Capilano—Howe Sound

Capilano—Howe Sound
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 1996
First contested 1988
Last contested 1993

Capilano—Howe Sound was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Capilano and Cariboo—Chilcotin ridings.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast riding.

It consisted of the northwest part of the North Vancouver District Municipality, the District Municipality of West Vancouver, the part of electoral Area B of the Greater Vancouver Regional District west of the Capilano River and north of Electoral Area A, the Village of Lions Bay, Electoral Area C of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, except Electoral Areas A and B and the Village of Lillooet.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Capilano and Cariboo—Chilcotin
34th  1988–1993     Mary Collins Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Herbert Grubel Reform
Riding dissolved into West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ReformHerb Grubel 17,752 41.87 +33.70
LiberalAudrey Sojonky 13,609 32.10 +2.42
Progressive ConservativeMary Collins 7,331 17.29 -29.49
New DemocraticSandra Bauer 1,443 3.40 -10.89
NationalDoris Fuller 1,385 3.27
GreenPeggy Stortz 428 1.01
Natural LawWilliam Alexander Cameron 266 0.63
No affiliationAudrey Ashley 100 0.24
LibertarianBill Tomlinson 73 0.17 -0.23
Commonwealth of CanadaRolf A.F. Witzsche 15 0.04
Total valid votes 42,402100.0  
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +15.64
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeMary Collins 20,219 46.78
LiberalJohn D. Pozer 12,828 29.68
New DemocraticOlga Kempo 6,174 14.29
ReformNeil Thompson 3,531 8.17
RhinocerosAlfred "The Alien" Frinton 292 0.68
LibertarianBill Tomlinson 173 0.40
Total valid votes 43,217100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Capilano and Cariboo—Chilcotin, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Mary Collins was the incumbent from Capilano.

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