Coast Chilcotin

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.

Coast Chilcotin was created in 1966 and incorporated components of these other ridings:

• Cariboo
• Coast—Capilano
• Comox—Alberni
• Fraser Valley
• Kamloops
• Skeena

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:

• Cariboo—Chilcotin
• Comox—Powell River
• Capilano

{{CanMP}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding created from Comox—Alberni, Cariboo, Coast—Capilano,
Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Skeena}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1968

| ToYr = 1972

| Assembly# = 28

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Paul St. Pierre

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

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{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1972

| ToYr = 1974

| Assembly# = 29

| CanParty = NDP

| RepName = Harry Olaussen

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1974

| ToYr = 1979

| Assembly# = 30

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Jack Pearsall

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Cariboo—Chilcotin,
Comox—Powell River and Capilano}}

{{CanMP end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1974|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jack Pearsall|10,336|35.23|+2.16}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Lorne Greenaway|9,988|34.05|+4.50}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Harry Olaussen|8,655|29.50|-4.97}}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Gerry Karagianis|356|1.21|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|35,485|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|NDP|-1.17}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1972|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Harry Olaussen|8,868|34.47|+0.10}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Paul Saint Pierre|8,508|33.07|-14.24}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|John Pankratz|7,601|29.55|+18.72}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Lew King|749|2.91|-4.58}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|25,726|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|Liberal|+7.17}}

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{{CANelec/top|CA|1968|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Paul Saint Pierre|8,975|47.31}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Hartley Dent|7,477|34.37}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gordon Hopkin|2,355|10.83}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Andy Widstein|1,629|7.49}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|21,753|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/note|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.}}

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[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=149 Elections Canada webpage on Coast Chilcotin]

• [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=149 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament

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