Cariboo
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1966
First contested1917
Last contested1965

Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1892.

This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871. The name was changed to "Cariboo" in 1872, and existed in this form until it was abolished in 1892 when it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale—Cariboo. In 1914, Yale—Cariboo was redistributed and Yale and Cariboo were separate ridings once again, though with smaller areas than before. The Cariboo riding lasted until 1966. The succession of ridings for the Cariboo area since then has been:

The Chilcotin region of the riding, west of the Fraser River, was from 1966 to 1976 part of the Coast Chilcotin riding.

The original form of the riding was the whole of the Cariboo Plateau and both Cariboo and Lillooet Land Districts. Its southern boundary was on the northern edge of the New Westminster riding, and later the Burrard riding, then the North Vancouver riding, with near-coastal localities such as Pemberton, Squamish, Britannia Beach and Port Douglas all politically part of "Cariboo".

Under the Representation Act of 1892, the constituencies of Yale and Cariboo were united to form Yale—Cariboo. In 1914 that riding was broken up and the Yale and Cariboo riding-names were restored, although the new constituencies were considerably smaller than before. The restored Yale riding included the Boundary Country around Grand Forks and Greenwood, but the Kootenay was now a separate riding and the town of Yale itself was not in the restored Yale riding, but in the new riding of Westminster District. The first election using the new boundaries was in 1917. "Government" and "Opposition" were used during the wartime campaign to designate the governing Conservatives vs the Opposition Liberals.

A major redistribution in 1947 took away the southern half of the Cariboo district, with a southern boundary at 52 degrees 30 minutes north, just excluding Williams Lake and the south bank of Quesnel Lake. The rest of the riding extended to the Little Rancheria River and the border with Yukonand the Northwest Territories, therefore including the Omineca, Prince George and Peace River districts.

The Cariboo electoral district was abolished in 1966. Successor ridings were:

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Cariboo District
2nd  1872–1874     Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal–Conservative
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1880†
 1881–1882     James Reid Liberal–Conservative
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1888
 1888–1891     Frank Stillman Barnard Conservative
7th  1891–1896
Riding dissolved into Yale—Cariboo
Riding re-created from Yale—Cariboo
13th  1917–1921     Frederick John Fulton Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     Thomas George McBride Progressive
15th  1925–1926     John Fraser Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     James Gray Turgeon Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     William Irvine Co-operative Commonwealth
21st  1949–1953     George Matheson Murray Liberal
22nd  1953–1957     Bert Leboe Social Credit
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Walter Henderson Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Bert Leboe Social Credit
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Coast Chilcotin, Kamloops—Cariboo,
Prince George—Peace River and Skeena

Election results

Cariboo, 1917–1968

1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditBert Leboe12,34437.59+7.13
Progressive ConservativePeter Runkle7,75623.62-3.48
LiberalArt McLellan7,14421.76-6.12
New DemocraticFred Atkinson5,59417.04+2.48
Total valid votes 32,838100.0  
Social Credit hold Swing +5.30
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditBert Leboe9,33530.46+0.03
LiberalCharles E. Graham8,54327.88+0.04
Progressive ConservativePeter Runkle8,30427.10+2.45
New DemocraticBill Close4,46114.56-2.52
Total valid votes 30,643100.0  
Social Credit hold Swing ±0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditBert Leboe8,43530.43+3.52
LiberalCharles E. Graham7,71527.84+12.65
Progressive ConservativeWalter Henderson6,83024.65-18.55
New DemocraticKen Rutherford4,73217.08+2.38
Total valid votes 21,592100.0  
Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -4.56
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWalter Henderson9,32743.20+21.52
Social CreditBert Leboe5,81126.91-15.71
LiberalGordon Douglas Bryant3,27915.19-6.44
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam M. Close3,17514.70+0.63
Total valid votes 21,592100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing +18.62
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditBert Leboe8,29242.62+5.63
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Dow Ferry4,21721.68
LiberalAngus Carmichael4,20821.63-12.69
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Marshall Close2,73714.07-14.62
Total valid votes 19,454100.0  
Social Credit hold Swing -8.02
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditBert Leboe5,56236.99
LiberalGeorge Matheson Murray5,16034.32-21.21
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Irvine4,31428.69-15.78
Total valid votes 15,036100.0  
Social Credit gain from Liberal Swing +29.10
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Matheson Murray7,33055.53+21.40
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Irvine5,87044.47+3.77
Total valid votes 13,200100.0  
Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth Swing +8.82
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Irvine5,77340.70+3.11
LiberalJames Gray Turgeon4,84134.13-10.82
Progressive ConservativeThomas Jamieson2,49017.55+0.10
Social CreditVolney Lane Phillips1,0807.61
Total valid votes 14,184100.0  
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal Swing +6.96
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames Gray Turgeon6,06344.95+4.06
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Irvine5,07037.59+1.37
National GovernmentFrederick Herbert Stephens2,35417.45-0.50
Total valid votes 13,487100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +1.34
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames Gray Turgeon4,22240.89-8.13
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn McInnis3,74036.22
ConservativeJohn Anderson Fraser1,85317.95-33.03
ReconstructionFrederick Clarke5104.94
Total valid votes 10,325100.0  
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -22.18
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Anderson Fraser8,54850.98-2.02
LiberalHenry George Thomas Perry8,22049.02+2.02
Total valid votes 16,768100.0  
Conservative hold Swing -2.02
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Anderson Fraser7,20053.00-0.74
LiberalJoseph Graham6,38647.00
Total valid votes 13,586100.0  
Conservative hold Swing -23.87
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Anderson Fraser6,43053.74+18.68
ProgressiveThomas George McBride5,53446.26-18.68
Total valid votes 11,964100.0  
Conservative gain from Progressive Swing +18.68
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ProgressiveThomas George McBride7,18564.94
ConservativeJohn Thomas Robinson3,87935.06-33.13
Total valid votes 11,064100.0  
Progressive gain from Government (Unionist) Swing +49.04
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Government (Unionist)Frederick John Fulton6,01068.19
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Raymond Findlay Leighton2,80431.81
Total valid votes 8,814100.0  
This riding was re-created from Yale—Cariboo, which elected a Conservative in the previous election.

Cariboo, 1872–1896

1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeF.S. Barnard22353.48+14.22
LiberalHugh Watt19446.52
Total valid votes 417100.0  
Conservative hold Swing -16.15
Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1888
On the appointment of James Reid to the Senate
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeFrank Stillman Barnard11739.26-18.74
IndependentR. McLeese9531.88
Independent ? Rogers8628.86
Total valid votes 298100.0  
Conservative hold Swing -25.31
Rogers' first name does not appear in the historical records.
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Liberal–ConservativeJames Reid14558.00
LiberalD. Ferguson10542.00
Total valid votes 250100.0  
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJames Reidacclaimed
Canadian federal by-election, 31 March 1881
On the death of Joshua Spencer Thompson, 20 December 1880
Party Candidate Votes%
Liberal–ConservativeJames Reid17942.32
Unknown ? Monroe10424.59
Unknown ? Ball7818.44
UnknownArchibald Greig6214.66
Total valid votes 423100.0  
Neither Ball's nor Monroe's first names are given in the historical records.
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJoshua Spencer Thompsonacclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Liberal–ConservativeJoshua Spencer Thompson19282.76
UnknownS. Walker4017.24
Total valid votes 232100.0  
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJoshua Spencer Thompsonacclaimed

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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