Capilano—Howe Sound
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Capilano—Howe Sound was a federal
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in
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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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.


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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Riding history from the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capilano-Howe Sound Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia