Yale was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and Yale-West; other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off, e.g., Fernie, Ymir, Grand Forks, which later emerged or were rearranged into the various Kootenay and Okanagan ridings. In 1903 the name Yale (by itself) was revived, this time as a one-member riding only, the new riding largely based upon Yale-West. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966, it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which was extant until 2009, when most of its core area was made part of the new Fraser-Nicola riding.

Geography

The original Yale riding encompassed the whole of today's Kootenay, Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Nicola regions, plus its original core in the Fraser Canyon, south from and including Lytton. The riding's name is from the town of Yale, British Columbia, then still an important centre in the new province and in fact one of the very few actual towns in the riding at the time.

Notable MLAs

Notable candidates

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|171 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|1 The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for Semlin, who had the same number of votes. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|788 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|992 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|401 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|2 Death of Preston Bennett August 9, 1882. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,314 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,944 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| 7th 1894 British Columbia general election split to three ridings: 8th 1898 British Columbia general election 9th 1900 British Columbia general election !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|510 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=6|4Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|496 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|720 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|281 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|71.98% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,418 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,307 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,646 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|27 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,738 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|23 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,615 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|40 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,764 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|55 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,613 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|63 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,000 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|42 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,148 !align="right"|% !align="right"|2,701 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|98 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|2 Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,953 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|2,491 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|278 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"|5,933 (1952 list) !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|70.15% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,778 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|61 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,531 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|107 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,571 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|58 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which survives to the present.