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

Demographics

{| class="wikitable"

|Population, 2001

|35,678

|-

|Population Change, 1996–2001

| -2.1%

|-

|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

|59,757.93

|-

|Pop. Density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)

|0.60

|}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Its last member of the Legislative Assembly (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-Chilcotin for the 2009 election and was defeated.

Election results

|-

|NDP

|Charlie Wyse

|align="right"|7,277

|align="right"|45.99%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$53,725

|-

|Independent

|Mike Orr

|align="right"|532

|align="right"|3.36%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$954

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes

!align="right"|15,823

!align="right"|100%

!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots

!align="right"|93

!align="right"|0.59%

!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout

!align="right"|15,916

!align="right"|67.43%

!align="right"|

|NDP

|David Zirnhelt

|align="right"|4,259

|align="right"|25.83%

|align="right"|$40,430

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes

!align="right"|16,490

!align="right"|100.00%

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots

!align="right"|66

!align="right"|0.40%

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout

!align="right"|16,556

!align="right"|74.70%

|-

|NDP

|David Zirnhelt

|align="right"|6,372

|align="right"|41.45%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$40,565

|-

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes

!align="right"|15,373

!align="right"|100.00%

!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots

!align="right"|69

!align="right"|0.45%

!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout

!align="right"|15,442

!align="right"|70.88%

!align="right"|

|-

|NDP

|David Zirnhelt

|align="right"|6,369

|align="right"|45.37%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$44,267

|-

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes

!align="right"|14,037

!align="right"|100.00%

!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots

!align="right"|316

!align="right"|2.20%

!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout

!align="right"|14,353

!align="right"|72.94%

See also

  • List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
  • Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

  • 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