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North Vancouver (provincial electoral district)

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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

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

Geography

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History

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Notable MLAs

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Election results

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14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal George Samuel Hanes 980 52.80% unknown
  Conservative George H. Morden 598 32.22% unknown
Independent Conservative William McNeish 278 14.98% unknown
Total valid votes 1,856 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Independent George Samuel Hanes 1 2,681 54.68% unknown
  Conservative Valient Vivian Vinson 1,180 24.07% unknown
  Liberal Benjamin Chubb 2 913 18.62% unknown
  Independents James Orchard 129 2.63% unknown
Total valid votes 4,903 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 Endorsed by North Vancouver City Liberal Association and by Great War Veterans Association.
2 Repudiated by North Vancouver City Liberal Association..
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal John Melvin Bryan Sr. 1,283 31.34%
Independent Liberal George Samuel Hanes 1,163 28.41%
Provincial Richard Francis Raleigh Cruise 1,151 28.11%
  Conservative William Stearne Deacon 442 10.80%
  Independent James Orchard 55 1.34%
Total valid votes 4,094 100.00%
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Liberal Ian Alistair MacKenzie 2,498 46.60% unknown
  Conservative Jack Loutet 2,466 46.00% 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%
Non-Partisan Independent Group Jack Loutet 1,784 25.87%
  Liberal Herbert Spencer Wood 1,636 23.72%
Independent Liberal John Melvin Bryan Sr. 846 12.27%
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%
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
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Steeves 2,749 32.23% unknown
  Independent Joseph Bentley Leyland 2,386 27.98% unknown
  Liberal Edith Myrtle Turner 1,847 21.66% unknown
  Conservative Jack Loutet 1,522 17.84% unknown
  Independent James Whitham 25 0.29% unknown
Total valid votes 8,529 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 94
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Steeves 4,209 40.37% unknown
  Liberal Francis Austin Walker 2,945 28.24% unknown
  Official Conservative 1 Alfred Hugh Bayne 2,161 20.73% unknown
  Conservative Joshua Hinchcliffe 1 1,056 10.13% unknown
Independent Socialist James Whitham 56 0.54% unknown
Total valid votes 10,427 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 162
Turnout %
1 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
Coalition John Henry Cates 1 5,912 54.20% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Steeves 4,070 37.31% unknown
Communist Austin "E" Delaney 646 5.92% unknown
  Social Credit Alliance Stanley Earl Wilcox 280 2.57% unknown
Independent Socialist James Whitham 56 0.54% unknown
Total valid votes 10,908 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 205
Turnout %
1 John Hendry Cates in List of Candidates.
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Coalition John 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

New voting system (1952-1953)

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1952

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North Vancouver (1952 British Columbia general election)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Liberal Martin Elliott Sowden 29.38 6,695 6,736 6,744 6,910 8,836 10,292
Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 27.50 6,268 6,301 6,495 6,527 6,929 8,980
Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 21.71 4,947 4,981 4,998 5,091 5,870
Progressive Conservative Arthur Archibald McArthur 17.82 4,061 4,123 4,123 4,135
Christian Democratic Mary Freda Ennis 1.50 341 341 342
Labor-Progressive Thomas McEwen 1.15 263 265
Independent John Howard Fletcher 0.95 216
Valid: 22,791   Spoilt: 571   Quota:  


North Vancouver (1952 British Columbia general election)
(analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference)[1]
Party Candidate Maximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes


Liberal Martin Elliott Sowden 6 10,292 53.40%
Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 6 8,980 46.60%
Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 5 5,870 27.13%
Progressive Conservative Arthur Archibald McArthur 4 4,135 18.25%
Christian Democratic Mary Freda Ennis 3 342 1.51%
Labor-Progressive Thomas McEwen 2 265 1.16%
Independent John Howard Fletcher 1 216 0.95%
Exhausted votes 3519 15.44%
Terminal transfer rates for votes (1952) [1]
Transferred from Non-transferrable % transferred to Total
CCF Socred Liberal
 Progressive Conservative 1,028 402 779 1,926 4,135
24.86% 9.72% 18.84% 46.58% 100.00%
 Social Credit 2,363 2,051 1,456 5,870
40.26% 34.94% 24.80% 100.00%

1953

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North Vancouver (1953 British Columbia general election)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 35.67 7,728 7,798 7,809 8,127 9,291
Liberal Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall 29.44 6,377 6,436 6,446 7,247 9,134
Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 26.87 5,820 5,843 5,968 6,049
Progressive Conservative Rodney Beavan 6.18 1,338 1,346 1,350
Labor-Progressive Robert Gerald Sarginson 1.00 217 219
Christian Democratic Mary Freda Ennis 0.84 182
Valid: 21,662   Spoilt: 1,108   Quota:  


North Vancouver (1953 British Columbia general election)
(analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference)[2]
Party Candidate Maximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes


Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 5 9,291 50.43%
Liberal Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall 5 9,134 49.57%
Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 4 6,049 28.24%
Progressive Conservative Rodney Beavan 3 1,350 6.26%
Labor-Progressive Robert Gerald Sarginson 2 219 1.01%
Christian Democratic Mary Freda Ennis 1 182 0.84%
Exhausted votes 3237 14.94%
Terminal transfer rates for votes (1953) [2]
Transferred from Non-transferrable % transferred to Total
Socred CCF Liberal
 Progressive Conservative 150 318 81 801 1,350
11.11% 23.56% 6.00% 59.33% 100.00%
 Co-operative Commonwealth 2,998 1,164 1,887 6,049
49.56% 19.24% 31.20% 100.00%

Return to "First past the post"

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25th British Columbia election, 1956 1
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit John Melvin Bryan Jr. 11,974 22.29% unknown
Social Credit Newton Phillips Steacy 11,298 21.03% unknown
Liberal Francis W. (Frank) Millerd 8,425 15.68% unknown
Liberal Alexander Bates McQuarrie 6,386 11.89% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Deane Finlayson 5,121 9.53% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Edward Beltz 4,718 7.78% unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Collis 4,266 7.94% unknown
  Independent (SC) 2 George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 902 1.68% unknown
  Independent (SC) 2 Stanley Earl Wilcox 227 0.42% unknown
Labor-Progressive Charles Caron 211 0.39% unknown
Labor-Progressive Glyn Thomas 191 0.35% unknown
Total valid votes 53,719 100.00% unknown
Total rejected ballots 346 unknown
Turnout
1 Seat increased to two members from one.
2 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
Liberal Ray Perrault 14,408 19.92% unknown
Liberal James Gordon Gibson 13,287 18.37% unknown
Social Credit Newton Phillips Steacy 12,804 17.00% unknown
Social Credit Bruce Benjamin Knowlton 12,276 16.97% unknown
  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 Deane Finlayson 3,260 4.51% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Robert Read Maitland 2,397 3.31% 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
Liberal Ray Perrault 16,153 22.03% unknown
Liberal James Gordon Gibson 14,068 19.18% unknown
Social Credit Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi 13,215 18.02% unknown
Social Credit Frederick Morton Sharp 11,883 16.20% unknown
  New Democrat Peter Samuel Farinow 5,764 7.86% unknown
  New Democrat Hugh Clifford 5,409 7.38% unknown
  Progressive Conservative John Patrick Nowlan 3,567 4.86% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Ronald Clifton Bray 3,088 4.21% unknown
Communist Maurice Rush 190 0.26% 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:

Further reading

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  • Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

  1. ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 227, 236.
  2. ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 249, 258.