West Vancouver-Capilano

West Vancouver-Capilano is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

The riding holds the distinction of being the wealthiest constituency in British Columbia, with a median household income of $93,569 according to the 2006 Census.^[1] In every election since 1991, the BC Liberals have won this riding with at least 65% of the popular vote, making it one of the safest seats in the province for the party.

For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver (electoral districts)

Demographics

Population, 2001	49,000
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.9%
Area (km²)	72
Pop. Density (people per km²)	678

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Ralph Sultan. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
North Vancouver-Capilano
28th	1966-1969		Raymond Joseph Perrault	Liberal
29th	1969-1972		David Maurice Brousson	Liberal
30th	1972-1975
31st	1975-1979		Gordon Gibson	Liberal
32nd	1979-1983		Angus Creelman Ree	Social Credit
33rd	1983-1986
34th	1986-1991
West Vancouver-Capilano
35th	1991–1996		Jeremy Dalton	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Ralph Sultan	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–present

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	15,292	67.48	-0.79	$92,292
	New Democratic	Terry Platt	3,291	14.52	-3.63	$9,647
	Green	Ryan Windsor	1,699	7.50	-4.83	$3,975
	Independent	David O. Marley	1,489	6.57		$45,103
	Conservative	Eddie Petrossian	710	3.13		$14,102
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	182	0.80		$250
Total valid votes			22,663	100
Total rejected ballots			109	0.48
Turnout			22,772	57.96

B.C. General Election 2005: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	14,665	68.27		$125,045
	NDP	Terry Platt	3,900	18.15		$9,903
	Green	Lee White	2,648	12.33	–	$1,504
	Marijuana	Jodie Joanna Giesz-Ramsay	147	0.68		$100
	Work Less	Ben West	122	0.57	–	$100
Total valid votes			21,482	100
Total rejected ballots			123	0.57
Turnout			21,605	66.13

B.C. General Election 2001: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	15,556	72.69%		$65,001
	Green	Nora Gambioli	2,932	13.70%	–	$706
	Independent	Jeremy Dalton	1,355	6.33%		$4,258
	NDP	Matt Lovick	1,284	6.00%		$1,714
	Marijuana	Keith Wiechert	274	1.28%		$792
Total valid votes			21,401	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92	0.43%
Turnout			21,401	72.67%

B.C. General Election 1996: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jeremy Dalton	16,675	71.29%		$31,949
	NDP	Daniel Reeve	3,486	14.90%		$5,688
	Reform	Ted Shandro	1,326	5.67%		$8,682
	Progressive Democrat	Marina Jurlina	1,182	5.05%	–	$100
	Green	Matthew Ferguson	461	1.97%	–	$100
	Family Coalition	Jim Kelly	174	0.74%	–	$100
	Natural Law	Carolyn Grayson	47	0.20%		$110
	Libertarian	Kurt Pokrandt	40	0.17%
Total valid votes			23,391	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			196	0.70%
Turnout			23,587	76.63%

B.C. General Election 1991: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jeremy Dalton	13,194	56.63%		$14,866
	NDP	Helen Chaplin	4,506	23.52%		$13,905
	Social Credit	John Reynolds	3,020	15.76%	–	$95,863
	Green	Marcia Santen	140	0.60%	–	$100
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	65	0.28%		$20
Total valid votes			23,300	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			343	1.45%
Turnout			23,643	78.99%

References

1. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/Rich+ridings+lean+Liberal+poor+ridings+British+Columbia/8307309/story.html

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia