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{{short description|Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{distinguish|text=provincial electoral district [[West Vancouver-Sea to Sky]]}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country.png
| caption             = West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in relation to the other British Columbia ridings
| fed-status          = active
| fed-district-number = 59042
| fed-created         = 1996
| fed-abolished       =
| fed-election-first  = 1997
| fed-election-last   = 2021
| fed-rep             = Patrick Weiler
| fed-rep-party       = Liberal
| demo-pop-ref        = <ref name="ReferenceA">[[#2011fed|Statistics Canada]]: 2012</ref>
| demo-area-ref       = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| demo-electors-ref   =
| demo-census-date    = [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]
| demo-pop            = 112875
| demo-electors       = 63501
| demo-electors-date  = 2019
| demo-area           = 13237
| demo-cd             =
| demo-csd            =  [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]], [[Squamish, British Columbia|Squamish]], [[Pemberton, British Columbia|Pemberton]], [[West Vancouver]], [[Lions Bay]], [[Sechelt, British Columbia|Sechelt]], [[Bowen Island]], [[Gibsons, British Columbia|Gibsons]]
}}
'''West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country''' (formerly '''West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast''') is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|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 Regional District, British Columbia|Sunshine Coast]], the southern portion of the Squamish–Lillooet Regional District, including the municipalities of [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]], [[Squamish, British Columbia|Squamish]], [[Pemberton, British Columbia|Pemberton]]; and [[West Vancouver]], [[Lions Bay, British Columbia|Lions Bay]] and [[Bowen Island]], which are in the [[Metro Vancouver Regional District]].<!--adding that even though definition b y RD is not in the sources and is NOT appropriate-->
==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (2011−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=West%20Vancouver&DGUIDlist=2013A000459042&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59042&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&SearchText=West%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59042&Data=Count&SearchText=West%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}}
| 92,880
| {{Percentage | 92880 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 87,080
| {{Percentage | 87080 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 87,300
| {{Percentage | 87300 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name="EastAsian"}}
| 12,610
| {{Percentage | 12610 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 11,245
| {{Percentage | 11245 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 7,710
| {{Percentage | 7710 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 7,150
| {{Percentage | 7150 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 6,630
| {{Percentage | 6630 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 5,495
| {{Percentage | 5495 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name="MiddleEastern"}}
| 6,410
| {{Percentage | 6410 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 4,760
| {{Percentage | 4760 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 4,035
| {{Percentage | 4035 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 3,665
| {{Percentage | 3665 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 2,820
| {{Percentage | 2820 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 2,485
| {{Percentage | 2485 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name="SoutheastAsian"}}
| 3,055
| {{Percentage | 3055 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 2,450
| {{Percentage | 2450 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 2,220
| {{Percentage | 2220 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 1,175
| {{Percentage | 1175 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 635
| {{Percentage | 635 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 405
| {{Percentage | 405 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 760
| {{Percentage | 760 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 465
| {{Percentage | 465 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 565
| {{Percentage | 565 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
| Other{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name="Other"}}
| 1,145
| {{Percentage | 1145 | 128845 | 2 }}
| 575
| {{Percentage | 575 | 116650 | 2 }}
| 590
| {{Percentage | 590 | 110805 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 128,845
! {{Percentage | 128845 | 131206 | 2 }}
! 116,650
! {{Percentage | 116650 | 119113 | 2 }}
! 110,805
! {{Percentage | 110805 | 112875 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 131,206
! {{Percentage | 131206 | 131206 | 2 }}
! 119,113
! {{Percentage | 119113 | 119113 | 2 }}
! 112,875
! {{Percentage | 112875 | 112875 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.<br>Demographics based on [[2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution]] riding boundaries.}}
|}
:''According to the [[2016 Canadian census]]; 2013 representation<ref name="Census16">Source: [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59042&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=west%20vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59042&Data=Count&SearchText=West%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011 |access-date=December 7, 2014 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212171020/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59042&Data=Count&SearchText=West%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>''
<!--'''Ethnic groups:''' 78.8% White, 5.0% Aboriginal, 4.7% Chinese, 3.5% West Asian, 2.2% South Asian, 1.5% Filipino, 1.2% Japanese, 1.0% Korean <br /> -->
'''Languages:''' 76.9% English, 4.4% Mandarin, 3.8% Persian, 2.4% French, 1.9% German, 1.0% Punjabi,<br />
'''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 <br />
'''Median income (2015):''' $35,774 <br />
'''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]] [[Electoral district (Canada)|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 (federal electoral district)|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 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]], in which he was defeated, and he never had the opportunity to sit in the House as a Green MP.
The [[Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012|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>{{Citation|url=http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=bc&dir=now/reports&document=index&lang=e|title=Final Report – British Columbia}}</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, British Columbia|Pemberton]] and area that had been transferred from it to [[Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon]] in the previous redistribution; and
*sees its boundary with [[North Vancouver (electoral district)|North Vancouver]] adjusted to correspond to the boundaries between the [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|District of North Vancouver]], [[West Vancouver]] and the [[X̱wemelch'stn|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>{{Citation|url=http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=info&document=index&dir=overview&lang=e|title=Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts}}</ref>
==Members of Parliament==
This riding has elected the following [[Member of Parliament|members of Parliament]]:
{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast<br />''Riding created from'' [[Capilano—Howe Sound]] ''and'' [[North Island—Powell River]]}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1997
| ToYr = 2000
| Assembly# = 36
| CanParty = Reform
| RepName = John Reynolds
| RepLink = John Reynolds (Canadian politician)
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 1
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2000
| ToYr = 2000
| CanParty = Canadian Alliance
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2000
| ToYr = 2003
| Assembly# = 37
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2003
| ToYr = 2004
| CanParty = Conservative
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP nodata|West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2004
| ToYr = 2006
| Assembly# = 38
| CanParty = Conservative
| RepName = John Reynolds
| RepLink = John Reynolds (Canadian politician)
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2006
| ToYr = 2007
| Assembly# = 39
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Blair Wilson
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 1
| #ByElections = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2007
| ToYr = 2008
| CanParty = Independent
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2008
| ToYr = 2008
| CanParty = Green
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2008
| ToYr = 2011
| Assembly# = 40
| CanParty = Conservative
| RepName = John Weston
| RepLink = John Weston (Canadian politician)
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2011
| ToYr = 2015
| Assembly# = 41
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2015
| ToYr = 2019
| Assembly# = 42
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2019
| ToYr = 2021
| Assembly# = 43
| RepName = Patrick Weiler
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2021
| ToYr =
| Assembly# = 44
}}
{{CanMP end}}
===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 Canadian federal election|2019 federal election]].
===Former members of Parliament===
The first member of Parliament to represent the riding was [[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]], a former sales and marketing consultant. He was first elected in the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 election]]. He was a member of the [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform Party]], and its successors the [[Canadian Alliance]] and the [[Conservative Party of Canada|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 (Canada)|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 Party of Canada|Liberal]] Blair Wilson was elected in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]]. Wilson, a chartered accountant and a former restaurant owner,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://o.canada.com/|title=Canada.Com &#124; Homepage &#124; Canada.Com|website=ocanada}}</ref> was the first Liberal MP for the historically Conservative riding. He lost to former MP [[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]] in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/12/23/liberal_party_bars_bc_mp_from_nomination.html|title=Liberal party bars B.C. MP from nomination|date=December 23, 2007|website=thestar.com}}</ref> He remained a Liberal but not in caucus. In January 2008, Wilson became an Independent. He then joined the [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] on August 30, 2008, becoming its first MP. Running under the Green banner in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|election]] called only days later, he was defeated by Conservative [[John Weston (Canadian politician)|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==
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| width=700
| height=300
| type=line
| xAxisTitle=Year
| yAxisTitle=Vote share
| xAxisMin=1997
| xAxisMax=2021
| yAxisMin=0
| yAxisMax=0.6
| yAxisFormat=%
| legend=Legend
| y1Title=Liberal
| y2Title=Conservative
| y3Title=NDP
| y4Title=Green
| y5Title=PC
| y6Title=Reform/Alliance
| y7Title=People's
| linewidth=2
| x=1997,2000,2004,2006,2008,2011,2011,2015,2019,2021
| y1=0.3454,0.266,0.3251,0.375,0.2675,0.2247,0.2381,0.5462,0.349,0.339
| y2=,,0.3529,0.3597,0.4457,0.4553,0.4579,0.262,0.267,0.30
| y3=0.1193,0.0629,0.2172,0.2006,0.1443,0.2359,0.2147,0.0986,0.139,0.256
| y4=0.0462,0.0489,0.0972,0.0623,0.1443,0.0706,0.0763,0.0889,0.224,0.065
| y5=0.0836,0.0937
| y6=0.4005,0.4796
| y7=,,,,,,,,0.016,0.036
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| caption=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)
| align=center
}}
===West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country===
{{2021 Canadian federal election/West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal election]] redistributed results<ref>{{Cite web| title=Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023rep&document=index&lang=e|access-date=9 April 2024|website=[[Elections Canada]]}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] ||align=right| 18,509 ||align=right| 33.05
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] ||align=right| 16,319 ||align=right| 29.14
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] ||align=right| 15,058 ||align=right| 26.89
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]] ||align=right| 3,809 ||align=right| 6.80
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|PPC|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[People's Party of Canada|People's]] ||align=right| 2,103 ||align=right| 3.76
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|background}} | &nbsp;
| Others ||align=right| 207 ||align=right| 0.37
|}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country}}
{{2015 Canadian federal election/West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]] redistributed results<ref>[http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2171 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] ||align="right"| 23,840 ||align="right"| 45.79
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] ||align="right"| 12,395 ||align="right"| 23.81
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] ||align="right"| 11,177 ||align="right"| 21.47
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]] ||align="right"| 3,971 ||align="right"| 7.63
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independents|background}} | &nbsp;
| Others ||align="right"| 680 ||align="right"| 1.31
|}
{{CANelec/top|CA|2011|West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[John Weston (Canadian politician)|John Weston]]|28,614|45.53|+0.96}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Terry Platt|14,828|23.59|+9.16}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Daniel Veniez|14,123|22.47|-4.10}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Brennan Wauters|4,436|7.06|-7.37}}
{{CANelec|CA|Progressive Canadian|Roger Lagassé|293|0.47|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Tunya Audain|250|0.40|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Western Block|Allan Holt|156|0.25|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Carol Lee Chapman|87|0.14|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Doug Hartt|64|0.10|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|62,851|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|221|0.35|+0.01}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|63,072|64.17|-0.28}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|98,293}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|-4.10}}
{{end}}
{{CANelec/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[John Weston (Canadian politician)|John Weston]]|26,949|44.57|+8.60|$94,785}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ian Sutherland|16,069|26.57|-10.93|$74,135}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bill Forst |8,728|14.43|-5.63|$18,762}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|[[Blair Wilson]]|8,723|14.43|+8.20|$95,067}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|60,469|100.0 &nbsp;|&nbsp;|$100,350}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|208|0.34|+0.12}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|60,677|64.45|-4.10}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|Conservative|Green|+9.76}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>Green candidate [[Blair Wilson]] lost 23.07 percentage points from his 2006 performance as a Liberal.</small>}}
{{end}}
{{CANelec/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Blair Wilson]]|23,867|37.50|+4.99|$82,304}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[John Weston (Canadian politician)|John Weston]]|22,881|35.97|+0.68|$86,639}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Judith Wilson|12,766|20.06|-1.66|$50,621}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Silvaine Zimmermann|3,966|6.23|-3.49|$3,532}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Anne Jamieson|145|0.22|+0.02|$0}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|63,635|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|144|0.23|±0}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|63,779}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|Conservative|+2.84}}
{{end}}
{{CANelec/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]]|21,372|35.29|-22.04|$81,933}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Blair Wilson]]|19,685|32.51|+5.91|$81,023}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Nicholas Simons]]|13,156|21.72|+15.43|$29,779}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Andrea Goldsmith|5,887|9.72|+4.83|$28,167}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Marc Bombois|321|0.53|-1.30|$117}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Anne Jamieson|123|0.20|&ndash;|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|60,544|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|139|0.23|-0.06}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|60,683|66.00|+2.81}}
{{CANelec/nothold|CA|Conservative|-13.98}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>Conservative change is from the combination of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote.</small>}}
{{end}}
===West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|[[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]]|25,546|47.96|+7.91|$65,492}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ian McKay|14,169|26.60|-7.92|$60,517}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Kate Manvell|4,993|9.37|+1.01|$5,777}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Telis Savvaidis|3,351|6.29|-5.64|$9,069}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Jane Bishop|2,605|4.89|+0.27|$3,816}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Dana Larsen|1,618|3.03|&ndash;|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Marc Bombois|976|1.83|&ndash;|$3,227}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|53,258|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|155|0.29|-0.11}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|53,413|63.81|-2.99}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Canadian Alliance|+7.92}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>Canadian Alliance change is based on the Reform Party vote.</small>}}
{{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|[[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]]|20,092|40.05|$62,107}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Phil Boname|17,318|34.52|$62,278}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Clark Banks|5,988|11.93|$9,548}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Dave Thomas|4,194|8.36|$36,317}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Lisa Barrett|2,318|4.62|$935}}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|David Grayson|254|0.50|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|50,164|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|199|0.40}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|50,363|66.80}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>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 (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]] was the incumbent from North Island—Powell River.</small>}}
{{end}}
==See also==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]
== Notes ==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
*{{SCref|unit=fed|name=2011fed|access-date=2011-03-06|59036}}
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1086 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996–2003)]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1437&Include= Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003–present)]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures&nbsp;– 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59034 Expenditures&nbsp;– 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures&nbsp;– 1997]
==External links==
* [https://www.parl.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
* [http://politwitter.ca/riding/59036 Politwitter]
* [http://www.projectdemocracy.ca//west-vancouver-sunshine-coast-sea-sky-country Project Democracy]
* [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=1251 Pundit's Guide]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/fedprofile/RetrieveTable.cfm?GC=59036 StatsCan District Profile]
{{Ridings in Vancouver NLM}}
{{Ridings in British Columbia}}
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[[Category:British Columbia federal electoral districts]]
[[Category:Federal electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley]]
[[Category:Bowen Island]]
[[Category:Lions Bay]]
[[Category:Powell River, British Columbia]]
[[Category:Squamish, British Columbia]]
[[Category:Politics of West Vancouver]]
[[Category:Whistler, British Columbia]]