Cariboo—Prince George

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Cariboo—Prince George in relation to the other British Columbia ridings
Population, 2001	111,485
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2004-present: Dick Harris - Conservative - He previously represented Prince George—Bulkley Valley.

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Dick Harris, a former businessman. He was first elected in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	19,624	44.9%		$83,781.81
	Liberal	Simon Yu	10,509	24.1%
	New Democratic Party	Alfred Trudeau	10,129	23.2%		$15,027.70
	Green	Alex Bracewell	2,416	5.5%		$4,952.32
	Christian Heritage	Chris Kempling	505	1.2%		$3,910.36
	Marxist-Leninist	Carol Lee Chapman	279	0.6%		N/A
	Canadian Action	Bev Collins	109	0.2%		$1,326.12
	First Peoples	Don Roberts	95	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,666	100%
Total rejected ballots			119	0.27%
Turnout			43,785	59.97%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	19 721	46.71%		$49,767
	New Democratic Party	Rick Smith	11 183	26.49%		$18,841.17
	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	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			160	0.38%
Turnout			42 372	57.43%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal Ridings in the British Columbia Interior
Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Kelowna—Lake Country | Kootenay—Columbia | Okanagan—Coquihalla | Okanagan—Shuswap | Prince George—Peace River
New Democratic	British Columbia Southern Interior | Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Federal Ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior | Cariboo—Prince George | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Kelowna—Lake Country | Kootenay—Columbia | Okanagan—Coquihalla | Okanagan—Shuswap | Prince George—Peace River | Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Newton—North Delta | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | Richmond | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale | Surrey North
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | North Vancouver | Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver East | Vancouver Kingsway | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | Nanaimo—Alberni | Nanaimo—Cowichan | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Vancouver Island North | Victoria