West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (formerly West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Not to be confused with provincial electoral district West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

British Columbia electoral district
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in relation to the other British Columbia ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Patrick Weiler Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	112,875
Electors (2019)	63,501
Area (km²)[1]	13,237
Pop. density (per km²)	8.5
Census subdivision(s)	Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton, West Vancouver, Lions Bay, Sechelt, Bowen Island, Gibsons

Geography

The district includes the regional districts of Sunshine Coast, the southern portion of the Squamish–Lillooet Regional District, including the municipalities of Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton; and West Vancouver, Lions Bay and Bowen Island, which are in the Metro Vancouver Regional District.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[2]		2016[3]		2011[4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[lower-alpha 1]	92,880	72.09%	87,080	74.65%	87,300	78.79%
East Asian[lower-alpha 2]	12,610	9.79%	11,245	9.64%	7,710	6.96%
Indigenous	7,150	5.55%	6,630	5.68%	5,495	4.96%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 3]	6,410	4.97%	4,760	4.08%	4,035	3.64%
South Asian	3,665	2.84%	2,820	2.42%	2,485	2.24%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 4]	3,055	2.37%	2,450	2.1%	2,220	2%
Latin American	1,175	0.91%	635	0.54%	405	0.37%
African	760	0.59%	465	0.4%	565	0.51%
Other[lower-alpha 5]	1,145	0.89%	575	0.49%	590	0.53%
Total responses	128,845	98.2%	116,650	97.93%	110,805	98.17%
Total population	131,206	100%	119,113	100%	112,875	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[5][6]

Languages: 76.9% English, 4.4% Mandarin, 3.8% Persian, 2.4% French, 1.9% German, 1.0% Punjabi,
Religions (2011): 42.4% Christian (13.3% Catholic, 8.6% Anglican, 6.8% United Church, 1.6% Baptist, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.1% Presbyterian, 9.5% Other), 3.3% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 1.0% Jewish, 1.0% Sikh, 49.3% No religion
Median income (2015): $35,774
Average income (2015): $65,168

History

The electoral district was created as "West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast" in 1996 from parts of Capilano—Howe Sound and North Island—Powell River ridings.

In 2003, it was renamed "West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country". At 48 characters, this was the current longest riding name in Canada until 2015, when it was overtaken by the renamed, 49-character Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.

The riding or electoral district is also the first to have been represented in Parliament by a member of the Green Party, Blair Wilson. Elected as part of the Liberal party, he crossed the floor later in his career to become a member of the Green Party representing West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country. However, this came immediately before the 2008 federal election, in which he was defeated, and he never had the opportunity to sit in the House as a Green MP.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name would be contested in future elections.^[7] The redefined West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country:

• loses the Powell River Regional District to the district of North Island—Powell River;
• regains the community of Pemberton and area that had been transferred from it to Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon in the previous redistribution; and
• sees its boundary with North Vancouver adjusted to correspond to the boundaries between the District of North Vancouver, West Vancouver and the Capilano Indian Reserve.

These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[8]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast Riding created from Capilano—Howe Sound and North Island—Powell River
36th	1997–2000		John Reynolds	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
38th	2004–2006		John Reynolds	Conservative
39th	2006–2007		Blair Wilson	Liberal
	2007–2008			Independent
	2008–2008			Green
40th	2008–2011		John Weston	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Pamela Goldsmith-Jones	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Patrick Weiler
44th	2021–present

Current member of Parliament

Patrick Weiler is the current member of Parliament for this riding. He was elected after the incumbent, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones chose not to run for re-election in the 2019 federal election.

Former members of Parliament

The first member of Parliament to represent the riding was John Reynolds, a former sales and marketing consultant. He was first elected in the 1997 election. He was a member of the Reform Party, and its successors the Canadian Alliance and the Conservative Party. He served as a member on the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. Reynolds did not run in the 2006 general election.

Liberal Blair Wilson was elected in the 2006 federal election. Wilson, a chartered accountant and a former restaurant owner,^[9] was the first Liberal MP for the historically Conservative riding. He lost to former MP John Reynolds in the 2004 federal election. Wilson resigned from caucus in October 2007 after allegations of improper campaign spending and failure to mention several legal and financial troubles during three nomination vetting processes.^[10] He remained a Liberal but not in caucus. In January 2008, Wilson became an Independent. He then joined the Green Party on August 30, 2008, becoming its first MP. Running under the Green banner in the election called only days later, he was defeated by Conservative John Weston. John Weston was defeated by Pamela Goldsmith-Jones on October 19, 2015.In the 2019 federal election, Patrick Weiler won for the Liberals after Goldsmith-Jones did not run for re-election.

Election results

Graph of election results in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patrick Weiler	21,500	33.9		$107,414.31
	Conservative	John Weston	19,062	30.0		$123,189.13
	New Democratic	Avi Lewis	16,265	25.6		$117,546.51
	Green	Mike Simpson	4,108	6.5		$35,992.60
	People's	Doug Bebb	2,299	3.6		$26,851.53
	Rhinoceros	Gordon Jeffrey	98	0.2		$0.00
	Independent	Chris MacGregor	77	0.1		$0.00
	Independent	Terry Grimwood	50	0.1		$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,459	–	–	$131,270.20
Total rejected ballots			279
Turnout			64.6%
Eligible voters			98,256
Source: Elections Canada[11]

2021 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	18,509	33.05
	Conservative	16,319	29.14
	New Democratic	15,058	26.89
	Green	3,809	6.80
	People's	2,103	3.76
	Others	207	0.37

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patrick Weiler	22,673	34.89	-19.73	$117,192.92
	Conservative	Gabrielle Loren	17,359	26.71	+0.52	$110,144.62
	Green	Dana Taylor	14,579	22.44	+13.55	$61,513.07
	New Democratic	Judith Wilson	9,027	13.89	+4.03	$5,518.93
	People's	Robert Douglas Bebb	1,010	1.55		$20,418.15
	Rhinoceros	Gordon Jeffrey	173	0.27		none listed
	Independent	Terry Grimwood	159	0.24		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,980	99.49
Total rejected ballots			335	0.51	+0.25
Turnout			65,315	68.47	-5.11
Eligible voters			95,395
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.12
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pamela Goldsmith-Jones	36,300	54.62	+30.81	$180,025.50
	Conservative	John Weston	17,411	26.20	-19.59	$199,351.34
	New Democratic	Larry Koopman	6,554	9.86	-11.61	–
	Green	Ken Melamed	5,907	8.89	+1.26	$129,042.88
	Marijuana	Robin Kehler	180	0.27	–	$176.40
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol-Lee Chapman	106	0.16	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			66,458	99.74		$241,170.76
Total rejected ballots			173	0.26	–
Turnout			66,631	73.58	–
Eligible voters			90,554
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+25.20
Source: Elections Canada[15][16][17]

2011 federal election redistributed results[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,840	45.79
	Liberal	12,395	23.81
	New Democratic	11,177	21.47
	Green	3,971	7.63
	Others	680	1.31

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Weston	28,614	45.53	+0.96
	New Democratic	Terry Platt	14,828	23.59	+9.16
	Liberal	Daniel Veniez	14,123	22.47	-4.10
	Green	Brennan Wauters	4,436	7.06	-7.37
	Progressive Canadian	Roger Lagassé	293	0.47	–
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	250	0.40	–
	Western Block	Allan Holt	156	0.25	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol Lee Chapman	87	0.14	–
	Canadian Action	Doug Hartt	64	0.10	–
Total valid votes			62,851	100.0
Total rejected ballots			221	0.35	+0.01
Turnout			63,072	64.17	-0.28
Eligible voters			98,293
	Conservative hold		Swing		-4.10

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Weston	26,949	44.57	+8.60	$94,785
	Liberal	Ian Sutherland	16,069	26.57	-10.93	$74,135
	New Democratic	Bill Forst	8,728	14.43	-5.63	$18,762
	Green	Blair Wilson	8,723	14.43	+8.20	$95,067
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,469	100.0		$100,350
Total rejected ballots			208	0.34	+0.12
Turnout			60,677	64.45	-4.10
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing		+9.76
Green candidate Blair Wilson lost 23.07 percentage points from his 2006 performance as a Liberal.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Blair Wilson	23,867	37.50	+4.99	$82,304
	Conservative	John Weston	22,881	35.97	+0.68	$86,639
	New Democratic	Judith Wilson	12,766	20.06	-1.66	$50,621
	Green	Silvaine Zimmermann	3,966	6.23	-3.49	$3,532
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	145	0.22	+0.02	$0
Total valid votes			63,635	100.0
Total rejected ballots			144	0.23	±0
Turnout			63,779
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+2.84

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Reynolds	21,372	35.29	-22.04	$81,933
	Liberal	Blair Wilson	19,685	32.51	+5.91	$81,023
	New Democratic	Nicholas Simons	13,156	21.72	+15.43	$29,779
	Green	Andrea Goldsmith	5,887	9.72	+4.83	$28,167
	Canadian Action	Marc Bombois	321	0.53	-1.30	$117
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Jamieson	123	0.20	–
Total valid votes			60,544	100.0
Total rejected ballots			139	0.23	-0.06
Turnout			60,683	66.00	+2.81
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-13.98
Conservative change is from the combination of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote.

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	John Reynolds	25,546	47.96	+7.91	$65,492
	Liberal	Ian McKay	14,169	26.60	-7.92	$60,517
	Progressive Conservative	Kate Manvell	4,993	9.37	+1.01	$5,777
	New Democratic	Telis Savvaidis	3,351	6.29	-5.64	$9,069
	Green	Jane Bishop	2,605	4.89	+0.27	$3,816
	Marijuana	Dana Larsen	1,618	3.03	–
	Canadian Action	Marc Bombois	976	1.83	–	$3,227
Total valid votes			53,258	100.0
Total rejected ballots			155	0.29	-0.11
Turnout			53,413	63.81	-2.99
	Alliance hold		Swing		+7.92
Canadian Alliance change is based on the Reform Party vote.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	John Reynolds	20,092	40.05	$62,107
	Liberal	Phil Boname	17,318	34.52	$62,278
	New Democratic	Clark Banks	5,988	11.93	$9,548
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Thomas	4,194	8.36	$36,317
	Green	Lisa Barrett	2,318	4.62	$935
	Natural Law	David Grayson	254	0.50
Total valid votes			50,164	100.0
Total rejected ballots			199	0.40
Turnout			50,363	66.80
This riding was created from parts of Capilano—Howe Sound and North Island—Powell River, both of which elected Reform candidates in the last election. John Reynolds was the incumbent from North Island—Powell River.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
5. Source:
6. "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
7. Final Report – British Columbia
8. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
9. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com". ocanada.
10. "Liberal party bars B.C. MP from nomination". thestar.com. December 23, 2007.
11. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
12. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
13. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
14. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
15. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, 30 September 2015
16. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
17. Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
18. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Sources

• "West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (Code 59036) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996–2003)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003–present)
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

External links

• Parliament of Canada
• Politwitter
• Project Democracy
• Pundit's Guide
• StatsCan District Profile

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