Yale—Cariboo
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1896
District abolished1917
First contested1896
Last contested1911

Yale–Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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
10th  1904–1908 Duncan Ross
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 Burrellacclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeMartin Burrell3,85163.56+10.42
LiberalKenneth Cattanach MacDonald1,96232.38-6.85
SocialistJames Foulds Johnson2464.06–
Total valid votes 6,059100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +8.64
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeMartin Burrell3,41353.14+10.49
LiberalDuncan Ross2,52039.23-7.12
UnknownCharles Bunting4907.63–
Total valid votes 6,423100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.80
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDuncan Ross2,01946.35+9.07
ConservativeMartin Burrell1,85842.65+11.70
UnknownErnest Mills47911.00–
Total valid votes 4,356100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -1.32
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWm. A. Galliher3,11237.28-17.94
LabourChris Foley2,65231.77–
ConservativeJohn McKane2,58330.95-13.83
Total valid votes 8,347100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -24.86
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalH. Bostock1,82455.22
ConservativeJ.A. Mara1,47944.78
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.

See also

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