Coast—Capilano

Coast—Capilano

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1966
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

Coast—Capilano was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Vancouver North riding.

The riding consisted of Vancouver's North Shore suburbs, the then-municipality of West Vancouver (now a city) and the city and the western part of the district municipality of North Vancouver plus the mainland Sunshine Coast areas of the former Comox—Atlin riding.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Vancouver North
21st	1949–1953		James Sinclair	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		William Hector Payne	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Jack Davis	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Seymour, Capilano and Coast Chilcotin

Election results

1965

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	26,472	48.58	–1.79
	New Democratic	William H. Deverell	12,335	22.64	+0.89
	Progressive Conservative	Carlyle Boyd Shannon	8,429	15.47	–3.45
	Social Credit	Harold Hunter	6,525	11.97	+4.26
	Communist	Charles Caron	733	1.35	+0.08
Total valid votes			54,494	99.59
Total rejected ballots			227	0.41	+0.05
Turnout			54,721	76.12	–6.35
Eligible voters			71,890
	Liberal hold		Swing		–1.34
Source: Library of Parliament

1963

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	27,177	50.37	+4.27
	New Democratic	Peter S. Faminow	11,731	21.74	+0.18
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Southin	10,206	18.92	–4.47
	Social Credit	James Thornton Fullerton	4,160	7.71	–1.25
	Communist	Charles Caron	682	1.26	–
Total valid votes			53,956	99.63
Total rejected ballots			199	0.37	–0.17
Turnout			54,155	82.47	+1.54
Eligible voters			65,669
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.05
Source: Library of Parliament

1962

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	23,583	46.09	+6.96
	Progressive Conservative	William Hector Payne	11,966	23.39	–20.09
	New Democratic	Hugh Clifford	11,030	21.56	+7.77
	Social Credit	Vincent H. Bracewell	4,584	8.96	+5.37
Total valid votes			51,163	99.46
Total rejected ballots			277	0.54	+0.07
Turnout			51,440	80.93	+1.41
Eligible voters			63,563
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.52
Source: Library of Parliament

1958

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William Hector Payne	19,343	43.48	+15.85
	Liberal	James Sinclair	17,411	39.14	+0.12
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hugh Clifford	6,134	13.79	+1.59
	Social Credit	Edward Gallant	1,599	3.59	–17.56
Total valid votes			44,487	99.53
Total rejected ballots			211	0.47	–0.19
Turnout			44,698	79.52	+1.69
Eligible voters			56,211
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.87
Source: Library of Parliament

1957

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Sinclair	16,443	39.02	–6.86
	Progressive Conservative	William Hector Payne	11,643	27.63	+17.73
	Social Credit	Evelyn M. Fingarson	8,918	21.16	–2.74
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hugh Clifford	5,140	12.20	–5.87
Total valid votes			42,144	99.34
Total rejected ballots			282	0.66	+0.18
Turnout			42,426	77.83	+10.32
Eligible voters			54,512
	Liberal hold		Swing		–12.30
Source: Library of Parliament

1953

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Sinclair	13,614	45.88	–12.37
	Social Credit	Ernest Gustav Silverton	7,092	23.90	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Bryce	5,361	18.07	–5.75
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Archibald McArthur	2,936	9.89	–8.05
	Labor–Progressive	Tom McEwen	673	2.27	–
Total valid votes			29,676	99.51
Total rejected ballots			146	0.49	–0.16
Turnout			29,822	67.51	–3.10
Eligible voters			44,177
	Liberal hold		Swing		–26.76
Source: Library of Parliament

1949

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Sinclair	15,294	58.24	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Francis James McKenzie	6,253	23.81	–
	Progressive Conservative	Harold S. Mahon	4,713	17.95	–
Total valid votes			26,260	99.35
Total rejected ballots			172	0.65	–
Turnout			26,432	70.61	–
Eligible voters			37,434
	Liberal notional hold		Swing
This riding was created from parts of Vancouver North, where Liberal James Sinclair was the incumbent.
Source: Library of Parliament

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament