Coast Chilcotin
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1968 |
| District abolished | 1979 |
| First contested | 1968 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Coast Chilcotin was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of British Columbia.
Geography
The riding spanned the southern Coast Mountains and included the Central Coast through Queen Charlotte Strait and Johnstone Strait to the Sunshine Coast and Howe Sound, as well as the Chilcotin Plateau and from the Cariboo down to Howe Sound via Lillooet.
History
Coast Chilcotin was created in 1966 and incorporated components of these other ridings:
The most significant components were those from Comox—Alberni (the Sunshine Coast), Cariboo and Coast—Capilano. Coast Chilcotin was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1968. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between:
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Comox—Alberni, Cariboo, Coast—Capilano, Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Skeena |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | Paul St. Pierre | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Harry Olaussen | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Jack Pearsall | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Chilcotin, Comox—Powell River and Capilano |
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Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Pearsall | 10,336 | 35.23 | +2.16 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Greenaway | 9,988 | 34.05 | +4.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry Olaussen | 8,655 | 29.50 | -4.97 | ||||
| Independent | Gerry Karagianis | 356 | 1.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,485 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | -1.17 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry Olaussen | 8,868 | 34.47 | +0.10 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Saint Pierre | 8,508 | 33.07 | -14.24 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Pankratz | 7,601 | 29.55 | +18.72 | ||||
| Social Credit | Lew King | 749 | 2.91 | -4.58 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,726 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.17 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Saint Pierre | 8,975 | 47.31 | |||||
| New Democratic | Hartley Dent | 7,477 | 34.37 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Hopkin | 2,355 | 10.83 | |||||
| Social Credit | Andy Widstein | 1,629 | 7.49 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,753 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from Comox—Alberni, Cariboo, Coast—Capilano and small parts of Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Skeena. They elected a New Democrat, a Social Credit, a Liberal, a Social Credit, a Progressive Conservative and a New Democrat, respectively, in the last election. Neither of the incumbents ran in this riding. | ||||||||
See also
References
Elections Canada webpage on Coast Chilcotin