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Cariboo North is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Cariboo

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...

which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election

British Columbia general election, 1991

The British Columbia general election of 1991 was the 35th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991...

.

Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is Bob Simpson. He was first elected in 2005

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

. Originally a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

, he was removed from caucus in 2010 for criticism of party leadership.

Demographics

Population, 2001	37,209
Population Change, 1996-2001	-0.8%
Area (km²)	33,861.55
Pop. Density	1.1

Electoral history

British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011 British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011 A postal referendum on sales tax was held in British Columbia from June 13 to August 5, 2011, though Canada Post workers were locked out until June 27. Voters were asked whether the Harmonized Sales Tax should be retained or split back to the original Provincial Sales Tax and Goods & Services Tax...
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	7,131	58.96%
	No	4,964	41.04%

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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|14,148
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|87
!align="right"|0.61%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|14,235
!align="right"|60.24%
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British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009 A second referendum on electoral reform was held in conjunction with the provincial election on May 12, 2009. The BC-single transferrable vote electoral system was again voted on by the BC electorate. It would have required 60 per cent overall approval and 50 per cent approval in at least 60 per...
Side		Votes	%
	FPTP	9,222	66.73%
	BC-STV BC-STV BC-STV is a proposed voting system recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform for use in British Columbia, and belongs to the Single Transferable Vote family of voting systems. BC-STV was supported by a majority of the voters in a referendum held in 2005 but the government had...	4,598	33.27%

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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005 A referendum was held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on May 17, 2005 to determine whether or not to adopt the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform...
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	8,923	58.57%
	No	6,311	41.43%

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|John Wilson

John Wilson (British Columbia politician)

John Wilson is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2005, representing the riding of Cariboo North. In 2010 he made an appearance in the season one finale of Dan for Mayor, as a representative of the Office of...

|align="right"|10,044
|align="right"|64.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,510
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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

All Nations Party of British Columbia

The All Nations Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Its primary base of support was the First Nations aboriginal peoples of Canada....

British Columbia Liberal Party

|John Wilson

John Wilson (British Columbia politician)

|align="right"|5,533
|align="right"|40.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$44,845

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

British Columbia Liberal Party

Reform Party of British Columbia

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