Coast—Capilano
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Coast-Capilano was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Vancouver North riding.
The riding consisted of Vancouver's North Shore suburbs, the municipality of West Vancouver and the city and municipality of North Vancouver plus the mainland areas of the former Comox—Atlin riding, i.e., the Sunshine Coast.
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hon. James Sinclair | 15,294 | 75.49% | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Francis James McKenzie | 6,253 | 30.86% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold S. Mahon | 4,713 | 23.26% | ||
| Total | 20,260 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hon. James Sinclair | 13,614 | 45.88% | ||
| Social Credit | Ernest Gustav Silverton | 7,092 | 23.90% | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Robert Bryce | 5,361 | 18.07% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Archibald McArthur | 2,936 | 9.89% | ||
| Labour Progressive Party | Thomas Alexander McEwen | 673 | 2.27% | ||
| Total | 29,676 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hon. James Sinclair | 16,443 | 39.02% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | William H. Payne | 11,643 | 27.63% | ||
| Social Credit | Evelyn M. Fingarson | 8,918 | 21.16% | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Hugh Clifford | 5,140 | 12.20% | ||
| Total | 42,144 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | William H. Payne | 19,343 | 43.48% | ||
| Liberal | Hon. James Sinclair | 17,411 | 16.66% | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Hugh Clifford | 6,134 | 13.79% | ||
| Social Credit | Edward Gallant | 1,599 | 3.59% | ||
| Total | 44,487 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Jack Davis | 23,583 | 46.09% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | William H. Payne | 11,966 | 23.39% | ||
| New Democrat | Hugh Clifford | 11,030 | 21.56% | ||
| Social Credit | Vincent H. Bracewell | 4,584 | 9.96% | ||
| Total | 51,163 | 100.00% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Jack Davis | 27,177 | 42.96% | |||
| New Democrat | Peter S. Faminow | 11,731 | 21.74% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Frances Southin 1 | 10,206 | 18.92% | |||
| Social Credit | James Thornton Fullerton | 4,160 | 7.71% | |||
| Communist | Charles Caron | 682 | 1.27% | |||
| Total | 53,956 | 100.00% | ||||
| 1 Later Justice Mary Southin, appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, April 5, 1985. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Jack Davis | 26,472 | 48.58% | ||
| New Democrat | William H. Deverell | 12,335 | 22.64% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Carlyle Boyd Shannon | 8,429 | 15.47% | ||
| Social Credit | Harold Hunter | 6,525 | 11.97% | ||
| Communist | Charles Caron | 733 | 1.35% | ||
| Total | 54,494 | 100.00% | |||
The Coast—Capilano riding was abolished in 1966. Successor ridings were:
- Burnaby—Seymour (1966 - 1976)
- Capilano (1966 - 1987)
- Coast Chilcotin (1966 - 1976)
