# 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. Prior to its creation the North Shore had been part of the Vancouver riding..
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

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## Election results

14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | George Samuel Hanes | 980 | 52.80% | unknown |
| | Conservative | George H. Morden | 598 | 32.22% | unknown |
| | Independent Conservative | William McNeish | 278 | 14.98% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,856 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
15th British Columbia election, 1920 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent | George Samuel Hanes $^1$ | 2,681 | 54.68% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Valient Vivian Vinson | 1,180 | 24.07% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Benjamin Chubb $^2$ | 913 | 18.62% | unknown |
| | Independents | James Orchard | 129 | 2.63% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,903 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^1$ Endorsed by North Vancouver City Liberal Association and by Great War Veterans Association. |||||||
| $^2$ Repudiated by North Vancouver City Liberal Association.. |||||||
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John Melvin Bryan Sr. | 1,283 | 31.34% |
| | Independent Liberal | George Samuel Hanes | 1,163 | 28.41% |
| | Provincial | Richard Francis Raleigh Cruise | 1,151 | 28.11% |
| | Conservative | William Stearne Deacon | 442 | 10.80% |
| | Independent | James Orchard | 55 | 1.34% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,094 | 100.00% |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Ian Alistair MacKenzie | 2,498 | 46.60% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Jack Loutet | 2,466 | 46.00% | unknown |
| | Independent | Archie Carland MacMillan | 397 | 7.40% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,361 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 118 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Harley Christian Erskine Anderson | 2,427 | 35.19% |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Jack Loutet | 1,784 | 25.87% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Spencer Wood | 1,636 | 23.72% |
| | Independent Liberal | John Melvin Bryan Sr. | 846 | 12.27% |
| | United Front (Workers and Farmers) | William Henry Morson | 132 | 1.91% |
| | Labour (Party) $^3$ | Howard Edward Ryan | 65 | 0.94% |
| | Independent | James Whitham | 7 | 0.10% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,897 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 77 | |
| $^3$ Endorsed by the Independent CCF. |||||||
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Dorothy Steeves | 2,749 | 32.23% | unknown |
| | Independent | Joseph Bentley Leyland | 2,386 | 27.98% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Edith Myrtle Turner | 1,847 | 21.66% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Jack Loutet | 1,522 | 17.84% | unknown |
| | Independent | James Whitham | 25 | 0.29% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,529 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Dorothy Steeves | 4,209 | 40.37% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Francis Austin Walker | 2,945 | 28.24% | unknown |
| | Official Conservative $^1$ | Alfred Hugh Bayne | 2,161 | 20.73% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Joshua Hinchcliffe $^1$ | 1,056 | 10.13% | unknown |
| | Independent Socialist | James Whitham | 56 | 0.54% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,427 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 162 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^1$ J. 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | John Henry Cates $^1$ | 5,912 | 54.20% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Dorothy Steeves | 4,070 | 37.31% | | unknown |
| | Communist | Austin "E" Delaney | 646 | 5.92% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit Alliance | Stanley Earl Wilcox | 280 | 2.57% | | unknown |
| | Independent Socialist | James Whitham | 56 | 0.54% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,908 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 205 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^1$ John Hendry Cates in List of Candidates. |||||||
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | John Henry Cates | 12,586 | 69.57% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Clifford Augustine Greer | 5,504 | 30.43% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,090 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 220 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |

### New voting system (1952-1953)
#### 1952

North Vancouver (1952 British Columbia general election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Liberal | Martin Elliott Sowden | 29.38 | 6,695 | 6,736 | 6,744 | 6,910 | 8,836 | 10,292 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Dorothy Steeves | 27.50 | 6,268 | 6,301 | 6,495 | 6,527 | 6,929 | 8,980 |
| | Social Credit | George Henry Tomlinson Jr. | 21.71 | 4,947 | 4,981 | 4,998 | 5,091 | 5,870 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur Archibald McArthur | 17.82 | 4,061 | 4,123 | 4,123 | 4,135 |
| | Christian Democratic | Mary Freda Ennis | 1.50 | 341 | 341 | 342 |
| | Labor-Progressive | Thomas McEwen | 1.15 | 263 | 265 |
| | Independent | John Howard Fletcher | 0.95 | 216 |
| Valid: 22,791 Spoilt: 571 Quota: ||||||||||
North Vancouver (1952 British Columbia general election) (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| | Liberal | Martin Elliott Sowden | 6 | 10,292 | 53.40% | ​​ |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Dorothy Steeves | 6 | 8,980 | 46.60% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | George Henry Tomlinson Jr. | 5 | 5,870 | 27.13% | ​​ |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur Archibald McArthur | 4 | 4,135 | 18.25% | ​​ |
| | Christian Democratic | Mary Freda Ennis | 3 | 342 | 1.51% | ​​ |
| | Labor-Progressive | Thomas McEwen | 2 | 265 | 1.16% | ​​ |
| | Independent | John Howard Fletcher | 1 | 216 | 0.95% | ​​ |
| Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | 3519 | 15.44% | ​​ |
Terminal transfer rates for votes (1952) :
| Transferred from | Non-transferrable | % transferred to | % transferred to | % transferred to | Total |
| Transferred from | Non-transferrable | CCF | Socred | Liberal | Total |
| █ Progressive Conservative | 1,028 | 402 | 779 | 1,926 | 4,135 |
| █ Progressive Conservative | 24.86% | 9.72% | 18.84% | 46.58% | 100.00% |
| █ Social Credit | 2,363 | 2,051 | – | 1,456 | 5,870 |
| █ Social Credit | 40.26% | 34.94% | – | 24.80% | 100.00% |

#### 1953

North Vancouver (1953 British Columbia general election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Social Credit | George Henry Tomlinson Jr. | 35.67 | 7,728 | 7,798 | 7,809 | 8,127 | 9,291 |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall | 29.44 | 6,377 | 6,436 | 6,446 | 7,247 | 9,134 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Dorothy Steeves | 26.87 | 5,820 | 5,843 | 5,968 | 6,049 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Rodney Beavan | 6.18 | 1,338 | 1,346 | 1,350 |
| | Labor-Progressive | Robert Gerald Sarginson | 1.00 | 217 | 219 |
| | Christian Democratic | Mary Freda Ennis | 0.84 | 182 |
| Valid: 21,662 Spoilt: 1,108 Quota: |||||||||
North Vancouver (1953 British Columbia general election) (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| | Social Credit | George Henry Tomlinson Jr. | 5 | 9,291 | 50.43% | ​​ |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Robinson MacDougall | 5 | 9,134 | 49.57% | ​​ |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Dorothy Steeves | 4 | 6,049 | 28.24% | ​​ |
| | Progressive Conservative | Rodney Beavan | 3 | 1,350 | 6.26% | ​​ |
| | Labor-Progressive | Robert Gerald Sarginson | 2 | 219 | 1.01% | ​​ |
| | Christian Democratic | Mary Freda Ennis | 1 | 182 | 0.84% | ​​ |
| Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | 3237 | 14.94% | ​​ |
Terminal transfer rates for votes (1953) :
| Transferred from | Non-transferrable | % transferred to | % transferred to | % transferred to | Total |
| Transferred from | Non-transferrable | Socred | CCF | Liberal | Total |
| █ Progressive Conservative | 150 | 318 | 81 | 801 | 1,350 |
| █ Progressive Conservative | 11.11% | 23.56% | 6.00% | 59.33% | 100.00% |
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 2,998 | 1,164 | – | 1,887 | 6,049 |
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 49.56% | 19.24% | – | 31.20% | 100.00% |

### Return to "First past the post"

25th British Columbia election, 1956 $^1$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | John Melvin Bryan Jr. | 11,974 | 22.29% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Newton Phillips Steacy | 11,298 | 21.03% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Francis W. (Frank) Millerd | 8,425 | 15.68% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Alexander Bates McQuarrie | 6,386 | 11.89% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Deane Finlayson | 5,121 | 9.53% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John Edward Beltz | 4,718 | 7.78% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | George Collis | 4,266 | 7.94% | | unknown |
| | Independent (SC) $^2$ | George Henry Tomlinson Jr. | 902 | 1.68% | | unknown |
| | Independent (SC) $^2$ | Stanley Earl Wilcox | 227 | 0.42% | | unknown |
| | Labor-Progressive | Charles Caron | 211 | 0.39% | | unknown |
| | Labor-Progressive | Glyn Thomas | 191 | 0.35% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 53,719 | 100.00% | | unknown |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 346 | | unknown |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| $^1$ Seat increased to two members from one. |||||||
| $^2$ Under 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Ray Perrault | 14,408 | 19.92% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Gordon Gibson | 13,287 | 18.37% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Newton Phillips Steacy | 12,804 | 17.00% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Bruce Benjamin Knowlton | 12,276 | 16.97% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Orville Garfield Braaten | 6,746 | 9.33% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Hugh Clifford | 6,720 | 9.29% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Deane Finlayson | 3,260 | 4.51% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Robert Read Maitland | 2,397 | 3.31% | | unknown |
| | Communist | William Angus Stewart | 242 | 0.33% | | unknown |
| | Communist | Gregory Bruce Yorke | 191 | 0.26% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 72,331 | 100.00% | | unknown |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 438 | | unknown |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Ray Perrault | 16,153 | 22.03% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | James Gordon Gibson | 14,068 | 19.18% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi | 13,215 | 18.02% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Frederick Morton Sharp | 11,883 | 16.20% | | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Peter Samuel Farinow | 5,764 | 7.86% | | unknown |
| | New Democrat | Hugh Clifford | 5,409 | 7.38% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Patrick Nowlan | 3,567 | 4.86% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ronald Clifton Bray | 3,088 | 4.21% | | unknown |
| | Communist | Maurice Rush | 190 | 0.26% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 73,337 | 100.00% | | unknown |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 332 | | unknown |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
Following the 1963 election North Vancouver was redistributed into three one-member seats:
* North Vancouver-Capilano
* North Vancouver-Seymour (current riding)
* West Vancouver-Howe Sound