Cariboo—Prince George is a federal

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in the

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2004.

Geography

The riding of Cariboo—Prince George extends from near Williams Lake in the south to Prince George in the north and Vanderhoof in the west. Cities and towns in this area include Williams Lake,

Quesnel Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to: Places * Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme department in France * Quesnel, British Columbia, a city in British Columbia, Canada ...

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, Prince George & Vanderhoof. Voters in the Vanderhoof and Prince George tend to vote more Conservative while voters in the Cariboo (Quesnel, Williams Lake) tend to lean towards the NDP.

History

This district was created in 2003 from parts of

Cariboo—Chilcotin Cariboo—Chilcotin was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons from 1979 to 2003. Geography It consisted initially of: * ...

and

Prince George—Bulkley Valley Prince George—Bulkley Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004. Geography This was a large, rural riding in northern B.C. History This ...

ridings. The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Cariboo—Prince George should be adjusted slightly, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Cariboo—Prince George lost a small portion of its current territory in the upper Bella Coola Valley to the district of

Skeena—Bulkley Valley Skeena—Bulkley Valley is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Geography This is a mostly wilderness area comprising alm ...

but is otherwise unchanged. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, came into effect upon the call of the

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, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Members of Parliament

Election results

References

*
Library of Parliament Riding Profile

Expenditures – 2004

Notes

External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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