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Capilano—Howe Sound

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Capilano—Howe Sound
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1987
District abolished1996
First contested1988
Last contested1993

Capilano—Howe Sound was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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

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

Electoral history

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1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Herb Grubel 17,752 41.87 +33.70
Liberal Audrey Sojonky 13,609 32.10 +2.42
Progressive Conservative Mary Collins 7,331 17.29 -29.49
New Democratic Sandra Bauer 1,443 3.40 -10.89
National Doris Fuller 1,385 3.27
Green Peggy Stortz 428 1.01
Natural Law William Alexander Cameron 266 0.63
No affiliation Audrey Ashley 100 0.24
Libertarian Bill Tomlinson 73 0.17 -0.23
Commonwealth of Canada Rolf A.F. Witzsche 15 0.04
Total valid votes 42,402 100.0  
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +15.64
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Mary Collins 20,219 46.78
Liberal John D. Pozer 12,828 29.68
New Democratic Olga Kempo 6,174 14.29
Reform Neil Thompson 3,531 8.17
Rhinoceros Alfred "The Alien" Frinton 292 0.68
Libertarian Bill Tomlinson 173 0.40
Total valid votes 43,217 100.0  
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.

See also

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