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.

Cariboo-Chilcotin

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lorne Doerkson Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2024
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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Cariboo-Chilcotin
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cariboo South
39th	2009–2013		Donna Barnett	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023		Lorne Doerkson
	2023–2024			BC United
	2024–2024			Conservative
43rd	2024–present

Electoral history

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lorne Doerkson	13,714	69.59	–	$52,365.03
	New Democratic	Michael Moses	5,992	30.41	−1.4	$23,077.93
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,706	99.54	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			92	0.46	–
Turnout			19,798	60.04	–
Registered voters			32,975
	Conservative notional gain from BC United		Swing		N/A[n 1]
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

1. Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.

2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		%
	Liberal	52.2
	New Democratic	31.8
	Green	11.1
	Others	4.9

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
	Green	David Laing	1,379	10.71	−4.29
	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[5][6]

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[7]

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[8]

B.C. General Election 2009: Cariboo-Chilcotin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Donna Barnett	6,259	47.85%
	New Democratic	Charlie Wyse	6,171	47.18%
	Green	Elli Taylor	650	4.97%
Total Valid Votes			13,080	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			66
Turnout			13,146	62.93%

See also

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