Coast Chilcotin
Coast Chilcotin was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of British Columbia.
Geography
The riding spanned the southern Coast Mountains and included the Central Coast through Queen Charlotte Strait and Johnstone Strait to the Sunshine Coast and Howe Sound, as well as the Chilcotin Plateau and from the Cariboo down to Howe Sound via Lillooet.
History
Coast Chilcotin was created in 1966 and incorporated components of these other ridings:
- Cariboo
- Coast—Capilano
- Comox—Alberni
- Fraser Valley
- Kamloops
- Skeena
The most significant components were those from Comox—Alberni (the Sunshine Coast), Cariboo and Coast—Capilano. Coast Chilcotin was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1968. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between:
- Cariboo—Chilcotin
- Comox—Powell River
- Capilano
Members of Parliament
- Paul St. Pierre, Liberal (1968-72)
- Harry Olaussen, New Democratic Party (1972-74)
- Jack Pearsall, Liberal (1974-79)
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Hopkin | 2,355 | 10.83% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Paul Saint Pierre | 8,975 | 47.31% | unknown | ||
| New Democratic Party | Hartley Dent | 7.477 | 34.37% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Andy Widstein | 1,629 | 7.49% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,753 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||
| Turnout | 21,753 | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | Harry Olaussen | 8.868 | 34.47% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Paul Saint Pierre | 8,508 | 33.07% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | John Pankratz | 7,601 | 29.55% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Lew King | 749 | 2.91% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 25,726 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | unknown | ||||
| Turnout | 25,726 | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Jack Pearsall | 10,336 | 35.23% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Greenaway | 9,988 | 34.05% | unknown | ||
| New Democratic Party | Harry Olaussen | 8,655 | 29.50% | unknown | ||
| Independent | Gerry Karagianis | 356 | 1.21% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 35,485 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | unknown | ||||
| Turnout | 29.335 | |||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
Elections Canada webpage on Coast Chilcotin