Cariboo (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Cariboo (provincial electoral district).

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Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Cariboo British Columbia electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1914
District abolished| 1966
First contested| 1917
Last contested| 1965

Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1892.

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)

## Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Riding created from Cariboo District
2nd |  1872–1874 |  | Joshua Spencer Thompson | Liberal–Conservative
3rd |  1874–1878
4th |  1878–1880†
1881–1882 |  | James Reid | Liberal–Conservative
5th |  1882–1887
6th |  1887–1888
1888–1891 |  | Frank Stillman Barnard | Conservative
7th |  1891–1896
Riding dissolved into Yale—Cariboo
Riding re-created from Yale—Cariboo
13th |  1917–1921 |  | Frederick John Fulton | Government (Unionist)
14th |  1921–1925 |  | Thomas George McBride | Progressive
15th |  1925–1926 |  | John Fraser | Conservative
16th |  1926–1930
17th |  1930–1935
18th |  1935–1940 |  | James Gray Turgeon | Liberal
19th |  1940–1945
20th |  1945–1949 |  | William Irvine | Co-operative Commonwealth
21st |  1949–1953 |  | George Matheson Murray | Liberal
22nd |  1953–1957 |  | Bert Leboe | Social Credit
23rd |  1957–1958
24th |  1958–1962 |  | Walter Henderson | Progressive Conservative
25th |  1962–1963 |  | Bert Leboe | Social Credit
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Coast Chilcotin, Kamloops—Cariboo,
Prince George—Peace River and Skeena

## Election results[edit]

### Cariboo, 1917–1968[edit]

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 McLellan | 7,144 | 21.76 | -6.12
| New Democratic | Fred Atkinson | 5,594 | 17.04 | +2.48
Total valid votes  | 32,838 | 100.0
| Social Credit hold | Swing | +5.30
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 | Bill Close | 4,461 | 14.56 | -2.52
Total valid votes  | 30,643 | 100.0
| Social Credit hold | Swing | ±0
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Social Credit | Bert Leboe | 8,435 | 30.43 | +3.52
| 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 | +2.38
Total valid votes  | 21,592 | 100.0
| Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -4.56
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.
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 | -6.44
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William M. Close | 3,175 | 14.70 | +0.63
Total valid votes  | 21,592 | 100.0
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | +18.62
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 | 100.0
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -8.02
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 | 100.0
| Social Credit gain from Liberal | Swing | +29.10
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 | 100.0
| Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth | Swing | +8.82
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 | 17.55 | +0.10
| Social Credit | Volney Lane Phillips | 1,080 | 7.61 | -
Total valid votes  | 14,184 | 100.0
| Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.96
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 | -0.50
Total valid votes  | 13,487 | 100.0
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.34
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 Anderson Fraser | 1,853 | 17.95 | -33.03
| Reconstruction | Frederick Clarke | 510 | 4.94 | -
Total valid votes  | 10,325 | 100.0
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | -22.18
1930 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 8,548 | 50.98 | -2.02
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 8,220 | 49.02 | +2.02
Total valid votes  | 16,768 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.02
1926 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 7,200 | 53.00 | -0.74
| Liberal | Joseph Graham | 6,386 | 47.00 | -
Total valid votes  | 13,586 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | -23.87
1925 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 6,430 | 53.74 | +18.68
| Progressive | Thomas George McBride | 5,534 | 46.26 | -18.68
Total valid votes  | 11,964 | 100.0
| Conservative gain from Progressive | Swing | +18.68
1921 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive | Thomas George McBride | 7,185 | 64.94 | -
| Conservative | John Thomas Robinson | 3,879 | 35.06 | -33.13
Total valid votes  | 11,064 | 100.0
| Progressive gain from Government (Unionist) | Swing | +49.04
1917 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Government (Unionist) | Frederick John Fulton | 6,010 | 68.19
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Raymond Findlay Leighton | 2,804 | 31.81
Total valid votes  | 8,814 | 100.0
This riding was re-created from Yale—Cariboo, which elected a Conservative in the previous election.

### Cariboo, 1872–1896[edit]

1891 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | F.S. Barnard | 223 | 53.48 | +14.22
| Liberal | Hugh Watt | 194 | 46.52 | -
Total valid votes  | 417 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | -16.15

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

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Conservative | Frank Stillman Barnard | 117 | 39.26 | -18.74
| Independent | R. McLeese | 95 | 31.88 | -
| Independent | ? Rogers | 86 | 28.86 | -
Total valid votes  | 298 | 100.0
| Conservative hold | Swing | -25.31
Rogers' first name does not appear in the historical records.
1887 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal–Conservative | James Reid | 145 | 58.00
| Liberal | D. Ferguson | 105 | 42.00
Total valid votes  | 250 | 100.0
1882 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal–Conservative | James Reid | acclaimed

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

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal–Conservative | James Reid | 179 | 42.32
| Unknown | ? Monroe | 104 | 24.59
| Unknown | ? Ball | 78 | 18.44
| Unknown | Archibald Greig | 62 | 14.66
Total valid votes  | 423 | 100.0
Neither Ball's nor Monroe's first names are given in the historical records.
1878 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal–Conservative | Joshua Spencer Thompson | acclaimed
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 | 100.0
1872 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal–Conservative | Joshua Spencer Thompson | acclaimed

## See also[edit]

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

* 1872 - 1892
* 1914 - 1966