Cariboo—Chilcotin

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Cariboo—Chilcotin was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1979 to 2003.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

It consisted initially of:

• the Cariboo Regional District;
• the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District; and
• the part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District west of Electoral Areas C, J, M and N.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

• the Cariboo Regional District;
• the part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lying to the west of the east boundaries of Electoral Area E and I;
• Electoral Areas A and B of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District; and
• the Village of Lillooet.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

• Cariboo Regional District;
• Subdivision D of Thompson-Nicola Regional District, including Spatsum Indian Reserve No. 11, excepting: Logan Lake District Municipality; Skeetchestn Indian Reserve and Nooaitch Indian Reserve No. 10;
• Subdivision A of Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, excepting Nequatque Indian Reserve No. 1;
• the southeast part of Central Coast Regional District.

[edit] History

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Coast Chilcotin, Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Skeena ridings.

This district was eliminated as a result of redistribution in 2003. Parts of it went to Cariboo—Prince George, Kamloops—Thompson and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1. Philip Mayfield - Reform Party, Canadian Alliance (1993-2004)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Philip Mayfield	19,213	59.63%	-	$46,481
	Liberal	John McCarvill	6,555	20.34%	-	$11,178
	New Democrat	Raymond John Skelly	2,915	9.04%	-	$5,781
	Progressive Conservative	Pamela J. Culbert	2,822	8.75%	-	$5,050
	Independent	William Turkel	591	1.83%	-	$2,627
	Marxist-Leninist	Al Charlebois	124	0.38%	-	$101
Total valid votes			32,220	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			104	0.32%
Turnout			32,324	60.49%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Philip Mayfield	16,008	51.11%	-	$47,376
	Liberal	Gurbux Saini	6,493	20.73%	-	$67,327
	New Democrat	Terry Tate	4,406	14.07%	-	$16,049
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Culbert	3,707	11.84%	-	$31,399
	Green	Charles Jones	707	2.26%	-	$206
Total valid votes			31,321	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			138	0.44%
Turnout			31,459	60.98%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Philip Mayfield	11,484
	Liberal	Barry Lorne Nordin	8,437
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Worthy	7,043
	New Democrat	Gillian MacDonald	3,298
	National	Richard Lawrence Bennett	537
	Canada Party	Bob Hampton	314
	Natural Law	Teresa Gillen	222
	Green	Donald Stuard Rennie	204

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Worthy	11,525
	New Democrat	Jack Langford	11,256
	Liberal	Donald C.L. Ursaki	7,886
	Reform	Diane Johnson	530
	Rhino	William G. Crombie	224

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Greenaway	20,553
	New Democrat	Christine Slater	11,544
	Liberal	Mark Angus	4,881
	Green	Lisa Enquist	392
	Social Credit	George H. Janzen	335

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Greenaway	12,355
	New Democrat	Harry Olaussen	10,292
	Liberal	Larry Ozero	7,577
	Marxist-Leninist	Harbans Riarh	92

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Greenaway	12,767
	New Democrat	Harry Olaussen	8,273
	Liberal	Lon Godfrey	7,477
	Social Credit	Peter R. Gook	1,363

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Election resutls from the Library of Parliament