Cariboo South

Cariboo South was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	35,678
Population Change, 1996-2001	-2.1%
Area (km²)	59,757.93
Pop. Density (people per km²)	0.60

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its last MLA was Charlie Wyse, a former city councillor for Williams Lake. He was first elected in 2005. He represented the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. He ran again in the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chlcotin for the 2009 election and was defeated.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Cariboo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Charlie Wyse	7,277	45.99%		$53,725
	Liberal	Walt Cobb	7,163	45.27%		$86,085
	Green	Ed Sharkey	851	5.38%	–	$200
	Independent	Mike Orr	532	3.36%		$954
Total Valid Votes			15,823	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			93	0.59%
Turnout			15,916	67.43%

B.C. General Election 2001: Cariboo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Walt Cobb	10,259	62.21%	$59,750
	NDP	David Zirnhelt	4,259	25.83%	$40,430
	Marijuana	Mike Orr	739	4.48%	$744
	Unity	Christopher Matte	598	3.63%	$506
	All Nations	Dan Case	552	3.35%	$6,01
	People's Front	Bruce Broomfield	83	0.50%	$387
Total Valid Votes			16,490	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			66	0.40%
Turnout			16,556	74.70%

B.C. General Election 1996: Cariboo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Zirnhelt	6,372	41.45%		$40,565
	Liberal	Dave Worthy	6,050	39.35%		$67,488
	Reform	Jon Wolbers	2,684	17.46%		$13,941
	Green	Donald Stuart Rennie	267	1.74%	–	$380
Total Valid Votes			15,373	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			69	0.45%
Turnout			15,442	70.88%

B.C. General Election 1991: Cariboo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	David Zirnhelt	6,369	45.37%		$44,267
	Social Credit	Donna Barnett	4,730	33.70%	–	$56,893
	Liberal	Erno Krajczar	2,567	18.29%		$4,074
	Reform	Phil Lindenbach	371	2.64%		$2,703
Total Valid Votes			14,037	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			316	2.20%
Turnout			14,353	72.94%

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia