town of Williams Lake and the plateau between there and Kamloops, British Columbia. The southern Cariboo region, later added in a redistribution and division of the Cariboo riding into Cariboo South and Cariboo North, which exist today, was originally part of the Lillooet riding. The Lillooet and Cariboo provincial ridings combined formed the original definition of the Cariboo federal riding. 1 New Caledonia's southern boundary was vague, but it was generally accepted to include the Thompson area although its heartland is the Fort Saint James-Fraser Lake region northwest of Prince George. Notable elections First Nations When the riding was created its boundaries stretched from the Quesnel Lake and Chilcotin areas, flanking the great plateau of central BC on its east and west, all the way north to the Yukon border. At that time, although irrelevant to the issue of electoral representation, the riding's population included members of the Shuswap, Carrier, Chilcotin, Sekani and other more northerly nations. As the riding was reduced to roughly correspond with the Cariboo district (excluding Lillooet-Ashcroft, which were in the Lillooet electoral district, at least until the mid-20th century) the native population became only Shuswap, along the Fraser and east of it, and the Chilcotin people, who lived to the west of it. First Nations people, even in the reduced riding area, mostly outnumbered the total figure for non-natives until the early 20th century, but were not allowed to vote or run for office. Towns and industry Major Communities Notable MLAs Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, became the eighth premier of British Columbia Alex Fraser, held the seat for 20 years Electoral history Note: Winners of each election are in bold. |- |Independent |Cornelius Booth |align="right"|155 |align="right"|19.74% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |John Evans |align="right"|107 |align="right"|13.63% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |Joseph Hunter |align="right"|162 |align="right"|20.64% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |John Spencer Thompson |align="right"|132 |align="right"|16.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |George Anthony Boomer Walkem 1 |align="right"|229 |align="right"|29.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|785 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1Premier 1874-1876 |} |- |Independent |Abraham Barlow |align="right"|23 |align="right"|9.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |John George Barnston |align="right"|132 |align="right"|53.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |Independent |Edward Pearson |align="right"|91 |align="right"|36.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|n/a !align="right"| -.- % !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"|