Coast—Capilano was a federal
electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
British Columbia
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of
Vancouver North riding.
The riding consisted of Vancouver's North Shore suburbs, the then-municipality of
West Vancouver (now a city) and the
city
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
and the western part of the
district municipality of North Vancouver plus the mainland
Sunshine Coast areas of the former
Comox—Atlin riding.
Members of Parliament
Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia