North Vancouver (provincial electoral district)

North Vancouver was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1916 and at the time of its creation included West Vancouver as well as North Vancouver. Prior to its creation the North Shore had been part of the Vancouver riding..

The North Vancouver riding last appeared in the election of 1963, after which it was partitioned into North Vancouver-Capilano, North Vancouver-Seymour, and West Vancouver-Howe Sound. This area is represented today by North Vancouver-Seymour and North Vancouver-Lonsdale. The Lonsdale riding covers an area similar to North Vancouver-Capilano. West Vancouver-Howe Sound has become West Vancouver-Capilano and West Vancouver-Garibaldi. The latter includes areas formerly part of the old Lillooet riding West Vancouver-Capilano includes western areas of North Vancouver formerly part of North Vancouver-Capilano.

For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver (electoral districts)

Demographics

Population
Population Change, %
Area (km²)
Pop. Density (people per km²)

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal George Samuel Hanes 980 52.80% unknown
Independent ConservativeWilliam McNeish 278 14.98%
     Conservative George H. Morden 598 32.22% unknown
Total valid votes 1,856 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Benjamin Chubb 1 913 18.62% unknown
     Independent 2 George Samuel Hanes 2,681 54.68% unknown
     Independents James Orchard 129 2.63% unknown
     Conservative Valient Vivian Vinson 1,180 24.07% unknown
Total valid votes 4,903 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 Repudiated by North Vancouver City Liberal Association. See Note 2.
2 Endorsed by North Vancouver City Liberal Association and by Great War Veterans Association.
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John Melvin Bryan, Sr. 1,283 31.34%
ProvincialRichard Francis Raleigh Cruise 1,151 28.11%
     Conservative William Stearne Deacon 442 10.80%
Independent LiberalGeorge Samuel Hanes 1,163 28.41%
     Independent James Orchard 55 1.34%
Total valid votes 4,094 100.00%
2 Endorsed by Provincial Party.
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Jack Loutet 2,466 46.00% unknown
     Liberal Ian Alistair MacKenzie 2,498 46.60% unknown
     Independent Archie Carland MacMillan 397 7.40% unknown
Total valid votes 5,361 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 118
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harley Christian Erskine Anderson 2,427 35.19%
Independent LiberalJohn Melvin Bryan, Sr. 846 12.27%
Non-Partisan Independent GroupJack Loutet 1,784 25.87%
United Front (Workers and Farmers)William Henry Morson 132 1.91%
     Labour (Party) 3 Howard Edward Ryan 65 0.94%
     Independent James Whitham 7 0.10%
     Independent Herbert Spencer Wood 1,636 23.72%
Total valid votes 6,897 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 77
3 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Joseph Bentley Leyland 2,386 27.98% unknown
     Conservative Jack Loutet 1,522 17.84% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 2,749 32.23% unknown
     Liberal Edith Myrtle Turner 1,847 21.66% unknown
     Independent James Whitham 25 0.29% unknown
     Independent Herbert Spencer Wood 1,636 23.72% unknown
Total valid votes 8,529 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 94
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Official Conservative 4 Alfred Hugh Bayne 2,161 20.73% unknown
     Conservative Joshua Hinchcliffe 4 1,056 10.13% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 4,209 40.37% unknown
     Liberal Francis Austin Walker 2,945 28.24% unknown
Independent SocialistJames Whitham 56 0.54% unknown
Total valid votes 10,427 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 162
Turnout %
4 J. Hinchliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association but when he disagreed with the party's road policy he was repudiated by the party leader, R.L. Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who was approved by Maitland. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchliffe's nomination papers had been filed. Consequently, Hinchliffe's votes are included in the Conservative Party total and Bayne, who ran as an "Official Conservative", is listed separately.
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
CoalitionJohn Henry Cates 5 5,912 54.20% unknown
     Communist Austin "E" Delaney 646 5.92% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 4,070 37.31% unknown
     Social Credit Alliance Stanley Earl Wilcox 280 2.57% unknown
Independent SocialistJames Whitham 56 0.54% unknown
Total valid votes 10,908 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 205
Turnout %
5 John Hendry Cates in List of Candidates.
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
CoalitionJohn Henry Cates 12,586 69.57% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 5,504 30.43% unknown
Total valid votes 18,090 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 220
Turnout
23rnd British Columbia election, 1952 6
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
Christian DemocraticMary Freda Ennis 341 1.50%
     Independents John Howard Fletcher 216 0.95% - -.- % unknown
     Progressive Conservative Arthur Archibald McArthur 4,061 17.82% - -.- unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Thomas McEwen 263 1.15% - -.- unknown
     Liberal Martin Elliott Sowden 6,695 29.38% 10,292 53.40% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 6,268 27.50% 8,980 46.60 unknown
     Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson (Jr.) 4,947 21.71% unknown
Total valid votes 22,791 100.00% 19,272 -.- %
Total rejected ballots 571 unknown
Turnout
7 Preferential ballot. First and final counts (of 6) shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 8
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Progressive Conservative Rodney Beavan 1,338 6.18% - -.- % unknown
Christian DemocraticMary Freda Ennis <182 0.84%
     Liberal Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall 6,377 29.44% 9,134 49.57 % unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Robert Gerald Sarginson 217 1.00% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Gretchen Steeves 5,820 26.87% - -.- % unknown
     Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 7,728 35.67% 9,291 50.43% unknown
Total valid votes 21,662 100.00% 18,425 -.- %
Total rejected ballots 1,108 unknown
Turnout
8 Preferential ballot. First and final counts (of 5) shown only.
25th British Columbia election, 1956 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Edward Beltz 4,718 7.78% unknown
Social CreditJohn Melvyn Brian Jr. 11,974 22.29% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Charles Caron 211 0.39% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Collis 4,266 7.94% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Douglas Deane Finlayson 5,121 9.53% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Bates McQuarrie 6,386 11.89% unknown
     Liberal Francis W. (Frank) Millerd 8,425 15.68% unknown
     Social Credit Newton Phillips Steacy 11,298 21.03% unknown
     Labour Progressive Party Thomas Glyn 191 0.35% unknown
     Independent (SC) 10 George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 902 1.68% unknown
     Independent (SC) 10 Stanley Earl Wilcox 227 0.42% unknown
Total valid votes 53,719 100.00% unknown
Total rejected ballots 346 unknown
Turnout
9 Seat indcreased to two members from one.
10 Under the Election Act (SBC 1940 c.20 s.28) Independent candidates could not use "the name of a recognized political party."
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Orville Garfield Braaten 6,746 9.33% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Hugh Clifford 6,720 9.29% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Douglas Deane Finlayson 3,260 4.51% unknown
     Liberal James Gordon Gibson 13,287 18.37% unknown
Social CreditBruce Benjamin Knowlton 12,276 16.97% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Robert Read Maitland 2,397 3.31% unknown
     Liberal Raymond Joseph Perrault 14,408 19.92% unknown
Social CreditWilliam Phillips Steacy 12,804 17.00% unknown
     Communist William Angus Stewart 242 0.33% unknown
     Communist Gregory Bruce Yorke 191 0.26% unknown
Total valid votes 72,331 100.00% unknown
Total rejected ballots 438 unknown
Turnout
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Ronald Clifton Bray 3,088 4.21% unknown
Social CreditHarold Peter (Herb) Capozzi 13,215 18.02% unknown
     New Democrat Hugh Clifford 5,409 7.38% unknown
     New Democrat Peter Samuel Farinow 5,764 7.86% unknown
     Liberal James Gordon Gibson 14,068 19.18% unknown
     Progressive Conservative John Patrick Nowlan 3,567 4.86% unknown
     Liberal Raymond Joseph Perrault 16,153 22.03% unknown
     Communist Maurice Rush 190 0.26% unknown
Social CreditFrederick Morton Sharp 11,883 16.20% unknown
Total valid votes 73,337 100.00% unknown
Total rejected ballots 332 unknown
Turnout

Following the 1963 election North Vancouver was redistributed into three one-member seats: