Capilano (electoral district)

Capilano was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988.

Capilano

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1987
First contested	1968
Last contested	1984

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Coast—Capilano riding.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Capilano—Howe Sound and North Vancouver ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Coast—Capilano
28th	1968–1972		Jack Davis	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Ron Huntington	Progressive Conservative
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Mary Collins	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Capilano—Howe Sound and North Vancouver

Election results

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Collins	28,616	56.45	-2.91
	Liberal	David Brousson	13,575	26.78	+2.33
	New Democratic	Larry Whaley	6,310	12.45	-2.19
	Green	Wally Thomas	747	1.47	–
	Independent	Barrie Wall	653	1.29	–
	Rhinoceros	Richard the Troll Schaller	603	1.19	-0.36
	Libertarian	Bill Tomlinson	190	0.37	–
Total valid votes			50,694	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.62

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Huntington	26,327	59.36	-0.05
	Liberal	Gerry Salberg	10,843	24.45	-0.85
	New Democratic	Andy J. Krawczyk	6,495	14.64	+0.08
	Rhinoceros	Richard the Troll Schaller	688	1.55	+0.82
Total valid votes			44,353	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.40

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Huntington	27,099	59.41	+10.49
	Liberal	Dave Finlay	11,542	25.30	-15.26
	New Democratic	Michael Karton	6,639	14.56	+4.50
	Rhinoceros	Richard the Troll Schaller	332	0.73	–
Total valid votes			45,612	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.88

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Huntington	25,797	48.92	+14.29
	Liberal	Jack Davis	21,387	40.56	-6.89
	New Democratic	L.C. Minch Minchin	5,303	10.06	-6.86
	Independent	Scott Richardson	136	0.26	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Bill Shpikula	108	0.20	–
Total valid votes			52,731	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.59

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	24,489	47.45	-18.92
	Progressive Conservative	A. Huntington	17,873	34.63	+17.48
	New Democratic	Jim McKenzie	8,731	16.92	+2.19
	Social Credit	Thor Kristensen	517	1.00	-0.75
Total valid votes			51,610	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-18.20

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	28,292	66.37
	Progressive Conservative	Carlyle Boyd Shannon	7,310	17.15
	New Democratic	Frank Snowsell	6,279	14.73
	Social Credit	Lance Jack Mackie	745	1.75
Total valid votes			42,626	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Coast—Capilano, where Liberal Jack Davis was the incumbent.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament