Yale—Cariboo

Yale—Cariboo
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1896
District abolished 1917
First contested 1896
Last contested 1911

Yale–Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1896 by combining the former Yale and Cariboo ridings. A redistribution in 1903 split off the eastern portion of the riding as the Kootenay riding from the Yale portion of Yale–Cariboo. It was abolished in 1914 and the Yale riding name restored, although on a smaller scale and actually without the town of Yale in the riding (it was in Fraser Valley), and also excluding Salmon Arm and Kamloops, which were part of the Cariboo portion of Yale–Cariboo, were reassigned to the Cariboo riding.

Major communities in the riding

Thompson:

Shuswap:

Okanagan:

Boundary Country:

The following communities were split off from Yale–Cariboo in the redistribution of 1903, to form the new riding of Kootenay.

Nicola-Similkameen:

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Yale and Cariboo
8th  1896 − 1900     Hewitt Bostock Liberal
9th  1900 − 1904     William Alfred Galliher Liberal
10th  1904 − 1908     Duncan Ross Liberal
11th  1908 − 1911     Martin Burrell Conservative
12th  1911 − 1911
 1911 − 1917
Riding dissolved into Cariboo and Yale

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, 4 November 1911
On Martin Burrell being appointed Minister of Agriculture, 10 October 1911
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeMartin Burrell acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeMartin Burrell 3,851 63.56 +10.42
LiberalKenneth Cattanach MacDonald 1,962 32.38 -6.85
SocialistJames Foulds Johnson 246 4.06 –
Total valid votes 6,059100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +8.64
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeMartin Burrell 3,413 53.14 +10.49
LiberalDuncan Ross 2,520 39.23 -7.12
UnknownCharles Bunting 490 7.63 –
Total valid votes 6,423100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.80
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalDuncan Ross 2,019 46.35 +9.07
ConservativeMartin Burrell 1,858 42.65 +11.70
UnknownErnest Mills 479 11.00 –
Total valid votes 4,356100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -1.32
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalWm. A. Galliher 3,112 37.28 -17.94
LabourChris Foley 2,652 31.77 –
ConservativeJohn McKane 2,583 30.95 -13.83
Total valid votes 8,347100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -24.86
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalH. Bostock 1,824 55.22
ConservativeJ.A. Mara 1,479 44.78
Total valid votes 3,303100.0  
This riding was created from Yale and Cariboo, which both elected Conservatives in the previous election. John Andrew Mara was the incumbent from Yale.

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