West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

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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.

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

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

Ethnic groups in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (2016) [2]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	83,825	71.9%
	Chinese	8,665	7.4%
	Aboriginal	7,775	6.7%
	West Asian	4,410	3.8%
	South Asian	2,820	2.4%
	Filipino	2,010	1.7%
	Japanese	1,320	1.1%
	Korean	1,260	1.1%
	Latin American	635	0.5%
	Black	465	0.4%
	Southeast Asian	440	0.4%
	Arab	350	0.3%
	Multiple minorities	420	0.4%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	155	0.1%
Total population		119,113	100%

According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation[2][3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast Riding created from Capilano—Howe Sound and North Island—Powell River
36th	1997–2000	John Reynolds	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	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	John Weston	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Pamela Goldsmith-Jones	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Patrick Weiler
44th	2021–present	Patrick Weiler

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,[6] 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.[7] 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)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Patrick Weiler	21,500	33.9
	Conservative	John Weston	19,062	30.0
	New Democratic	Avi Lewis	16,265	25.6
	Green	Mike Simpson	4,108	6.5
	People's	Doug Bebb	2,299	3.6
	Rhinoceros	Gordon Jeffrey	98	0.2
	Independent	Chris MacGregor	77	0.1
	Independent	Terry Grimwood	50	0.1
Total valid votes			63,459
Total rejected ballots			279
Turnout			64.6%
Eligible voters			98,256
Source: Elections Canada[8]

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[9][10]

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[11][12][13]

2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
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	155	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.

References

Statistics Canada: 2012
Source:
"National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
Final Report – British Columbia
Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
"Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com". ocanada.
"Liberal party bars B.C. MP from nomination". thestar.com. December 23, 2007.
"List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Sources

"(Code 59036) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. 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

v t e Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast
Liberal	Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam North Vancouver Vancouver Centre Vancouver Granville Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
New Democratic	Burnaby South New Westminster—Burnaby Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway

v t e List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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Geography

Demographics

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Former Members of Parliament

Election results

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast

See also

References

Sources

External links