Vancouver-Little Mountain

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).

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

28th British Columbia election, 1966
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
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
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
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
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
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	Doug 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
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	Doug 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
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.

British Columbia general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gary Farrell-Collins	12,036	50.25%
	New Democratic	Margaret Birrell	9,390	39.20%
	Progressive Democrat	Ted Phillip Bradley	1,062	4.43%
	Green	Stuart Parker	714	2.98%
	Reform	David J. Waine	489	2.04%
	Independent	Dan Grant	96	0.40%
	Social Credit	Gerold Kuklinski	85	0.35%
	Natural Law	Estelle Brooke	82	0.34%
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.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns