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.

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	[[Population\|Template:Abbr]]	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
Panethnic group	2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2016<ref name="2016census">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2011<ref name="2011census">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
European Template:Efn	92,880	Template:Percentage	87,080	Template:Percentage	87,300	Template:Percentage
East Asian Template:Efn	12,610	Template:Percentage	11,245	Template:Percentage	7,710	Template:Percentage
Indigenous	7,150	Template:Percentage	6,630	Template:Percentage	5,495	Template:Percentage
Middle Eastern Template:Efn	6,410	Template:Percentage	4,760	Template:Percentage	4,035	Template:Percentage
South Asian	3,665	Template:Percentage	2,820	Template:Percentage	2,485	Template:Percentage
Southeast Asian Template:Efn	3,055	Template:Percentage	2,450	Template:Percentage	2,220	Template:Percentage
Latin American	1,175	Template:Percentage	635	Template:Percentage	405	Template:Percentage
African	760	Template:Percentage	465	Template:Percentage	565	Template:Percentage
OtherTemplate:Efn	1,145	Template:Percentage	575	Template:Percentage	590	Template:Percentage
Total responses	128,845	Template:Percentage	116,650	Template:Percentage	110,805	Template:Percentage
Total population	131,206	Template:Percentage	119,113	Template:Percentage	112,875	Template:Percentage
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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.<ref name=report>Template:Citation</ref> 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.<ref name=timeline>Template:Citation</ref>

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.<ref>https://www.elections.ca/map_02.aspx?lang=e&p=10_BC&t=/1Dis/59043&d=59043</ref><ref>https://redecoupage-redistribution-2022.ca/com/bc/fbnd/59043/index_e.aspx</ref> The boundary change was criticized by some, including Patrick Weiler, the Member of Parliament for the riding.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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

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West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

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Party		Vote	%
2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation				CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	18,509	33.05
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Conservative	16,319	29.14
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	15,058	26.89
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Green	3,809	6.80
Template:Canadian party colour \|	People's	2,103	3.76
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Others	207	0.37

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2011 federal election redistributed results<ref>Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections</ref>
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Conservative	23,840	45.79
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	12,395	23.81
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	11,177	21.47
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Green	3,971	7.63
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Others	680	1.31

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