–
	Conservative	John Fraser	1,853	17.95	–33.03
	Reconstruction	Frederick Clarke	510	4.94	–
Total valid votes			10,325	98.52
Total rejected ballots			155	1.48	+1.48
Turnout			10,480	68.94	–6.60
Eligible voters			15,202
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+20.58
Source: Library of Parliament[19][20]

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1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fraser	8,548	50.98	–2.02
	Liberal	Henry George Thomas Perry	8,220	49.02	+2.02
Total valid votes			16,768	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			16,768	75.54	+5.01
Eligible voters			22,197
	Conservative hold		Swing		–2.02
Source: Library of Parliament[21][22]

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1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fraser	7,200	53.00	–0.75
	Liberal	Joseph Graham	6,386	47.00	–
Total valid votes			13,586	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			13,586	70.53	+3.66
Eligible voters			19,262
	Conservative hold		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament[23][24]

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1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fraser	6,430	53.75	+18.69
	Progressive	Thomas George McBride	5,534	46.26	–18.69
Total valid votes			11,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			11,964	66.87	–2.05
Eligible voters			17,892
	Conservative gain from Progressive		Swing		+18.69
Source: Library of Parliament[25][26]

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1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas George McBride	7,185	64.94	–
	Conservative	John Thomas Robinson	3,879	35.06	–
Total valid votes			11,064	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			11,064	68.91	–30.69
Eligible voters			16,055
	Progressive gain from Government (Unionist)		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament[27][28]

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1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	Frederick John Fulton	6,010	68.19	–
	Opposition	Raymond Findlay Leighton	2,804	31.81	–
Total valid votes			8,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			8,814	99.60
Eligible voters			8,849
	Government (Unionist) notional gain		Swing		–
This riding was re-created from Yale—Cariboo, which elected a Conservative in the previous election.
Source: Library of Parliament[29][30]

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Cariboo, 1872–1896

More information 1891 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Stillman Barnard	223	53.48	+14.22
	Liberal	Hugh Watt	194	46.52	–
Total valid votes			417	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			417	58.40	–
Eligible voters			714
	Conservative hold		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament[31][32]

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More information Canadian federal by-election, November 22, 1888 On the appointment of James Reid to the Senate, Party ...

Canadian federal by-election, November 22, 1888 On the appointment of James Reid to the Senate
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Stillman Barnard	117	39.26	–18.74
	Independent	Robert McLeese	95	31.88	–
	Independent	Mr. Rogers	86	28.86	–
Total valid votes			298	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			298	–	–
Eligible voters
	Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative		Swing		–
Rogers' first name does not appear in the historical records.
Source: Library of Parliament[33]

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1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	James Reid	145	58.00	–
	Liberal	George Ferguson	105	42.00	–
Total valid votes			250	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			250	51.12	–
Eligible voters			489
	Liberal–Conservative hold		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament[34][35]

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1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	James Reid	acclaimed
Source: Library of Parliament[36][37]

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More information Canadian federal by-election, March 31, 1881 On the death of Joshua Spencer Thompson, December 20, 1880, Party ...

Canadian federal by-election, March 31, 1881 On the death of Joshua Spencer Thompson, December 20, 1880
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	James Reid	179	42.32	–
	Unknown	Mr. Monroe	104	24.59	–
	Unknown	Mr. Ball	78	18.44	–
	Unknown	Archibald Greig	62	14.66	–
Total valid votes			423	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			423	–	–
Eligible voters			–
	Liberal–Conservative hold		Swing		–
Neither Ball's nor Monroe's first names are given in the historical records.
Source: Library of Parliament[38]

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More information 1878 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joshua Spencer Thompson	acclaimed
Source: Library of Parliament[39][40]

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More information 1874 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joshua Spencer Thompson	192	82.76	–
	Unknown	S. Walker	40	17.24	–
Total valid votes			232	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			232	50.00	–
Eligible voters			464
	Liberal–Conservative hold		Swing		–
Source: Library of Parliament[41][42]

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More information 1872 Canadian federal election, Party ...

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joshua Spencer Thompson	acclaimed
Source: Library of Parliament[43][44]

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