North Vancouver (provincial electoral district)

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

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

Geography

History

Notable MLAs

Election results

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

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ^1
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Liberal	Martin Elliott Sowden	6,695	29.38%	10,292	53.40%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Dorothy Steeves	6,268	27.50%	8,980	46.60%		unknown
	Social Credit	George Henry Tomlinson (Jr.)	4,947	21.71%				unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Archibald McArthur	4,061	17.82%				unknown
	Christian Democratic	Mary Freda Ennis	341	1.50%
	Labour Progressive	Thomas McEwen	263	1.15%
	Independent	John Howard Fletcher	216	0.95%				unknown
Total valid votes			22,791	100.00%	19,272	-.- %
Total rejected ballots			571				unknown
Turnout
^1 Preferential ballot. First and final counts (of 6) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^1
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Social Credit	George Henry Tomlinson Jr.	7,728	35.67%	9,291	50.43%		unknown
	Liberal	Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall	6,377	29.44%	9,134	49.57%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Dorothy Steeves	5,820	26.87%				unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Beavan	1,338	6.18%				unknown
	Labour Progressive	Robert Gerald Sarginson	217	1.00%
	Christian Democratic	Mary Freda Ennis	182	0.84%
Total valid votes			21,662	100.00%	18,425
Total rejected ballots			1,108				unknown
Turnout
^1 Preferential ballot. First and final counts (of 5) shown only.

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	Douglas 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
	Labour Progressive	Charles Caron	211	0.39%		unknown
	Labour 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	Douglas 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:

• North Vancouver-Capilano
• North Vancouver-Seymour (current riding)
• West Vancouver-Howe Sound