West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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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, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Point indicates the municipality of West Vancouver. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 131,206 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 98,256 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 13,237 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 9.9 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | West Vancouver (part), Squamish, Whistler, Sechelt, Gibsons, Bowen Island, Pemberton, Lions Bay, Mount Currie, shíshálh Nation | ||
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Since the 2019 federal election, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Patrick Weiler of the Liberal Party.
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 group |
2021[2] | 2016[3] | 2011[4] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 92,880 | 72.09% | 87,080 | 74.65% | 87,300 | 78.79% | ||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 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[c] | 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[d] | 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[e] | 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]
During the 2022 redistribution the area south of the Trans-Canada Highway and east of 21 St, was cut out of the riding and added to North Vancouver—Capilano. This included Park Royal Shopping Centre, Sentinel Hill and all of Ambleside.[9][10] The boundary change was criticized by some, including Patrick Weiler, the Member of Parliament for the riding.[11]
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 |
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| 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 | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–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. He was re-elected in the 2021 federal election and again in the 2025 federal election.
Former members of Parliament
The first member of Parliament to represent the riding was John Reynolds, who previously served as the Progressive Conservative MP for Burnaby—Richmond—Delta from 1972 to 1977 and Social Credit MLA for West Vancouver-Howe Sound from 1983 to 1991. He was first elected in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast in the 1997 election. He was a member of the Reform Party, and its successors the Canadian Alliance and the Conservative Party. After Stockwell Day was pushed out as leader of the Canadian Alliance, Reynolds served as interim leader and Leader of the Official Opposition. 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,[12] was the first Liberal MP for the historically Conservative riding. He had previously run in the 2004 federal election and lost to John Reynolds. 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.[13] 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.
John Weston of the Conservative Party defeated Wilson in the 2008 federal election. He was re-elected in the 2011 federal election by a comfortable margin. He lost re-election in 2015. Weston attempted to make a comeback in the 2021 federal election, but lost to incumbent Patrick Weiler.
Former Mayor of West Vancouver, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones of the Liberal Party, unseated John Weston in the 2015 federal election by a wide margin. She served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Diversification. In the 2019 federal election, Goldsmith-Jones did not run for re-election.
Election results
View source data.
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
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Patrick Weiler | 38,384 | 59.74 | +26.69 | ||||
| Conservative | Keith Roy | 21,181 | 32.97 | +3.83 | ||||
| Green | Lauren Greenlaw | 2,205 | 3.43 | –3.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jäger Rosenberg | 2,077 | 3.24 | –23.65 | ||||
| People's | Peyman Askari | 308 | 0.48 | –3.28 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Gordon Jeffrey | 100 | 0.16 | +0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,247 | 99.60 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 259 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 64,506 | 71.54 | +6.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 90,173 | |||||||
| Population | 114,257 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +11.48 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Patrick Weiler | 21,500 | 33.88 | -1.01 | $107,414.31 | |||
| Conservative | John Weston | 19,062 | 30.04 | +3.33 | $123,189.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Avi Lewis | 16,265 | 25.63 | +11.74 | $117,546.51 | |||
| Green | Mike Simpson | 4,108 | 6.47 | -15.97 | $35,992.60 | |||
| People's | Doug Bebb | 2,299 | 3.62 | +2.08 | $26,851.53 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Gordon Jeffrey | 98 | 0.15 | -0.12 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Chris MacGregor | 77 | 0.12 | $0.00 | ||||
| Independent | Terry Grimwood | 50 | 0.08 | -0.16 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,459 | – | – | $131,270.20 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 279 | |||||||
| Turnout | 64.6% | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 98,256 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.17 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[17] | ||||||||
| 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[18][19] | ||||||||
| 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[20][21][22] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[23] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[f] | 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. | ||||||||
See also
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
- Original candidate was Dana Larsen, but he withdrew before candidate nominations closed.[24]