Prince George-North Cariboo

Prince George-North Cariboo

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Sheldon Clare Conservative
District created	2023
First contested	2024
Last contested	2026

Prince George-North Cariboo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was first contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. ^[1] It was created out of almost the entirety of Cariboo North and a part of Prince George-Valemount.

Geography

The electoral district takes in areas in the Cariboo Regional District and Regional District of Fraser–Fort George, spanning from the northern municipal boundaries of Williams Lake to partway inside the municipal boundaries of the city of Prince George. Notable population centres falling within Prince George-North Cariboo include Quesnel, Wells, the College Heights neighbourhood of Prince George, and unincorporated communities to the southwest of that city.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The district has elected these MLAs throughout its existence:

Prince George-North Cariboo
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cariboo North and Prince George-Valemount
43rd	2024–present		Sheldon Clare	Conservative
44th	2026–present

Election results

v t e 2026 British Columbia general election
The 2026 general election will be held on October 24.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sheldon Clare	11,799	70.27
	New Democratic	Denice Bardua	3,380	20.13
	Green	Randy Thompson	1,577	9.39
Total valid votes			16,756	99.79
Total rejected ballots			36	0.21
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sheldon Clare	11,430	56.82	+49.6	$27,477.42
	Independent	Coralee Oakes	4,394	21.84	-30.7	$7,335.00
	New Democratic	Denice Bardua	3,426	17.03	-14.3	$4,917.96
	Green	Randy Thompson	866	4.31	-4.0	$1,650.44
Total valid votes/expense limit			20,116	99.91	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			18	0.09	–
Turnout			20,134	59.97	–
Registered voters			33,572
	Conservative notional gain from BC United		Swing		+40.1 [n 1]
Source: Elections BC [2] [3]

1. Swing against BC United incumbent Coralee Oakes, standing for re-election as an independent candidate.

2020 provincial election redistributed results [4]
Party		%
	Liberal	52.5
	New Democratic	31.3
	Green	8.3
	Conservative	7.2

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. December 6, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
2. "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
3. "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved July 25, 2025.
4. "Prince George-North Cariboo". 338Canada. Retrieved July 3, 2025.