Cariboo-Chilcotin (provincial electoral district)

Cariboo-Chilcotin is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 and was first contested in the 2009 general election. It was last contested in the 2020 provincial election.

Cariboo-Chilcotin

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lorne Doerkson Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2015)	33,520
Area (km²)	44,512
Pop. density (per km²)	0.75
Census division(s)	Cariboo Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Williams Lake, 100 Mile House

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Cariboo-Chilcotin comprises the southern portion of the Cariboo Regional District. It is located in central British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.^[1]

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Cariboo South
35th	1991–1996		David Zirnhelt	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Walt Cobb	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Charlie Wyse	New Democratic
Cariboo-Chilcotin
39th	2009–2013		Donna Barnett	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Lorne Doerkson

Electoral history

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lorne Doerkson	6,600	51.25	−7.52	$29,284.50
	New Democratic	Scott Andrews	4,180	32.46	+6.23	$1,965.55
	Independent	Katya Potekhina	457	3.55	–	$1,453.00
	Libertarian	James Buckley	263	2.04	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			12,879	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	Donna Barnett	8,517	58.77	$59,044
	New Democratic	Sally Watson	3,801	26.23	$22,988
	Green	Rita Helen Giesbrecht	2,175	15.00	$7,708
Total valid votes			14,493	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103	0.71
Turnout			14,596	60.79
Source: Elections BC^[4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Donna Barnett	7,679	56.18
	New Democratic	Charlie Wyse	4,740	34.68
	Green	Dustin Victor Price	747	5.46
	Independent	Gary Young	503	3.68
Total valid votes			13,669	100.00
Total rejected ballots			68	0.50
Turnout			13,737	63.64
Source: Elections BC^[5]

References

1. "Cariboo-Chilcotin 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. (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.