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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:

Election results

See also

  • List of Canadian electoral districts
  • Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • Census of Canada, 1911, Yale-Cariboo (ArchiviaNet) - includes detailed list of contemporary communities in riding.