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..

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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
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal George Samuel Hanes 98052.80%unknown
  Conservative George H. Morden59832.22%unknown
Independent ConservativeWilliam McNeish27814.98%unknown
Total valid votes1,856100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
15th British Columbia election, 1920
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
 Independent George Samuel Hanes 12,68154.68%unknown
  Conservative Valient Vivian Vinson1,18024.07%unknown
  Liberal Benjamin Chubb 291318.62%unknown
 IndependentsJames Orchard1292.63%unknown
Total valid votes4,903100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1Endorsed by North Vancouver City Liberal Association and by Great War Veterans Association.
2Repudiated by North Vancouver City Liberal Association..
16th British Columbia election, 1924
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal John Melvin Bryan Sr. 1,28331.34%
Independent Liberal George Samuel Hanes 1,16328.41%
Provincial Richard Francis Raleigh Cruise1,15128.11%
  Conservative William Stearne Deacon44210.80%
 IndependentJames Orchard551.34%
Total valid votes4,094100.00%
17th British Columbia election, 1928
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Liberal Ian Alistair MacKenzie 2,49846.60%unknown
  Conservative Jack Loutet2,46646.00%unknown
 IndependentArchie Carland MacMillan3977.40%unknown
Total valid votes5,361100.00%
Total rejected ballots118
Turnout%
18th British Columbia election, 1933
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harley Christian Erskine Anderson 2,42735.19%
Non-Partisan Independent Group Jack Loutet1,78425.87%
  Liberal Herbert Spencer Wood1,63623.72%
Independent Liberal John Melvin Bryan Sr. 84612.27%
United Front (Workers and Farmers)William Henry Morson1321.91%
 Labour (Party) 3Howard Edward Ryan650.94%
 IndependentJames Whitham70.10%
Total valid votes6,897100.00%
Total rejected ballots77
3Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
19th British Columbia election, 1937
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Steeves 2,74932.23%unknown
 IndependentJoseph Bentley Leyland2,38627.98%unknown
  Liberal Edith Myrtle Turner1,84721.66%unknown
  Conservative Jack Loutet1,52217.84%unknown
 IndependentJames Whitham250.29%unknown
Total valid votes8,529100.00%
Total rejected ballots94
Turnout%
20th British Columbia election, 1941
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Steeves 4,20940.37%unknown
  Liberal Francis Austin Walker 2,94528.24%unknown
 Official Conservative 1 Alfred Hugh Bayne 2,16120.73%unknown
  Conservative Joshua Hinchcliffe 11,05610.13%unknown
Independent SocialistJames Whitham560.54%unknown
Total valid votes10,427100.00%
Total rejected ballots162
Turnout%
1J. 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
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition John Henry Cates 15,91254.20%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dorothy Steeves 4,07037.31%unknown
Communist Austin "E" Delaney6465.92%unknown
  Social Credit Alliance Stanley Earl Wilcox2802.57%unknown
Independent SocialistJames Whitham560.54%unknown
Total valid votes10,908100.00%
Total rejected ballots205
Turnout%
1 John Hendry Cates in List of Candidates.
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Coalition John Henry Cates 12,58669.57%unknown
  Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer5,50430.43%unknown
Total valid votes18,090100.00%
Total rejected ballots220
Turnout

New voting system (1952-1953)

1952

North Vancouver (1952 British Columbia general election)
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Liberal Martin Elliott Sowden 29.386,6956,736 6,744 6,910 8,836 10,292
Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 27.506,2686,301 6,495 6,527 6,929 8,980
Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 21.714,9474,981 4,998 5,091 5,870
Progressive Conservative Arthur Archibald McArthur17.824,0614,123 4,123 4,135
Christian DemocraticMary Freda Ennis1.50341341 342
Labour Progressive Thomas McEwen 1.15263265
Independent John Howard Fletcher0.95216
Valid: 22,791  Spoilt: 571  Quota: 


    North Vancouver (1952 British Columbia general election)
    (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference) [1]
    PartyCandidateMaximum
    round
    Maximum
    votes
    Share in
    maximum
    round
    Maximum votes
    First round votesTransfer votes
    Liberal Martin Elliott Sowden 610,29253.40%
    Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 68,98046.60%
    Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 55,87027.13%
    Progressive Conservative Arthur Archibald McArthur44,13518.25%
    Christian DemocraticMary Freda Ennis33421.51%
    Labour-Progressive Thomas McEwen 22651.16%
    IndependentJohn Howard Fletcher12160.95%
    Exhausted votes351915.44%
    Terminal transfer rates for votes (1952) [1]
    Transferred fromNon-transferrable% transferred toTotal
    CCFSocredLiberal
      Progressive Conservative 1,0284027791,9264,135
    24.86%9.72%18.84%46.58%100.00%
      Social Credit 2,3632,0511,4565,870
    40.26%34.94%24.80%100.00%

    1953

    North Vancouver (1953 British Columbia general election)
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 35.677,7287,798 7,809 8,127 9,291
    Liberal Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall29.446,3776,436 6,446 7,247 9,134
    Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 26.875,8205,843 5,968 6,049
    Progressive Conservative Rodney Beavan6.181,3381,346 1,350
    Labour Progressive Robert Gerald Sarginson1.00217219
    Christian DemocraticMary Freda Ennis0.84182
    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]
      PartyCandidateMaximum
      round
      Maximum
      votes
      Share in
      maximum
      round
      Maximum votes
      First round votesTransfer votes
      Social Credit George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 59,29150.43%
      Liberal Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall59,13449.57%
      Co-operative Commonwealth Dorothy Steeves 46,04928.24%
      Progressive Conservative Rodney Beavan31,3506.26%
      Labour-Progressive Robert Gerald Sarginson22191.01%
      Christian DemocraticMary Freda Ennis11820.84%
      Exhausted votes323714.94%
      Terminal transfer rates for votes (1953) [2]
      Transferred fromNon-transferrable% transferred toTotal
      SocredCCFLiberal
        Progressive Conservative 150318818011,350
      11.11%23.56%6.00%59.33%100.00%
        Co-operative Commonwealth 2,9981,1641,8876,049
      49.56%19.24%31.20%100.00%

      Return to "First past the post"

      25th British Columbia election, 1956 1
      PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
      Social Credit John Melvin Bryan Jr. 11,97422.29%unknown
      Social Credit Newton Phillips Steacy 11,29821.03%unknown
      Liberal Francis W. (Frank) Millerd8,42515.68%unknown
      Liberal Alexander Bates McQuarrie6,38611.89%unknown
        Progressive Conservative Deane Finlayson 5,1219.53%unknown
        Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Edward Beltz4,7187.78%unknown
        Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Collis4,2667.94%unknown
       Independent (SC) 2 George Henry Tomlinson Jr. 9021.68%unknown
       Independent (SC) 2Stanley Earl Wilcox2270.42%unknown
      Labour Progressive Charles Caron2110.39%unknown
      Labour Progressive Glyn Thomas1910.35%unknown
      Total valid votes53,719100.00%unknown
      Total rejected ballots346unknown
      Turnout
      1 Seat increased to two members from one.
      2Under 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
      PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
      Liberal Ray Perrault 14,40819.92%unknown
      Liberal James Gordon Gibson 13,28718.37%unknown
      Social Credit Newton Phillips Steacy 12,80417.00%unknown
      Social Credit Bruce Benjamin Knowlton12,27616.97%unknown
        Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Orville Garfield Braaten6,7469.33%unknown
        Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Hugh Clifford6,7209.29%unknown
        Progressive Conservative Deane Finlayson 3,2604.51%unknown
        Progressive Conservative Robert Read Maitland2,3973.31%unknown
      Communist William Angus Stewart2420.33%unknown
      Communist Gregory Bruce Yorke1910.26%unknown
      Total valid votes72,331100.00%unknown
      Total rejected ballots438unknown
      Turnout
      27th British Columbia election, 1963
      PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
      Liberal Ray Perrault 16,15322.03%unknown
      Liberal James Gordon Gibson 14,06819.18%unknown
      Social Credit Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi13,21518.02%unknown
      Social Credit Frederick Morton Sharp11,88316.20%unknown
        New Democrat Peter Samuel Farinow5,7647.86%unknown
        New Democrat Hugh Clifford5,4097.38%unknown
        Progressive Conservative John Patrick Nowlan3,5674.86%unknown
        Progressive Conservative Ronald Clifton Bray3,0884.21%unknown
      Communist Maurice Rush1900.26%unknown
      Total valid votes73,337100.00%unknown
      Total rejected ballots332unknown
      Turnout

      Following the 1963 election North Vancouver was redistributed into three one-member seats:

      Further reading

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

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