Cariboo—Prince George

Cariboo—Prince George is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Cariboo—Prince George

British Columbia electoral district
Cariboo—Prince George in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Todd Doherty Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	108,252
Electors (2019)	84,116
Area (km²)^[1]	83,193
Pop. density (per km²)	1.3
Census division(s)	Fraser-Fort George, Bulkley-Nechako, Cariboo
Census subdivision(s)	Agats Meadow 8, Alexandria, Alexis Creek 6, Alexis Creek 14, Alexis Creek 16, Alexis Creek 17, Alexis Creek 21, Alexis Creek 24, Alexis Creek 25, Alexis Creek 34, Alkali Lake 1, Alkali Lake 4A, Anahim's Flat 1, Anahim's Meadow, Baezaeko River 27, Baptiste Meadow 2, Betty Creek 18, Bulkley-Nechako F, Cahoose 10, Cahoose 12, Canoe Creek 3, Cariboo A, Cariboo B, Cariboo C, Cariboo D, Cariboo E, Cariboo F, Cariboo I, Cariboo J, Cariboo K, Charley Boy's Meadow 3, Chilco Lake 1, Chilco Lake 1A, Coglistiko River 29, Deep Creek 2, Dog Creek 1, Dog Creek 2, Euchinico Creek 17, Fishtrap 19, Fraser-Fort George C, Fraser-Fort George E, Garden, Johny Sticks 2, Kluskus 1, Lezbye 6, Little Springs, Lohbiee 3, Louis Squinas Ranch 14, Michel Gardens 36, Nazco 20, Prince George, Puntzi Lake 2, Quesnel, Quesnel 1, Redstone Flat 1, Salmon River Meadow 7, Sandy Harry 4, Seymour Meadows 19, Soda Creek 1, Squinas 2, Stone 1, Stoney Creek 1, Sundayman's Meadow 3, Swan Lake 3, Tanakut 4, Tatelkus Lake 28, Thomas Squinas Ranch 2A, Toby's Meadow 4, Toosey 1, Towdystan Lake 3, Trout Lake Alec 16, Tzetzi Lake 11, Ulkatcho 13, Ulkatcho 14A, Vanderhoof, Wells, Williams Lake, Williams Lake 1

Geography

The riding of Cariboo—Prince George extends from near Williams Lake in the south to Prince George in the north and Vanderhoof in the west. Cities and towns in this area include Williams Lake, Quesnel, Wells, Prince George & Vanderhoof. Voters in the Vanderhoof and Prince George tend to vote more Conservative while voters in the Cariboo (Quesnel, Williams Lake) tend to lean towards the NDP.

History

This district was created in 2003 from parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Cariboo—Prince George should be adjusted slightly, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[2] The redefined Cariboo—Prince George lost a small portion of its current territory in the upper Bella Coola Valley to the district of Skeena—Bulkley Valley but is otherwise unchanged. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Cariboo—Prince George (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[4]		2016^[5]		2011^[6]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	81,005	73.78%	81,335	75.93%	83,640	78.02%
Indigenous	18,915	17.23%	17,830	16.64%	17,100	15.95%
South Asian	4,195	3.82%	3,330	3.11%	2,680	2.5%
Southeast Asian^[b]	2,015	1.84%	1,445	1.35%	1,125	1.05%
East Asian^[c]	1,450	1.32%	1,625	1.52%	1,720	1.6%
African	1,080	0.98%	765	0.71%	525	0.49%
Latin American	410	0.37%	295	0.28%	145	0.14%
Middle Eastern^[d]	295	0.27%	160	0.15%	145	0.14%
Other^[e]	435	0.4%	330	0.31%	120	0.11%
Total responses	109,790	98.71%	107,120	98.36%	107,200	99.03%
Total population	111,226	100%	108,907	100%	108,252	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley
38th	2004–2006		Dick Harris	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Todd Doherty
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Cariboo—Prince George (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Todd Doherty	25,771	50.8	-1.9	$48,803.67
	New Democratic	Audrey McKinnon	10,323	20.4	+5.0	none listed
	Liberal	Garth Frizzell	8,397	16.6	-3.4	$12,156.37
	People's	Jeremy Gustafson	4,160	8.2	+6.0	$5,338.68
	Green	Leigh Hunsinger-Chang	1,844	3.6	-5.5	$11,400.61
	Christian Heritage	Henry Thiessen	218	0.4	—	$1,147.25
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,713	–	–	$143,143.51
Total rejected ballots			267	0.52	-0.06
Turnout			50,980	59.8	-5.7
Eligible voters			85,187
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.2
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Todd Doherty	28,848	52.7	+16.06	$71,474.23
	Liberal	Tracy Calogheros	10,932	20.0	-11.49	$31,879.37
	New Democratic	Heather Sapergia	8,440	15.4	-10.43	none listed
	Green	Mackenzie Kerr	4,998	9.1	+5.64	none listed
	People's	Jing Lan Yang	1,206	2.2	-	none listed
	Independent	Michael Orr	350	0.6	-0.62	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,774	100.0
Total rejected ballots			321
Turnout			55,095	65.5
Eligible voters			84,116
	Conservative hold		Swing		+13.78
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Todd Doherty	19,688	36.64	-19.62	$70,428.14
	Liberal	Tracy Calogheros	16,921	31.49	+26.43	$28,272.16
	New Democratic	Trent Derrick	13,879	25.83	-4.28	$60,383.50
	Green	Richard Edward Jaques	1,860	3.46	-2.72	$2,214.20
	Independent	Sheldon Clare	657	1.22		$13,871.81
	No affiliation	Gordon Campbell	402	0.75		–
	Christian Heritage	Adam De Kroon	327	0.61		$2,663.87
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,734	100.00		$265,082.81
Total rejected ballots			216	0.40
Turnout			53,950	67.85
Eligible voters			79,517
	Conservative hold		Swing		-23.02
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]^[13]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,324	56.26
	New Democratic	13,016	30.10
	Green	2,673	6.18
	Liberal	2,190	5.07
	Others	1,033	2.39

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harris	24,443	56.17	+0.78
	New Democratic	Jon Van Barneveld	13,135	30.18	+4.29
	Green	Heidi Redl	2,702	6.21	-0.19
	Liberal	Sangeeta Lalli	2,200	5.06	-5.48
	Christian Heritage	Henry Thiessen	440	1.01	–
	Independent	Jon Ronan	394	0.91	–
	Rhinoceros	Jordan Turner	204	0.47	–
Total valid votes			43,518	100.0
Total rejected ballots			171	0.39	+0.02
Turnout			43,689	58.00	+3.68
Eligible voters			75,329
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.76

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	22,637	55.39	+10.45	$73,476
	New Democratic	Bev Collins	10,581	25.89	+2.69	$14,990
	Liberal	Drew Adamick	4,309	10.54	-13.53	$5,010
	Green	Amber Van Drielen	2,614	6.40	+0.87	$10
	Independent	Douglas Gook	729	1.78	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,870	100.0		$92,328
Total rejected ballots			151	0.37	+0.1
Turnout			41,021	54.32
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.88

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	19,624	44.94	-1.77	$83,782
	Liberal	Simon Yu	10,509	24.07	+4.18	$16,389
	New Democratic	Alfred Trudeau	10,129	23.20	-3.29	$15,028
	Green	Alex Bracewell	2,416	5.53	+1.28	$4,952
	Christian Heritage	Chris Kempling	505	1.16	–	$3,910
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol Lee Chapman	279	0.64	+0.46
	Canadian Action	Bev Collins	109	0.25	-0.71	$1,326
	First Peoples National	Don Roberts	95	0.22	–
Total valid votes			43,666	100.0
Total rejected ballots			119	0.27
Turnout			43,785	60
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.98

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	19,721	46.71	$49,767
	New Democratic	Rick Smith	11,183	26.49	$18,841
	Liberal	Gurbux Saini	8,397	19.89	$77,812
	Green	Douglas Gook	1,798	4.25
	Independent	Mike Orr	478	1.13	$1,388
	Canadian Action	Bev Collins	408	0.96	$1,188
	Libertarian	Jeff Paetkau	148	0.35	$400
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol Lee Chapman	79	0.18	$75
Total valid votes			42,212	100.0
Total rejected ballots			160	0.38
Turnout			42,372	57.43
This riding was created from parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley, both of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the previous election. Dick Harris was the incumbent from Prince George—Bulkley Valley.

See also

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

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

• "Cariboo—Prince George (Code 59004) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures – 2004

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Final Report – British Columbia
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 October 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
7. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
9. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
10. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
11. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Cariboo—Prince George, 30 September 2015
12. Official Voting Results - Cariboo—Prince George
13. . Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
14. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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