West Vancouver-Howe Sound

West Vancouver-Howe Sound was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding's predecessor was North Vancouver, which first appeared on the hustings from 1903.

For other historical and current ridings in the region see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

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

Electoral history

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Louis Allan Williams	8,346	52.76%		unknown
	Social Credit	Laurence Smith Eckhardt	5,499	34.76%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	James William C. McKenzie	1,975	12.48%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,820	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			171
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Louis Allan Williams	8,974	46.39%		unknown
	Social Credit	Leonard Joseph Corcoran	7,433	22.47%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	William Basil Mundy	2,939	15.19%		unknown
Total valid votes			19,346	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			131
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Louis Allan Williams	7,597	33.93%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Stewart Hyndman	7,076	31.60%		unknown
	Social Credit	Louis Joseph Corcoran	5,098	22.77%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Raymond Alden Copes	2,619	11.70%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,390	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			158
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Louis Allan Williams	16,173	64.40%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Murray Wayne Miller	4,647	18.50%		unknown
	Liberal	Cordelia Kitty Maracle	3,263	12.99%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Francis Bernard Jameson	998	3.97%		unknown
	League for Socialist Action	Joseph Kellner	34	0.14%		unknown
Total valid votes			25,115	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			261
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Louis Allan Williams	16,566	67.94%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Lawrence Charles Minchin	5,773	23.68%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Christopher Derrick England	1,916	7.86%		unknown
	Gay Alliance Toward Equality	Robert Douglas Cook	126	0.52%		unknown
Total valid votes			24,381	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			459
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	John Reynolds	17,218	61.35%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Claus Frank Spiekerman	6,766	24.11%		unknown
	Liberal	Morton Alexander Graham	1,941	6.92%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Stewart Thompson	1,824	6.50%		unknown
	Independents	James Roland Chabot	316	1.12%
Total valid votes			28,065	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			234
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Social Credit	John Reynolds	14,591	54.31%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Ed Carlin	6,786	25.26%		unknown
	New Democrat	David C. Manning	5,490	20.43%		unknown
Total valid votes			26,867	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			265
Turnout			%

References

• Elections BC Historical Returns

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991) North / Central Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River Southern Interior Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet Fraser Valley / South LM Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) † Vancouver / North LM Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound Vancouver Island / South Coast Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2) See also: List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts ‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979) North / Central Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River Southern Interior Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River Kamloops Kootenay Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke-Slocan Rossland-Trail South Okanagan Shuswap Yale-Lillooet Lower Mainland Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Chilliwack Coquitlam Delta Dewdney Langley New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Richmond Surrey Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound Vancouver Island / South Coast Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands Victoria (2) See also: List of British Columbia general elections 1966 general election 1969 general election 1972 general election 1975 general election Defunct districts