- West Vancouver-Howe Sound
West Vancouver-Howe Sound was a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province ofBritish 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) .Demographics
Political geography
Notable elections
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Liberal
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"
LiberalLouis 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 ConservativePeter 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%
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align="right"|unknownLeague 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 CreditLouis 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%
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align="right"|unknownGay 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%
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- 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"References
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]
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