West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Encyclopedia
West Vancouver-Howe Sound was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia
from 1966 to 1986. The riding's predecessor was North Vancouver
, which first appeared on the hustings from 1903.
For other historical and current ridings in the region see Vancouver (electoral districts)
.
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|8,346
|align="right"|52.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Laurence Smith Eckhardt
|align="right"|5,499
|align="right"|34.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|James William C. McKenzie
|align="right"|1,975
|align="right"|12.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,820
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|171
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|8,974
|align="right"|46.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Leonard Joseph Corcoran
|align="right"|7,433
|align="right"|22.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|William Basil Mundy
|align="right"|2,939
|align="right"|15.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|19,346
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|131
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|7,597
|align="right"|33.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Peter Stewart Hyndman
|align="right"|7,076
|align="right"|31.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|Louis Joseph Corcoran
|align="right"|5,098
|align="right"|22.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Raymond Alden Copes
|align="right"|2,619
|align="right"|11.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|22,390
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|158
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|16,173
|align="right"|64.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Murray Wayne Miller
|align="right"|4,647
|align="right"|18.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Cordelia Kitty Maracle
|align="right"|3,263
|align="right"|12.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Francis Bernard Jameson
|align="right"|998
|align="right"|3.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|League for Socialist Action
|Joseph Kellner
|align="right"|34
|align="right"|0.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|25,115
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|261
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|16,566
|align="right"|67.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Lawrence Charles Minchin
|align="right"|5,773
|align="right"|23.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Christopher Derrick England
|align="right"|1,916
|align="right"|7.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Gay Alliance Toward Equality
|Robert Douglas Cook
|align="right"|126
|align="right"|0.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,381
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|459
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
|John Reynolds
|align="right"|17,218
|align="right"|61.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Claus Frank Spiekerman
|align="right"|6,766
|align="right"|24.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Morton Alexander Graham
|align="right"|1,941
|align="right"|6.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Neil Stewart Thompson
|align="right"|1,824
|align="right"|6.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independents
|James Roland Chabot
|align="right"|316
|align="right"|1.12%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|28,065
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|234
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
|John Reynolds
|align="right"|14,591
|align="right"|54.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Ed Carlin
|align="right"|6,786
|align="right"|25.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|David C. Manning
|align="right"|5,490
|align="right"|20.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|26,867
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|265
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
from 1966 to 1986. The riding's predecessor was North Vancouver
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...
, which first appeared on the hustings from 1903.
For other historical and current ridings in the region see Vancouver (electoral districts)
Vancouver (electoral districts)
This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts located in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, and for ridings which include the name Vancouver in their title, including those on Vancouver Island among which was the original first-use of the riding-name Vancouver...
.
Demographics
| Population, 1966 | |
| Population change, 1966–1986 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
Electoral history
|LiberalBritish Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|8,346
|align="right"|52.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Laurence Smith Eckhardt
|align="right"|5,499
|align="right"|34.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|James William C. McKenzie
|align="right"|1,975
|align="right"|12.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,820
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|171
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|8,974
|align="right"|46.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Leonard Joseph Corcoran
|align="right"|7,433
|align="right"|22.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|William Basil Mundy
|align="right"|2,939
|align="right"|15.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|19,346
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|131
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|7,597
|align="right"|33.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Peter Stewart Hyndman
|align="right"|7,076
|align="right"|31.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Louis Joseph Corcoran
|align="right"|5,098
|align="right"|22.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Raymond Alden Copes
|align="right"|2,619
|align="right"|11.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|22,390
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|158
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|16,173
|align="right"|64.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Murray Wayne Miller
|align="right"|4,647
|align="right"|18.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Cordelia Kitty Maracle
|align="right"|3,263
|align="right"|12.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Francis Bernard Jameson
|align="right"|998
|align="right"|3.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|League for Socialist Action
|Joseph Kellner
|align="right"|34
|align="right"|0.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|25,115
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|261
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Louis Allan Williams
|align="right"|16,566
|align="right"|67.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Lawrence Charles Minchin
|align="right"|5,773
|align="right"|23.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Christopher Derrick England
|align="right"|1,916
|align="right"|7.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Gay Alliance Toward Equality
Gay Alliance Toward Equality
The Gay Alliance Toward Equality, or GATE, was one of the first Canadian gay liberation groups.Formed in spring 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, GATE was the first Canadian gay group to explicitly discuss and plan civil rights strategies for achieving gay and lesbian equality under Canadian law...
|Robert Douglas Cook
|align="right"|126
|align="right"|0.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,381
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|459
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|John Reynolds
John Reynolds (Canadian politician)
John Douglas Reynolds, PC was the Member of Parliament for the riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2006...
|align="right"|17,218
|align="right"|61.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Claus Frank Spiekerman
|align="right"|6,766
|align="right"|24.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Morton Alexander Graham
|align="right"|1,941
|align="right"|6.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Neil Stewart Thompson
|align="right"|1,824
|align="right"|6.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independents
|James Roland Chabot
|align="right"|316
|align="right"|1.12%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|28,065
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|234
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|John Reynolds
John Reynolds (Canadian politician)
John Douglas Reynolds, PC was the Member of Parliament for the riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2006...
|align="right"|14,591
|align="right"|54.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Ed Carlin
|align="right"|6,786
|align="right"|25.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|David C. Manning
|align="right"|5,490
|align="right"|20.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|26,867
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|265
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}