WEST VANCOUVER—SUNSHINE COAST—SEA TO SKY COUNTRY

Profile
''West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country'' in relation to the other British Columbia ridings''
Population, 2001	124,572
Electors, 2006	92,784
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

'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 Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Former Member of Parliament

Election results

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast

See also

External links

Geography

The district includes the regional districts of Sunshine Coast and Powell River (excluding Lasqueti Island), and the municipalities of Whistler, Squamish, West Vancouver, Lions Bay and Bowen Island.

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 re-named "West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country".

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Capilano—Howe Sound and North Island—Powell River prior to 1996''
'''West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast'''
36th	1997-2000		John Reynolds	Reform
	2000			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000-2003
	2003-2004			Conservative
'''West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country'''
38th	2004-2006		John Reynolds	Conservative
39th	2006-		Blair Wilson	Liberal

Current Member of Parliament

Liberal Blair Wilson has been elected in the 2006 Canadian federal election. Wilson, a chartered accountant and a restaurant owner, is the first ever Liberal MP for the historically conservative riding. He lost to former MP John Reynolds in the 2004 federal election.

Former Member of Parliament

The previous Member of Parliament was John Reynolds, a former sales and marketing consultant. He was first elected in the 1972 election. He represented the Conservative Party of Canada, and before that, the Canadian Alliance and Reform Parties. He served as a member on the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. Reynolds did not run in the 2006 general election.

Election results

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

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|Liberal
|Blair Wilson
|align="right"|23,867
|align="right"|37.5%
|align="right"| +5.0
|align="right"|$82,303.71
|Conservative
|John Weston
|align="right"|22,881
|align="right"|36.0%
|align="right"| +0.7
|align="right"|$86,639.10
|New Democratic Party
|Judith Wilson
|align="right"|12,766
|align="right"|20.1%
|align="right"| -1.6
|align="right"|$50,621.00
|Green
|Silvaine Zimmermann
|align="right"|3,966
|align="right"|6.2%
|align="right"| -3.5
|align="right"|$3,531.87
|Marxist-Leninist
|Anne Jamieson
|align="right"|155
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"|$0.00
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|63,635
!align="right"|100.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|63,635
!align="right"|68.6%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|John Reynolds
|align="right"|21,372
|align="right"|35.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$81,933
|-
|Liberal
|Blair Wilson
|align="right"|19,685
|align="right"|32.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$81,022
|New Democratic Party
|Nicholas Simons
|align="right"|13,156
|align="right"|21.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$29,779
|Green
|Andrea Goldsmith
|align="right"|5,887
|align="right"|9.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$28,167
|Canadian Action
|Marc Bombois
|align="right"|321
|align="right"|0.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$117
|Marxist-Leninist
|Anne Jamieson
|align="right"|123
|align="right"|0.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|60,544
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|139
!align="right"|0.23%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|60,683
!align="right"|66.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast

|-
|Canadian Alliance
|John Reynolds
|align="right"|25,546
|align="right"|47.96%
|
|align="right"|$65,492
|Liberal
|Ian McKay
|align="right"|14,169
|align="right"|26.60%
|
|align="right"|$60,517
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Kate Manvell
|align="right"|4,993
|align="right"|9.37%
|
|align="right"|$5,777
|New Democratic Party
|Telis Savvaidis
|align="right"|3,351
|align="right"|6.29%
|
|align="right"|$9,069
|Green
|Jane Bishop
|align="right"|2,605
|align="right"|4.89%
|
|align="right"|$3,816
|Marijuana
|Dana Larsen
|align="right"|1,618
|align="right"|3.03%
|
|align="right"|
|Canadian Action
|Marc Bombois
|align="right"|976
|align="right"|1.83%
|
|align="right"|$3,227
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|53,258
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|155
!align="right"|0.29%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|53,413
!align="right"|63.81%
!
!
|-
|Reform
|John Reynolds
|align="right"|20,092
|align="right"|40.05%
|
|align="right"|$62,107
|Liberal
|Phil Boname
|align="right"|17,318
|align="right"|34.52%
|
|align="right"|$62,278
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Clark Banks
|align="right"|5,988
|align="right"|11.93%
|
|align="right"|$9,548
|Progressive Conservative
|Dave Thomas
|align="right"|4,194
|align="right"|8.36%
|
|align="right"|$36,317
|Green
|Lisa Barrett
|align="right"|2,318
|align="right"|4.62%
|
|align="right"|$935
|Natural Law
|David Grayson
|align="right"|254
|align="right"|0.50%
|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|50,164
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|199
!align="right"|0.40%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|50,363
!align="right"|66.80%
!
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996-2003)

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-present)

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures – 1997

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada