West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

British Columbiaelectoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election. Point indicates the municipality ofWest Vancouver.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Patrick Weiler 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

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (formerlyWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast) is a federalelectoral district inBritish Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1997.

The district includes the regional districts ofSunshine Coast, the southern portion of the Squamish–Lillooet Regional District, including the municipalities ofWhistler,Squamish,Pemberton; andWest Vancouver,Lions Bay andBowen Island, which are in theMetro Vancouver Regional District.

According to the2016 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

The electoral district was created as "West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast" in 1996 from parts ofCapilano—Howe Sound andNorth Island—Powell Riverridings.

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-characterLeeds—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 the2008 federal election, in which he was defeated, and he never had the opportunity to sit in the House as a Green MP.

The2012 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 thePowell River Regional District to the district ofNorth Island—Powell River;
• regains the community ofPemberton and area that had been transferred from it toChilliwack—Fraser Canyon in the previous redistribution; and
• sees its boundary withNorth Vancouver adjusted to correspond to the boundaries between theDistrict of North Vancouver,West Vancouver and theCapilano Indian Reserve.

These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[8]

During the2022 redistribution the area south of the Trans-Canada Highway and east of 21 St, was cut out of the riding and added toNorth Vancouver—Capilano. This includedPark Royal Shopping Centre, Sentinel Hill and all ofAmbleside.^[9][10] The boundary change was criticized by some, includingPatrick Weiler, theMember of Parliament for the riding.^[11]

This riding has elected the followingmembers 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 the2019 federal election. He was re-elected in the2021 federal election and again in the2025 federal election.

The first member of Parliament to represent the riding wasJohn Reynolds, who previously served as theProgressive Conservative MP forBurnaby—Richmond—Delta from 1972 to 1977 andSocial Credit MLA forWest Vancouver-Howe Sound from 1983 to 1991. He was first elected in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast in the1997 election. He was a member of theReform Party, and its successors theCanadian Alliance and theConservative Party. AfterStockwell Day was pushed out as leader of theCanadian Alliance, Reynolds served as interim leader andLeader 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 the2006 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 the2004 federal election and lost toJohn 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 theGreen Party on August 30, 2008, becoming its first MP. Running under the Green banner in theelection called only days later.

John Weston of theConservative Party defeated Wilson in the2008 federal election. He was re-elected in the2011 federal election by a comfortable margin. He lost re-election in 2015. Weston attempted to make a comeback in the2021 federal election, but lost to incumbent Patrick Weiler.

Former Mayor ofWest Vancouver,Pamela Goldsmith-Jones of theLiberal Party, unseated John Weston in the2015 federal election by a wide margin. She served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to theMinister of International Trade Diversification. In the2019 federal election, Goldsmith-Jones did not run for re-election.

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

• "West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (Code 59036) Census Profile".2011 census. Government of Canada -Statistics Canada. RetrievedMarch 6, 2011.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996–2003)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003–present)
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

• Parliament of Canada
• Politwitter
• Project Democracy
• Pundit's Guide
• StatsCan District Profile

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• British Columbia federal electoral districts
• Federal electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
• Bowen Island
• Lions Bay
• Powell River, British Columbia
• Squamish, British Columbia
• Politics of West Vancouver
• Whistler, British Columbia

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