Cariboo—Prince George

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Cariboo—Prince George

British Columbia electoral district
Cariboo—Prince George in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Dick Harris Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	106,382
Electors (2006)	73,985
Area (km²)	87,126
Pop. density (per km²)	1.2
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Prince George, Williams Lake, Quesnel, Cariboo A, Cariboo B, Cariboo E, Cariboo F, Vanderhoof, Fraser-Fort George C, Bulkley-Nechako F

Cariboo—Prince George is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

This district was created in 2003 from parts of Cariboo—Chilcotin and Prince George—Bulkley Valley ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2004-present: Richard M. Harris (a.k.a Dick Harris) - Conservative - He previously represented Prince George—Bulkley Valley.

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Dick Harris, a former businessman. He was first elected in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he has been a member of the Standing Committee on International Trade.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	22,637	55.39%	+10.45%	$73,476
	New Democrat	Bev Collins	10,581	25.89%	+2.69%	$14,990
	Liberal	Drew Adamick	4,309	10.54%	-13.53%	$5,010
	Green	Amber Van Drielen	2,614	6.40%	+0.87%	$10
	Independent	Douglas Gook	729	1.78%		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,870	100%		92,328
Total rejected ballots			151	0.37%
Turnout			41,021	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	19,624	44.94%	-1.77%	$83,782
	Liberal	Simon Yu	10,509	24.07%	+4.18%	$16,389
	New Democrat	Alfred Trudeau	10,129	23.20%	-3.29%	$15,028
	Green	Alex Bracewell	2,416	5.53%	+1.28%	$4,952
	Christian Heritage	Chris Kempling	505	1.16%	-	$3,910
	Marxist-Leninist	Carol Lee Chapman	279	0.64%	0.46%	N/A
	Canadian Action	Bev Collins	109	0.25%	-0.71%	$1,326
	First Peoples	Don Roberts	95	0.22%	-
Total valid votes			43,666	100%
Total rejected ballots			119	0.27%
Turnout			43,785	59.97%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dick Harris	19 721	46.71%		$49,767
	New Democrat	Rick Smith	11 183	26.49%		$18,841
	Liberal	Gurbux Saini	8 397	19.89%		$77,812
	Green	Douglas Gook	1 798	4.25%
	Independent	Mike Orr	478	1.13%		$1,388
	Canadian Action	Bev Collins	408	0.96%		$1,188
	Libertarian	Jeff Paetkau	148	0.35%		$400
	Marxist-Leninist	Carol Lee Chapman	79	0.18%		$75
Total valid votes			42,212	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			160	0.38%
Turnout			42 372	57.43%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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