Cariboo—Chilcotin

For the provincial electoral district, see Cariboo-Chilcotin (provincial electoral district).

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

Cariboo—Chilcotin

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	2003
First contested	1979
Last contested	2000

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Coast Chilcotin, Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Skeena
31st	1979–1980		Lorne Greenaway	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Dave Worthy
35th	1993–1997		Philip Mayfield	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Prince George, Kamloops—Thompson and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Philip Mayfield	19,213	59.63	+8.52	$46,481
	Liberal	John McCarvill	6,555	20.34	-0.39	$11,178
	New Democratic	Raymond John Skelly	2,915	9.04	-5.03	$5,781
	Progressive Conservative	Pamela J. Culbert	2,822	8.75	-3.09	$5,050
	Independent	William Turkel	591	1.83	–	$2,627
	Marxist–Leninist	Al Charlebois	124	0.38	–	$101
Total valid votes			32,220	100.0
Total rejected ballots			104	0.32
Turnout			32,324	60.49
	Alliance hold		Swing		+4.46
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Philip Mayfield	16,008	51.11	+14.70	$47,376
	Liberal	Gurbux Saini	6,493	20.73	-6.02	$67,327
	New Democratic	Terry Tate	4,406	14.07	+3.61	$16,049
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Culbert	3,707	11.84	-10.49	$31,399
	Green	Charles Jones	707	2.26	+1.61	$206
Total valid votes			31,321	100.0
Total rejected ballots			138	0.44
Turnout			31,459	60.98
	Reform hold		Swing		+10.36

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Philip Mayfield	11,484	36.41	+34.72
	Liberal	Barry Lorne Nordin	8,437	26.75	+1.65
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Worthy	7,043	22.33	-14.35
	New Democratic	Gillian MacDonald	3,298	10.46	-25.36
	National	Richard Lawrence Bennett	537	1.70	–
	Canada Party	Bob Hampton	314	1.00	–
	Natural Law	Teresa Gillen	222	0.70	–
	Green	Donald Stuart Rennie	204	0.65	–
Total valid votes			31,539	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+16.54

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Worthy	11,525	36.68	-17.83
	New Democratic	Jack Langford	11,256	35.82	+5.20
	Liberal	Donald C.L. Ursaki	7,886	25.10	+12.15
	Reform	Diane Johnson	530	1.69	–
	Rhinoceros	William G. Crombie	224	0.71	–
Total valid votes			31,421	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.52

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Greenaway	20,553	54.51	+13.76
	New Democratic	Christine Slater	11,544	30.62	-3.33
	Liberal	Mark Angus	4,881	12.95	-12.04
	Green	Lisa Enquist	392	1.04	–
	Social Credit	George H. Janzen	335	0.89	–
Total valid votes			37,705	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.54

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Greenaway	12,355	40.75	-1.98
	New Democratic	Harry Olaussen	10,292	33.95	+6.26
	Liberal	Larry Ozero	7,577	24.99	-0.03
	Marxist–Leninist	Harbans Riarh	92	0.30	–
Total valid votes			30,316	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.12

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Greenaway	12,767	42.73
	New Democratic	Harry Olaussen	8,273	27.69
	Liberal	Lon Godfrey	7,477	25.02
	Social Credit	Peter R. Gook	1,363	4.56
Total valid votes			29,880	100.0
This riding was created from Coast Chilcotin, Fraser Valley East, Kamloops—Cariboo and Skeena, which elected three Liberals and a Progressive Conservative (Fraser Valley East).

See also

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