Coralee Oakes
Coralee Oakes (born 1972) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Cariboo North as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party and was appointed Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development on June 10, 2013.
Coralee Oakes MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Cariboo North | |
| Assumed office May 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Simpson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 (age 47–48) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | B.C. Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development |
Oakes is a former two-term Quesnel city councillor and executive director of the Quesnel and District Chamber of Commerce since 1999. As a result of her community work, in 2007 Oakes was appointed by the province to the Small Business Roundtable to represent the rural voice of small business. This work led her to be appointed to the Minister's Council on Tourism in 2009. Oakes is the past president of the British Columbia Chamber Executives and has served as a director on the BC Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Executives, Cariboo Chilcotin Tourism Association and numerous local not-for-profit organizations.[2]
Electoral record
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Cariboo North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Coralee Oakes | 6,359 | 51.05 | $56,018 | ||||
| New Democratic | Scott Elliott | 4,430 | 35.57 | $55,108 | ||||
| Green | Richard Edward Jaques | 919 | 7.38 | $285 | ||||
| Conservative | Tony Goulet | 747 | 6.00 | $816 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,455 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 58 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,513 | 60.94 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Cariboo North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Coralee Oakes | 5,867 | 41.41 | |||||
| Independent | Bob Simpson | 5,264 | 37.16 | |||||
| New Democratic | Duncan Barnett | 3,036 | 21.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 14,167 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 81 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,248 | 59.77 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4] | ||||||||
References
- "Cariboo North elects Oakes". Prince George Citizen, May 14, 2013.
- "BC Newsroom". Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
- "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
