# Cariboo (provincial electoral district)

Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced through reapportionment and became a two-member riding until the 1916 election, after which it has been a single-member riding. It produced many notable members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), including George Anthony Boomer Walkem, third and fifth holder of the office of premier of British Columbia and who was one of the first representatives elected from the riding; John Robson, ninth premier of British Columbia; and Robert Bonner, a powerful minister in the W.A.C. Bennett cabinet, and later CEO of MacMillan Bloedel and BC Hydro.

## Demographics

* Population, 1871
* Population change,
* Area (km$^2$)
* Population density

## Political geography

When the riding was created, the bulk of its population was in the Cariboo goldfields district around Barkerville, although its boundaries extended to the Yukon boundaries - the original Cariboo riding at its creation included all of the former New Caledonia fur district, north of those parts of it now in the Lillooet Land District which formed the Lillooet riding.$^1$ As mining exploration and other settlement spread northwards from the Cariboo mining areas, the Omineca, Fort George and Peace River ridings were split off by the end of the 19th century, and the Cariboo riding was reduced to the Cariboo Plateau, south from Quesnel to just south of Williams Lake and 150 Mile House, and including the Barkerville, British Columbia region as well as the remote Chilcotin region, which had no voting (settler) population when the riding was formed other than isolated traders and trappers who may have had time or means to vote. Nearly all of the 785 voters in the first election were in the goldfield towns, Quesnel (then Quesnellemouthe), Williams Lake or towns and ranches south along the Cariboo Road and other routes of the era, and those along the West Fraser from the Chilcotin River, including the Gang Ranch south to just north of Big Bar, an isolated canyon ranching, river-crossing and wagon-trail town in the Fraser Canyon, which was in the Lillooet riding.
Following the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), increased settlement on the Cariboo Plateau south of the goldfields region shifted the population weight of the riding to that area, which was increasingly centred on the town of Williams Lake and the plateau between there and Kamloops, British Columbia. The southern Cariboo region, later added in a redistribution and division of the Cariboo riding into Cariboo South and Cariboo North, which exist today, was originally part of the Lillooet riding. The Lillooet and Cariboo provincial ridings combined formed the original definition of the Cariboo federal riding.
$^1$ New Caledonia's southern boundary was vague, but it was generally accepted to include the Thompson area although its heartland is the Fort Saint James-Fraser Lake region northwest of Prince George.

## First Nations

When the riding was created its boundaries stretched from the Quesnel Lake and Chilcotin areas, flanking the great plateau of central BC on its east and west, all the way north to the Yukon border. At that time, although irrelevant to the issue of electoral representation, the riding's population included members of the Shuswap, Carrier, Chilcotin, Sekani and other more northerly nations. As the riding was reduced to roughly correspond with the Cariboo district (excluding Lillooet-Ashcroft, which were in the Lillooet electoral district, at least until the mid-20th century) the native population became only Shuswap, along the Fraser and east of it, and the Chilcotin people, who lived to the west of it. First Nations people, even in the reduced riding area, mostly outnumbered the total figure for non-natives until the early 20th century, but were not allowed to vote or run for office.

## Notable MLAs

* Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, became the eighth premier of British Columbia
* Alex Fraser, held the seat for 20 years

## Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
1st British Columbia general election, 1871 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Cornelius Booth | 155 | 19.74% | unknown |
| | Independent | John Evans | 107 | 13.63% | unknown |
| | Independent | Joseph Hunter | 162 | 20.64% | unknown |
| | Independent | John Spencer Thompson | 132 | 16.82% | unknown |
| | Independent | George Anthony Boomer Walkem $^1$ | 229 | 29.17% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 785 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^1$Premier 1874-1876 |||||||
British Columbia provincial by-election, November 27, 1871 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | George Anthony Boomer Walkem | Acclaimed |
| The byelection was called due to Walkem's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on November. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||
British Columbia byelection: Cariboo, June 22, 1872 $^3$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Abraham Barlow | 23 | 9.35% | unknown |
| | Independent | John George Barnston | 132 | 53.66% | unknown |
| | Independent | Edward Pearson | 91 | 36.99% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^3$ Caused by resignation of C. Booth 23 April 1872 upon appointment as Clerk to the Bench at Kootenay 19 April 1872. |||||||
2nd British Columbia election, 1875 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Alexander Edmund Batson Davie | 199 | 23.36% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Evans | 173 | 20.31% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Edward Pearson | 117 | 13.73% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Johnston Robertson | 68 | 7.98% | – | unknown |
| | Government | George Anthony Boomer Walkem $^4$ | 254 | 29.81% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Samuel Walker | 41 | 4.81% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 852 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| $^4$ Incumbent Premier from 1874; term ended in 1876 |||||||
3rd British Columbia election, 1878 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | George Cowan | 238 | 30.20% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Evans | 230 | 29.19% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Jonathan Nutt | 68 | 8.63% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | George Anthony Boomer Walkem $^5$ | 252 | 31.98% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 788 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| $^5$ Elected Premier | $^5$ Elected Premier | $^5$ Elected Premier | $^5$ Elected Premier | | | |
British Columbia byelection: Cariboo, August 3, 1878 $^6$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | George Anthony Boomer Walkem | Acclaimed | -.- % | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | n/a | -.- % | | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | | |
| $^6$ Byelection caused by Walkem's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council June. Date is that of return of writ, as a polling day was not necessary. |||||||
British Columbia byelection: Cariboo, October 29, 1879$^7$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Unknown | George Ferguson | 94 | 41.23% |
| | Unknown | John Glasson | 55 | 24.12% |
| | Unknown | Robert McLeese | 79 | 34.65% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 228 |
| $^7$ Cause of byelection was the death of John Evans August. |||||||
4th British Columbia election, 1882 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Independent | George Cowan | 217 | 24.46% | | unknown |
| | Opposition | George Ferguson | 117 | 13.19% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Daniel McKay | 82 | 9.25% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Robert McLeese | 169 | 19.05% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Samuel Walker | 107 | 12.06% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Charles Wilson | 195 | 21.98% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 887 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
5th British Columbia election, 1886 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Neil R. Campbell | 39 | 5.17% | – | unknown |
| | Government | George Cowan | 111 | 14.70% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | George Ferguson | 90 | 11.92% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Robert McLeese | 113 | 14.97% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Joseph Mason | 125 | 16.56% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Denis Murphy | 88 | 11.65% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Robert Lauderdale Shaw | 38 | 5.03% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Samuel Walker | 61 | 8.08% | | unknown |
| | Government | Charles Wilson | 90 | 11.92% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 755 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
6th British Columbia election, 1890 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | Joseph Mason | 187 | 29.13% | – | unknown |
| | Government | John Robson $^8$ | 158 | 24.61% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Samuel Augustus Rogers | 163 | 25.39% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | William Pinchbeck | 134 | 20.87% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 642 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^8$ Incumbent Premier since 1889; term ended in 1892 |||||||
7th British Columbia election, 1894 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Government | William Adams | 147 | 21.33% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Charlton Kinchant | 95 | 13.79% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | Robert McLeese | 142 | 20.61% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Samuel Augustus Rogers | 167 | 24.24% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Hugh Watt | 138 | 20.03% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 689 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
8th British Columbia election, 1898 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Opposition | Hans Lars Helgesen | 218 | 28.76% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Joseph Hunter | 173 | 22.82% | – | unknown |
| | Opposition | John Charlton Kinchant | 195 | 25.73% | – | unknown |
| | Government | Samuel Augustus Rogers | 172 | 22.69% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 758 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
vte1900 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hunter | 302 | 31.17 | Y |
| | Conservative | Samuel Augustus Rogers | 289 | 29.82 | Y |
| | Progressive | Harry Jones | 201 | 20.74 |
| | Progressive | John Charlton Kinchant | 177 | 18.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 969 |
10th British Columbia election, 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | William Adams | 411 | 23.76% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Harry Jones | 439 | 25.37% | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Murphy | 501 | 28.96% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Samuel Augustus Rogers | 379 | 21.91% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,730 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
11th British Columbia election, 1907 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Leon Frederick James Champion | 135 | 20.64% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Harry Jones | 184 | 28.14% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Charles Wilson | 152 | 23.34% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John McKay Yorston | 183 | 27.98% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 654 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
12th British Columbia election, 1909 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Michael Callanan | 273 | 31.86% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 267 | 31.15% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Harry Jones | 159 | 18.55% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | John McKay Yorston | 158 | 18.54% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 857 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
13th British Columbia election, 1912 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Michael Callanan | 310 | 37.48% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 335 | 40.51% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Holt | 182 | 22.01% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 827 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 207 | 31.36% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John McKay Yorston | 453 | 68.64% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 660 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
15th British Columbia election, 1920 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 349 | 38.35% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John McKay Yorston | 561 | 61.65% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 910 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | John Anderson Fraser | 397 | 30.44% | | unknown |
| | Provincial | David Alexander Stoddart | 561 | 61.65% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | John McKay Yorston | 414 | 31.75% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,304 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Robert Neil Campbell | 400 | 28.25% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Roderick Mackenzie | 623 | 44.00% | | unknown |
| | Independent | David Alexander Stoddart | 393 | 27.75% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,416 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 157 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Rupert Williams Haggen | 398 | 19.92% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Donald Morrison MacKay | 1,089 | 54.50% | | unknown |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Roderick Mackenzie | 511 | 25.58% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,998 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 38 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Jennie E. Clarke | 655 | 25.43% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Louis LeBourdais | 1,921 | 74.57% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,578 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Richmond Charles Biss | 338 | 11.86% | unknown |
| | Independent | Truman Charles Docherty | 404 | 14.18% | unknown |
| | Independent | John Hargreaves | 257 | 9.02% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Louis LeBourdais | 1,429 | 50.16% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Christy McDevitt | 257 | 9.02% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,849 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 92 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | Louis LeBourdais | 1,370 | 57.93% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Charles Archibald Thomas | 995 | 42.07% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,365 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 67 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Nicholas Charles Bird | 1,314 | 33.12% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Angus MacLean | 2,653 | 66.88% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,967 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 110 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952$^9$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit League | William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd | 2,684 | 51.84% | 2,684 | 51.84% |
| | Liberal | Angus McLean | 1,029 | 19.88% | 1,029 | 19.88% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Roland Riley | 689 | 13.31% | 689 | 13.31% | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Kenneth Winston Thibaudeau | 775 | 14.97% | 775 | 14.97% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,177 | % | 5,177 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 216 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77.94% | | |
| $^9$ Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^{10}$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jack Gardner Boultbee | 509 | 9.63% | 509 | 9.63% | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd | 2,733 | 51.73% | 2,733 | 51.73% |
| | Liberal | Gideon Earl Malcolm | 1,050 | 19.87% | 1,050 | 19.87% | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Joseph Wilson McConnell | 992 | 18.77% | 992 | 18.77% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,284 | 100.00% | 5,284 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 288 | | | | |
| Total Registered Voters | Total Registered Voters | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^{10}$ Preferential ballot; only one count shown due to majority on first count |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd | 3,014 | 60.86 | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Felix Rudolph Kohnke | 1,141 | 23.04% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | James Lehman | 797 | 16.09% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,952 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 45 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Stanley Doubleday Crowe | 1,842 | 24.37% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Felix Rudolph Kohnke | 2,073 | 27.43% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Collins Speare | 3,091 | 40.90% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Celian Orvian Tingley | 552 | 7.30% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,558 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 112 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Alfred Vernon Cade | 1,551 | 21.60% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Stanley Doubleday Crowe | 1,482 | 20.63% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Felix Rudolph Kohnke | 1,134 | 15.79% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Collins Speare | 3,015 | 41.98% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,182 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 49 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Hartley Douglas Dent | 2,530 | 35.74% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Ronald Charles MacKay | 719 | 10.16% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Collins Speare | 3,830 | 54.10% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,079 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 74 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Alex Fraser | 5,766 | 52.05% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Kirby Gerald Seabrook | 2,961 | 26.73% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | David Zirnhelt | 2,351 | 21.22% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,078 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 85 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Ronald Hjalmar Anderson | 5,435 | 38.68% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Alex Fraser | 6,780 | 48.25% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Lawrence Albert Gladue | 1,837 | 13.07% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,052 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 220 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Grethyl Verda Adams | 6,122 | 30.13% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Alex Fraser | 14,194 | 69.87% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,316 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 235 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Alex Fraser | 13,736 | 64.09% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Byron Ralph Kemp | 7,233 | 33.75% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Brian Hartley Mayne | 462 | 2.16% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,431 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 315 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Alex Fraser | 16,446 | 61.82% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Steven Edward Hilbert | 8,990 | 33.80% | | unknown |
| | Green | Jeremie Louis LeBourdais $^{11}$ | 212 | 0.80% | – | unknown |
| | Western Canada Concept | Harold Alexander Paley | 405 | 1.52% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Quintin Robert McAdam Robertson | 549 | 2.06% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,602 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 393 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{11}$ Son of former MLA Louis Lebourdais |||||||
34th British Columbia election, 1986 $^{12}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Michael George D'Arcy | 1,738 | 3.61% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | John Dressler | 8,386 | 17.41% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter V. Epp | 555 | 1.15% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Alex Fraser | 14,954 | 30.312% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Jeremie Louis LeBourdais | 214 | 0.44% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Christine M. Slater | 8,250 | 17.13% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | T. Neil Vant | 12,715 | 26.40% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Sylvia Anne Louise Warn | 927 | 1.93% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Charles Richard Wyse | 778 | 1.62% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 48,157 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 778 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^{12}$ Seat increased to two members from one. |||||||

## Sources

* Elections BC website - historical election data