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 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:

• Savona
• Kamloops

Shuswap:

• Salmon Arm
• Falkland

Okanagan:

• Vernon
• Kelowna
• Penticton
• Osoyoos
• Oliver
• Enderby
• Armstrong
• Summerland
• Coldstream
• Cherryville

Boundary Country:

• Greenwood
• Grand Forks
• Rock Creek
• Eholt (Midway)

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

• Castlegar
• Rossland
• Trail
• Ymir
• Nelson
• Sandon
• New Denver
• Kaslo
• Nakusp
• Revelstoke
• Golden
• Invermere
• Kimberley
• Cranbrook
• Fernie
• Sparwood
• Yahk
• Creston
• Salmo

Nicola-Similkameen:

• Keremeos
• Hedley
• Princeton
• Merritt
• Douglas Lake
• Tulameen
• Coalmont (Granite City)
• Aspen Grove

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
	Conservative	Martin Burrell	acclaimed

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Burrell	3,851	63.56	+10.42
	Liberal	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	1,962	32.38	-6.85
	Socialist	James Foulds Johnson	246	4.06	–
Total valid votes			6,059	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.64

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Burrell	3,413	53.14	+10.49
	Liberal	Duncan Ross	2,520	39.23	-7.12
	Unknown	Charles Bunting	490	7.63	–
Total valid votes			6,423	100.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.80

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Duncan Ross	2,019	46.35	+9.07
	Conservative	Martin Burrell	1,858	42.65	+11.70
	Unknown	Ernest Mills	479	11.00	–
Total valid votes			4,356	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.32

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wm. A. Galliher	3,112	37.28	-17.94
	Labour	Chris Foley	2,652	31.77	–
	Conservative	John McKane	2,583	30.95	-13.83
Total valid votes			8,347	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-24.86

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	H. Bostock	1,824	55.22
	Conservative	J.A. Mara	1,479	44.78
Total valid votes			3,303	100.0
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

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Census of Canada, 1911, Yale-Cariboo (ArchiviaNet) - includes detailed list of contemporary communities in riding.