Coast—Capilano

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.

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

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 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	26,472	48.58	-1.79
	New Democratic	William H. Deverell	12,335	22.64	+0.90
	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	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.34

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	27,177	50.37	+4.28
	New Democratic	Peter S. Faminow	11,731	21.74	+0.18
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Frances Southin	10,206	18.92	-4.47
	Social Credit	James Thornton Fullerton	4,160	7.71	-2.25
	Communist	Charles Caron	682	1.27	–
Total valid votes			53,956	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.05

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Davis	23,583	46.09	+6.95
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Payne	11,966	23.39	-20.09
	New Democratic	Hugh Clifford	11,030	21.56	+7.77
	Social Credit	Vincent H. Bracewell	4,584	9.96	+6.37
Total valid votes			51,163	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.52
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William H. 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	-17.57
Total valid votes			44,487	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.86

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Sinclair	16,443	39.02	-6.86
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Payne	11,643	27.63	+17.74
	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	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.30

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Sinclair	13,614	45.88	-29.61
	Social Credit	Ernest Gustav Silverton	7,092	23.90	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Bryce	5,361	18.07	-12.79
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Archibald McArthur	2,936	9.89	-13.37
	Labor–Progressive	Thomas Alexander McEwen	673	2.27	–
Total valid votes			29,676	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-26.76

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Sinclair	15,294	75.49
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Francis James McKenzie	6,253	30.86
	Progressive Conservative	Harold S. Mahon	4,713	23.26
Total valid votes			20,260	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Vancouver North, where Liberal James Sinclair was the incumbent.

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament