Vancouver-Little Mountain

Vancouver-Little Mountain was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1966 as a two-member seat. It returned two members from 1966 to 1986 and one member thereafter.

For other historical and current ridings in the City of Vancouver, see Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

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

Electoral history

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Leslie Raymond Peterson	12,380	24.74%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	11,566	23.11%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie	8,620	17.23%		unknown
	New Democratic	Robert Eugene Clair	8,523	17.03%		unknown
	Liberal	Edward Charles Sweeney	4,681	9.35%		unknown
	Liberal	Jean Margaret Crowley	4,270	8.53%		unknown
Total valid votes			50,040	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			455
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Leslie Raymond Peterson	14,292	25.47%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	14,044	25.03%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Richard Melville Rockwell	9,020	16.07%		unknown
	New Democratic	Dennis Frank Mulroney	8,913	15.88%		unknown
	Liberal	Peter Hector Pearse	4,994	8.90%		unknown
	Liberal	Robert Harry Beattie	4,851	8.64%		unknown
Total valid votes			56,114	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			345
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Phyllis Florence Young	11,822	20.06%		unknown
	New Democratic	Roy Thomas Cummings	11,761	19.96%		unknown
	Social Credit	Leslie Raymond Peterson	11,219	19.04%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	11,109	18.85%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Richard John Joseph Durante	3,874	6.57%		unknown
	Liberal	David Baird Penfield Gibson	3,854	6.54%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Reginald David Grandison	2,358	4.00%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	William Allan Brown	2,295	3.89%		unknown
	Independent	David John Bader	253	0.43%		unknown
	Communist	Homer John Stevens	158	0.27%		unknown
	Communist	James William (Jim) Beynon	122	0.21%		unknown
	Independent	Gordon James Turner	101	0.17%		unknown
Total valid votes			58,926	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			417
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	15,627	26.62%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Evan Maurice Wolfe	15,313	26.08%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Phyllis Florence Young	12,000	20.44%		unknown
	New Democratic	Roy Thomas Cummings	11,587	19.74%		unknown
	Liberal	James Bruce Siemens	1,518	2.58%		unknown
	Liberal	Beverley E. Joyce Ballantyne	1,369	2.33%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	William Allan Brown	697	1.19%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Henry Burgoyne	599	1.02%		unknown
Total valid votes			58,710	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			595
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	19,350	27.11%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Evan Maurice Wolfe	18,689	26.18%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Michael Franklin Harcourt	17,009	23.83%		unknown
	New Democratic	Jean Swanson	16,329	22.88%		unknown
Total valid votes			71,377	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			1,143
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	20,578	25.18%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Doug Mowat	20,400	24.96%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Jean Swanson	18,943	23.18%		unknown
	New Democratic	Gerry Scott	18,822	23.03%		unknown
	Liberal	William Pike Hopes	1,600	1.96%		unknown
	Liberal	Frank Arthur F.J. Jones	1,381	1.69%		unknown
Total valid votes			81,724	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			805
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Grace Mary McCarthy	18,049	22.15%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Doug Mowat	15,962	19.58%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Colin Patrick Kelly	15,717	19.28%		unknown
	New Democratic	Adrienne Hazel Peacock	15,407	18.90%		unknown
	Liberal	Arthur John Lee	10,627	13.04%		unknown
	Liberal	Joyce E. Statton	5,498	6.75%		unknown
	People's Front	Dorothy Jean O'Donnell	128	0.16%
	People's Front	Allan H. Bezanson	111	O.14%
Total valid votes			81,499	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			1,219
Turnout			%

35th British Columbia election, 1991 ¹

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tom Perry	10,383	45.43%		unknown
	Liberal	Michael K. Stebner	8,180	35.79%		unknown
	Social Credit	Sharon E. White	3,944	17.26%	–	unknown
	Green	Geoff Berner	259	1.13%	–	unknown
	Independent	Cheryl M. Maczko	90	0.39%		unknown
Total valid votes			22,856	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			562
Turnout			69.44%
^1 Seat reduced to one member from two.

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gary Farrell-Collins	12,036	50.25
	New Democratic	Margaret Birrell	9,390	39.20
	Progressive Democrat	Ted Phillip Bradley	1,062	4.43
	Green	Stuart Parker	714	2.98
	Reform	David J. Waine	489	2.04
	Independent	Dan Grant	96	0.40
	Social Credit	Gerold Kuklinski	85	0.35
	Natural Law	Estelle Brooke	82	0.34
Total valid votes			23,954	100.00
Total rejected ballots			184
Turnout			67.80

After the 1996 election the Vancouver-Little Mountain riding was redistributed. Successor ridings, roughly, are Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Vancouver-Fairview and Vancouver-Langara.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns