2020 Provincial Election Candidates for Cariboo-Chilcotin Region

As of yesterday at 4:30pm -- Elections BC has registered provincial election candidates for 14 of the 87 Provincial Electoral Districts with the deadline to register with Elections BC being Friday, October 2nd at 1pm sharp! View the full list from Elections BC here

No BC Political Party in Cariboo-Chilcotin or Cariboo-North has registered an election candidate for the October 24th, 2020 Provincial Election with Elections BC thus far but Lorne Doerksen has been appointed to run for the BC Liberals in Cariboo-Chilcotin while incumbent Cariboo-North MLA Coralee Oakes has publicly stated that she will seek re-election under the BC Liberals banner

The BC NDP in Cariboo-Chilcotin has publicly stated to the Williams Lake Tribune that they will run a candidate while in Cariboo-North, no BC Political Party, other than the BC Liberals, has stated that they will run a candidate.

In the 2017 Provincial Election -- the candidates by riding were:

Cariboo-North   

a) Coralee Oakes - BC Liberals (incumbent)

b) Scott Elliott - BC NDP

c) Tony Goulet - BC Conservatives

d) Richard Jacques - BC Greens

Cariboo-Chilcotin      

a) Donna Barnett - BC Liberals (incumbent)

b) Rita Giesbrecht - BC Greens

c) Sally Watson - BC NDP

 

Coralee Oakes, in a 4 way race, won re-election in the 2017 Provincial General Election with 51% of the vote while in Cariboo-Chilcotin, Donna Barnett in a 3 way race, won re-election with almost 59% of the vote

The last time either Cariboo-North/Cariboo-Chilcotin were NOT held by the BC Liberals was in 2005 when both ridings were held by the BC NDP until the 2009 provincial election for Cariboo-Chilcotin and 2013 for Cariboo-North

As noted earlier -- Donna Barnett is not seeking re-election in Cariboo-Chilcotin so we will have a new MLA .  Sally Watson will not be running for the BC NDP so we'll have to wait and see who runs under the BC NDP banner as well as for the BC Greens/BC Conservatives

Meanwhile in Cariboo-North -- Coralee Oakes hopes to go "3 for 3" on October 24th

 

I will be very shocked if Quesnel City Councillor Scott Elliott DOES NOT run for the BC NDP again (in fact, I am counting on him running on behalf of the BC NDP in Cariboo North again and there is NO political risk to him -- if he wins, he goes to Victoria, if he loses, he resumes his role on Quesnel City Council when local government elections are held in October 2022 and he can choose to run again, either for Quesnel Mayor or Quesnel City Councillor).  I am not expecting Tony Goulet to seek election in the provincial campaign as he is quite busy these days between Quesnel City Council and School District #28 (Quesnel) Trustee.  We'll have to wait and see if the BC Greens/BC Conservatives put up candidates in Cariboo-North

We will know the official candidates for Cariboo-North/Cariboo-Chilcotin in the afternoon on Friday, October 2nd.  A reminder that TODAY (Saturday, September 26th) is the LAST day you can request a mail-in provincial election ballot from Elections BC (like I did already) - to do so, click here

Whether in Cariboo-North or Cariboo-Chilcotin -- I wish sincerely all the candidates the best of luck and to the voters in these two provincial electoral districts -- get to know your candidates and then exercise your franchise and vote.... democracy is always best served when people participate in the election process -- whether a candidate or a voter.... 

SF