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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
'''Cariboo South''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|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 (km²)
|59,757.93
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km²)
|0.60
|}

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==
Its last [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] was [[Charlie Wyse]], a former city councillor for [[Williams Lake, British Columbia|Williams Lake]]. He was first elected in [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005]]. He represented the [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia]]. He ran again in the newly created riding of [[Cariboo-Chilcotin (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo-Chilcotin]] for the [[2009 British Columbia general election|2009 election]] and was defeated.

== Election results ==
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2005]]: Cariboo South}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Charlie Wyse
|align="right"|7,277
|align="right"|45.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$53,725
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Walt Cobb |7,163 |45.27% | |$86,085}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Ed Sharkey |851 |5.38% |&ndash; |$200}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|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"|
{{end}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Cariboo South}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Walt Cobb]] |10,259 |62.21% |$59,750}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|David Zirnhelt
|align="right"|4,259
|align="right"|25.83%
|align="right"|$40,430
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Mike Orr|739|4.48%|$744}}
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Christopher Matte |598 |3.63% |$506}}
{{CANelec |BC |All Nations |Dan Case |552 |3.35% |$6,01}}
{{CANelec|BC|People's Front|Bruce Broomfield|83|0.50%|$387}}
|- 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%
{{end}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Cariboo South}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[David Zirnhelt]]
|align="right"|6,372
|align="right"|41.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,565
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Dave Worthy |6,050 |39.35% | |$67,488}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Jon Wolbers |2,684 |17.46% | |$13,941}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Donald Stuart Rennie |267 |1.74% |&ndash; |$380}}
|- 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"|
{{end}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Cariboo South}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|David Zirnhelt
|align="right"|6,369
|align="right"|45.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$44,267
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Donna Barnett |4,730 |33.70% |&ndash; |$56,893}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Erno Krajczar |2,567 |18.29% | |$4,074}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Phil Lindenbach |371 |2.64% | |$2,703}}
|- 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%
{{end}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_10.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030526161815/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/cbs1.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20000915153827/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_cbs.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980521015325/http://elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010629180201/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-36.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200152/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2001-2009}}
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1991-2001}}

[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia]]