Vancouver-Little Mountain
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Vancouver-Little Mountain was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1966 as a two-member seat.
For other historical and current ridings in the City of Vancouver, see Vancouver (electoral districts).
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[edit] Demographics
Population, 1966 | |
Population change, 1966-1986 | |
Area (km2) | |
Population density (people per km2) |
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democrat | Robert Eugene Clair | 8,523 | 17.03% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie | 8,620 | 17.23% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Jean Margaret Crowley | 4,270 | 8.53% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 11,566 | 23.11% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Leslie Raymond Peterson | 12,380 | 24.74% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Edward Charles Sweeney | 4,681 | 9.35% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 50,040 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 455 | |||||
Turnout | % |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Robert Harry Beattie | 4,851 | 8.64% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 14,044 | 25.03% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Dennis Frank Mulroney | 8,913 | 15.88% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Peter Hector Pearse | 4,994 | 8.90% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Leslie Raymond Peterson | 14,292 | 25.47% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Richard Melville Rockwell | 9,020 | 16.07% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 56,114 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 345 | |||||
Turnout | % |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Independent | David John Bader | 253 | 0.43% | unknown | ||
Communist | James William (Jim) Beynon | 122 | 0.21% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | William Allan Brown | 2,295 | 3.89% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Roy Thomas Cummings | 11,761 | 19.96% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Richard John Joseph Durante | 3,874 | 6.57% | unknown | ||
Liberal | David Baird Penfield Gibson | 3,854 | 6.54% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Reginald David Grandison | 2,358 | 4.00% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 11,109 | 18.85% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Leslie Raymond Peterson | 11,219 | 19.04% | unknown | ||
Communist | Homer John Stevens | 158 | 0.27% | unknown | ||
Independent | Gordon James Turner | 101 | 0.17% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Phyllis Florence Young | 11,822 | 20.06% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 58,926 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 417 | |||||
Turnout | % |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Beverley E. Joyce Ballantyne | 1,369 | 2.33% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | William Allan Brown | 697 | 1.19% | unknown | ||
Progressive Conservative | Eric Henry Burgoyne | 599 | 1.02% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Roy Thomas Cummings | 11,587 | 19.74% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 15,627 | 26.62% | unknown | ||
Liberal | James Bruce Siemens | 1,518 | 2.58% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Evan Maurice Wolfe | 15,313 | 26.08% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Phyllis Florence Young | 12,000 | 20.44% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 58,710 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 595 | |||||
Turnout | % |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democrat | Michael Franklin Harcourt | 17,009 | 23.83% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 19,350 | 27.11% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Jean Swanson | 16,329 | 22.88% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Evan Maurice Wolfe | 18,689 | 26.18% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 71,377 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,143 | |||||
Turnout | % |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | William Pike Hopes | 1,600 | 1.96% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Frank Arthur F.J. Jones | 1,381 | 1.69% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 20,578 | 25.18% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Douglas Lyle Mowat | 20,400 | 24.96% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Gerry Scott | 18,822 | 23.03% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Jean Swanson | 18,943 | 23.18% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 81,724 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 805 | |||||
Turnout | % |
34th British Columbia election, 1986 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
People's Front | Allan H. Bezanson | 111 | O.14% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Colin Patrick Kelly | 15,717 | 19.28% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Arthur John Lee | 10,627 | 13.04% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Grace Mary McCarthy | 18,049 | 22.15% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Douglas Lyall Mowat | 15,962 | 19.58% | unknown | ||
People's Front | Dorothy Jean O'Donnell | 128 | 0.16% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Adrienne Hazel Peacock | 15,407 | 18.90% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Joyce E. Statton | 5,498 | 6.75% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 81,499 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,219 | |||||
Turnout | % |
35th British Columbia election, 1991 1 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Social Credit | Sharon E. White | 3,944 | 17.26% | unknown | ||
New Democrat | Tom Perry | 10,383 | 45.43% | unknown | ||
Liberal | Michael K. Stebner | 8,180 | 35.79% | unknown | ||
Green | Geoff Berner | 259 | 1.13% | unknown | ||
Independent | Cheryl M. Maczko | 90 | 0.39% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 22,856 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 562 | |||||
Turnout | 69.44% | |||||
1 Seat reduced to one member from two. |
36th British Columbia election, 1996 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democrat | Margaret Birrell | 9,390 | 39.20 | unknown | ||
Progressive Democratic Alliance | Ted Phillip Bradley | 1,062 | 4.43% | unknown | ||
Natural Law Party | Estelle Brooke | 82 | 0.34% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Gary Farrell-Collins | 1,062 | 50.25% | unknown | ||
Independent | Dan Grant | 96 | 0.40% | unknown | ||
Social Credit | Gerold Kuklinski | 85 | 0.35% | unknown | ||
Green | Stuart Parker | 714 | 2.98% | unknown | ||
Reform | David J. Waine | 489 | 2.04% | unknown | ||
Total valid votes | 23,954 | 100.00% | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 184 | |||||
Turnout | 67.80% |
After the 1996 election the Vancouver-Little Mountain riding was redistributed. Successor ridings, roughly, are Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Vancouver-Fairview and Vancouver-Langara.