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, came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election. It will next be contested in the 2021 provincial election.

Cariboo-Chilcotin

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Donna Barnett Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Cariboo South
35th	1991–1996		David Zirnhelt	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Walt Cobb	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Charlie Wyse	New Democratic
Cariboo-Chilcotin
39th	2009–2013		Donna Barnett	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Electoral history

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[1]

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[2]

1. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.