Lillooet (electoral district)

The riding was one of the first created in British Columbia, and at the time the town of Lillooet was one of the largest in the province (it is now one of the smallest). It was originally a two-member riding. It was an essentially rural riding, spanning the southern Cariboo and the mountain country west of Lillooet and the northern part of the Fraser Canyon. It was succeeded by the Yale-Lillooet riding, which has been succeeded by Fraser-Nicola. ==Members of the Legislative Assembly==

• Thomas Basil Humphreys — 1871–1875 • Andrew Thomas Jamieson — 1871–1875 • William M. Brown — 1875–1882 (Reform slate and from 1878 Opposition) • William Morrison — 1875–1878 (Reform slate) • William Saul — 1878–1882 (Opposition and from 1886 Government) • Edward Allen — 1882–1890 (Opposition and from 1886 Government) • Alexander Edmund Batson Davie — 1882–1890 (ran as Opposition, but from 1887–1889 sat as Premier) • Alfred Wellington Smith — 1890–1894 (Government) • David Alexander Stoddart — 1890–1894 (Opposition) • see Lillooet West and Lillooet East for elections in 1894, 1898, and 1900 • Archibald McDonald — 1903–1907 (Conservative) • Mark Robert Eagleson — 1907–1909 (Liberal) • Archibald McDonald — 1909–1924 (Conservative) • Albert Edward Munn — 1924–1928 (Liberal) • Ernest Crawford Carson — 1928–1933 (Conservative) • George Matheson Murray — 1933–1941 (Liberal) • Ernest Crawford Carson — 1941–1953 (Conservative) • James Gordon Gibson 1953–1956 (Liberal) • Donald Frederick Robinson — 1956–1966 (Social Credit) == Election results ==

Note: Winners of each election are in bold. 7th General Election 1894 split to two ridings: • Lillooet East • Lillooet West 8th General Election 1898 • Lillooet East • Lillooet West 9th General Election 1900 • Lillooet East • Lillooet West analysis of preferential ballot - preferential ballot - 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices, respectively: • Ashby, Herbert PC 452 - - • Gordon Hudson CCF 1,372 1,420 1,694 • GIBSON, James Gordon LIB. 1,103 1,335 1,830 • Olafson, Frank Conrad SC 1,065 1,138 - In the 28th General Election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Lillooet became incorporated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which has since been replaced by Fraser-Nicola == See also ==