# Yale—Cariboo

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 | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Duncan Ross | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Martin Burrell | Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1911 | Martin Burrell | Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Martin Burrell | Conservative |
| 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,059 | 100.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,423 | 100.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,356 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,347 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | 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. |||||||