North Vancouver-Capilano

North Vancouver-Capilano was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1991. The riding's predecessor was North Vancouver, which first appeared on the hustings from 1903.

For other historical and current ridings in Vancouver or the North Shore see Vancouver (electoral districts). For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts).

Demographics

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

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ray Perrault	6,426	51.49%		unknown
	Social Credit	Kenwood Pugsley	3,976	31.86%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Martin Sidney Toren	1,816	14.55%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Clarke Paterson	261	2.09%		unknown
Total valid votes			12,479	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			96
Turnout			%

By-election, July 15, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Maurice Brousson	5,578	53.61%		unknown
	Social Credit	Peter Edward Robinson	3,090	29.70%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Sidney Bernard Simons	1,265	12.16%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Rankin Maclean	435	4.18%		unknown
	Communist	James William (Jim) Beynon	36	0.35%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,404	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			55
Turnout			%

Reason for by-election: Resignation of R. J. Perrault on June 5, 1968 to contest federal election (Burnaby-Seymour, June 25, 1968).

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Maurice Brousson	7,175	48.32%		unknown
	Social Credit	Lorne Albert Montaine	5,084	34.24%	–	unknown
	New Democrat	Allan Jarvis Duplissie	2,591	17.45%		unknown
Total valid votes			14,850	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			93
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Maurice Brousson	6,851	39.54%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Lee Wallace	3,530	20.37%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Jacob Brouwer	3,526	20.35%		unknown
	New Democratic	Leslie McDonald	3,421	19.74%		unknown
Total valid votes			17,328	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			123
Turnout			%

By-election, February 5, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gordon Fulerton Gibson	4,736	31.11%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ronald Clayton Andrews	4,679	30.74%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Stewart Hyndman	3,151	20.70%		unknown
	New Democratic	Diane Mackenzie Baigent	2,637	17.32%		unknown
	Christian Democratic	Norman Gareth Dent	19	0.13%
Total valid votes			15,222	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			84
Turnout			%

Reason for by-election: Resignation of D. M. Brousson on October 23, 1973 to look after his business interests.

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gordon Fulerton Gibson	8,836	44.74%		unknown
	Social Credit	Ronald Clayton Andrews	8,530	43.19%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Michael Ian Copes	2,383	12.07%		unknown
Total valid votes			19,749	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			230
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Angus Creelman Ree	13,247	55.73%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Michael Ian Copes	7,139	30.03%		unknown
	Liberal	Frank Carlton Warburton	1,805	7.59%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	William James Nichol	1,579	6.65%		unknown
Total valid votes			23,770	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			455
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Angus Creelman Ree	16,280	62.11%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Olga Kempo	8,507	32.46%		unknown
	Liberal	L. Jean Driscoll-Bell	1,424	5.43%		unknown
Total valid votes			26,211	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			241
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Angus Creelman Ree	14,359	56.62%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Olga Kempo	7,757	30.59%		unknown
	Liberal	Mike Edward Downing	3,022	11.92%		unknown
	Libertarian	Bill Tomlinson	220	0.87%
Total valid votes			25,358	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			388
Turnout			%

External links

• Elections BC Historical Returns