Coast—Capilano
Coast—Capilano
Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Coast—Capilano was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.
Quick Facts British Columbia electoral district, Defunct federal electoral district ...
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1947 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1949 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
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This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Vancouver North riding.
The riding consisted of Vancouver's North Shore suburbs, the then-municipality of West Vancouver (now a city) and the city and the western part of the district municipality of North Vancouver plus the mainland Sunshine Coast areas of the former Comox—Atlin riding.
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Vancouver North | ||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | James Sinclair | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | William Hector Payne | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Jack Davis | Liberal | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Seymour, Capilano and Coast Chilcotin | ||||
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More information 1965 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Davis | 26,472 | 48.58 | -1.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | William H. Deverell | 12,335 | 22.64 | +0.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carlyle Boyd Shannon | 8,429 | 15.47 | -3.45 | ||||
| Social Credit | Harold Hunter | 6,525 | 11.97 | +4.26 | ||||
| Communist | Charles Caron | 733 | 1.35 | +0.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 54,494 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.34 | ||||||
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More information 1963 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Davis | 27,177 | 50.37 | +4.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter S. Faminow | 11,731 | 21.74 | +0.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Frances Southin | 10,206 | 18.92 | -4.47 | ||||
| Social Credit | James Thornton Fullerton | 4,160 | 7.71 | -2.25 | ||||
| Communist | Charles Caron | 682 | 1.27 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 53,956 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.05 | ||||||
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More information 1962 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Davis | 23,583 | 46.09 | +6.95 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William H. Payne | 11,966 | 23.39 | -20.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Hugh Clifford | 11,030 | 21.56 | +7.77 | ||||
| Social Credit | Vincent H. Bracewell | 4,584 | 9.96 | +6.37 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,163 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +13.52 | ||||||
| Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. | ||||||||
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More information 1958 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William H. Payne | 19,343 | 43.48 | +15.85 | ||||
| Liberal | James Sinclair | 17,411 | 39.14 | +0.12 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hugh Clifford | 6,134 | 13.79 | +1.59 | ||||
| Social Credit | Edward Gallant | 1,599 | 3.59 | -17.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,487 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.86 | ||||||
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More information 1957 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Sinclair | 16,443 | 39.02 | -6.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William H. Payne | 11,643 | 27.63 | +17.74 | ||||
| Social Credit | Evelyn M. Fingarson | 8,918 | 21.16 | -2.74 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hugh Clifford | 5,140 | 12.20 | -5.87 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,144 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -12.30 | ||||||
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More information 1953 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Sinclair | 13,614 | 45.88 | -29.61 | ||||
| Social Credit | Ernest Gustav Silverton | 7,092 | 23.90 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Bryce | 5,361 | 18.07 | -12.79 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Archibald McArthur | 2,936 | 9.89 | -13.37 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Thomas Alexander McEwen | 673 | 2.27 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,676 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -26.76 | ||||||
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More information 1949 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | James Sinclair | 15,294 | 75.49 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Francis James McKenzie | 6,253 | 30.86 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold S. Mahon | 4,713 | 23.26 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,260 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Vancouver North, where Liberal James Sinclair was the incumbent. | ||||||||
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