Cariboo North

Cariboo North

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Coralee Oakes United
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020

Cariboo North is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Cariboo, which came into effect for the 1991 BC election.

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution which took effect in the 2024 BC election, the district was eliminated. Most of the riding was replaced by Prince George-North Cariboo, a larger electoral district extending into the southern suburbs of Prince George.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Cariboo North comprises the northern portion of the Cariboo Regional District. It is located in central British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Quesnel and Wells. ^[1]

Demographics

Population, 2001	37,209
Population change, 1996–2001	−0.8%
Area (km2)	33,861.55
Population density	1.1

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Cariboo prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		Frank Garden	NDP
36th	1996–2001		John Wilson	Liberal
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009		Bob Simpson	NDP
39th	2009–2010
	2010–2013			Independent
40th	2013–2017		Coralee Oakes	Liberal
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–present			BC United

Electoral history

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Coralee Oakes	5,367	48.42	−2.63	$16,017.08
	New Democratic	Scott Elliott	3,809	34.36	−1.21	$890.10
	Conservative	Kyle Townsend	1,201	10.84	+4.84	$571.20
	Green	Douglas Gook	707	6.38	−1.00	$237.95
Total valid votes			11,084	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [2] [3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Coralee Oakes	6,359	51.05	+9.64	$56,018
	New Democratic	Scott Elliott	4,430	35.57	+14.14	$55,108
	Green	Richard Edward Jaques	919	7.38	–	$285
	Conservative	Tony Goulet	747	6.00	–	$816
Total valid votes			12,455	100.00
Total rejected ballots			58	0.46
Turnout			12,513	60.94
Source: Elections BC [4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Coralee Oakes	5,867	41.41
	Independent	Bob Simpson	5,264	37.16
	New Democratic	Duncan Barnett	3,036	21.43
Total valid votes			14,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			81	0.57
Turnout			14,248	59.77
Source: Elections BC [5]

BC General Election 2009: Cariboo North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Bob Simpson	7004	49.51	+2.12	$53,378
	Liberal	Bruce Ernst	6501	45.95	+0.40	$138,230
	Green	Doug Gook	643	4.54	−0.83	$1,550
Total			14,148
Total rejected ballots			87	0.61%
Turnout			14,235	60.24%

2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	FPTP	9,222	66.73%
	BC-STV	4,598	33.27%

BC General Election 2005: Cariboo North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Bob Simpson	7,353	47.28%		$45,906
	Liberal	Steve Wallace	7,084	45.55%		$90,171
	Green	Douglas Gook	835	5.37%	–	$1,828
	Marijuana	James Michael Delbarre	281	1.81%		$100
Total valid votes			15,553	100%
Total rejected ballots			126	0.81%
Turnout			15,679	64.26%

2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	8,923	58.57%
	No	6,311	41.43%

BC General Election 2001: Cariboo North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Wilson	10,044	64.97%		$40,510
	NDP	Frank Garden	2,732	17.67%		$13,716
	Independent	Kim McIvor	727	4.70%		$3,578
	Green	Douglas Norman Gook	712	4.61%	–	$707
	Marijuana	Stephen Payne	509	3.29%		$694
	Unity	Steven A. McBeth	420	2.72%		$392
	All Nations	Tony Goulet	292	1.89%	–	$661
	People's Front	Al "Ace" Charlebois	24	0.15%
Total valid votes			15,460	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			76	0.49%
Turnout			15,536	72.46%

BC General Election 1996: Cariboo North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Wilson	5,533	40.87%		$44,845
	NDP	Frank Garden	5,180	38.26%		$36,452
	Reform	Robert Eyford	2,561	18.92%	$14,893
	Green	Phillip Mencero	168	1.24%	$775
	Libertarian	Ric Steines	97	0.72%
Total valid votes			13,539
Total rejected ballots			63	0.46%
Turnout			13,602	70.05%

BC General Election 1991: Cariboo North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Frank Garden	4,919	39.10%		$28,365
	Social Credit	Michael L. Pearce	4,205	33.42%	–	$47,974
	Liberal	Darwin L. Netzel	2,317	18.41%		$1,196
	Reform	Elizabeth Betsy Van Halderen	1,141	9.07%		$15,539
Total valid votes			12,582	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			280	2.18%
Turnout			12,862	73.15%

References

1. "Cariboo North Electoral District" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
3. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
4. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

External links

• BC Stats - 2001
• Results of 2001 election
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia