Vancouver-Little Mountain

Vancouver-Little Mountain is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Vancouver-Little Mountain
British Columbia electoral district
Location in Vancouver
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Christine Boyle
New Democratic
District created2023
First contested2024
Last contested2024
Demographics
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Vancouver

It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1966 as a two-member seat. It returned as a two-member seat until 1986 and became a one-member seat thereafter. After the 1996 election, the areas it comprised were redistributed. Successor ridings, roughly, were Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Vancouver-Fairview and Vancouver-Langara.

Under the new representation order of the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution approved in 2023, the Vancouver-Little Mountain name was revived, with the new electoral district taking territory from the existing Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Vancouver-Fairview, Vancouver-False Creek, Vancouver-Langara, and Vancouver-Kensington ridings.

In the 2024 British Columbia general election, it was won by NDP candidate Christine Boyle.[1]

MLAs

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Dual-member district

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Assembly Years Seat 1 Seat 2
Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Vancouver East and Vancouver-Point Grey
28th 1966–1969 Leslie Raymond Peterson Social Credit Grace Mary McCarthy Social Credit
29th 1969–1972
30th 1972–1975 Phyllis Florence Young NDP Roy Thomas Cummings NDP
21st 1975–1979 Grace Mary McCarthy Social Credit Evan Maurice Wolfe Social Credit
32nd 1979–1983
33rd 1983–1986 Doug Mowat
34th 1986–1991

Single-member district

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Assembly Years Member Party
35th 1991–1996 Tom Perry NDP
36th 1996–2001 Gary Farrell-Collins Liberal
Riding dissolved into Vancouver-Fairview, Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Langara, and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Riding re-created from Vancouver-False Creek, Vancouver-Fairview, Vancouver-Kensington, Vancouver-Langara, and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
43rd Since 2024 Christine Boyle NDP

Demographics

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

Electoral history (2024–present)

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2024 British Columbia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Christine Boyle 15,008 61.92 +11.0
Conservative John Coupar 7,449 30.73 +30.5
Green Wendy Hayko 1,781 7.35 -7.4
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
New Democratic hold Swing –9.8
2020 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party %
  New Democratic 50.9
  Liberal 33.3
  Green 14.7
  Conservative 0.2
  Others 0.9

Student vote results

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Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program that holds mock elections in Canadian elementary and high schools alongside general elections, with the same candidates and electoral system.

2024 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Christine Boyle 910 54.17
Conservative John Coupar 423 25.18
Green Wendy Hayko 347 20.65
Total valid votes 1,680 100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[3]

Electoral history (1966–2001)

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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
Source: Legislative Library of British Columbia[4]
35th British Columbia election, 1991[a]
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%
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 %
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 %
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 %
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 %
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 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 %
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 %
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 %

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.

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Elections BC Historical Returns

Notes

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  1. ^ Seat reduced to one member from two

References

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  1. ^ "Christine Boyle elected in Vancouver-Little Mountain". British Columbia. October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Vancouver-Little Mountain". 338Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Student Vote British Columbia 2024". Student Vote. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia Supplement: 1987-2001" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Retrieved May 16, 2024.