West Vancouver-Capilano

West Vancouver-Capilano

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lynne Block Conservative
First contested	1966 (North Vancouver-Capilano)
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2014)	57,173
Area (km²)	80
Pop. density (per km²)	714.7
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	West Vancouver District of North Vancouver

West Vancouver-Capilano is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, representing parts of both the municipality of West Vancouver, and neighbouring Capilano within the District of North Vancouver collectively.

The riding is the wealthiest constituency in British Columbia, with a median household income of $93,569 according to the 2006 census. ^[1] In every election from 1991 to 2017, the BC Liberals won this riding with at least 65% of the popular vote, making it one of the safest seats in the province for the party. That number dipped to 53% in the 2020 election.

Demographics

Population, 2014	57,173
Area (km2)	80
Population Change, 2001–2014	0.18%
Pop. Density (people per km2)	715
Source: BC Electoral Boundaries Commission [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Its member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Lynne Block. She was first elected in 2024 from the BC Conservative Party.

West Vancouver-Capilano
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
North Vancouver-Capilano prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		Jeremy Dalton	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
	2001–2001			Independent
37th	2001–2005		Ralph Sultan	Liberal
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023		Karin Kirkpatrick
	2023–2024			BC United
43rd	2024–present		Lynne Block	Conservative

Election results

Graph of the election results in West Vancouver-Capilano (minor parties are combined into "Other")

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lynne Block	12,050	46.7%
	New Democratic	Sara Eftekhar	7,005	27.1%	-3.15
	Independent	Karin Kirkpatrick	5,326	20.6%	-32.95
	Green	Archie Kaario	1,435	5.6%	-9.81
Total valid votes			25,816	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	Conservative gain from BC United		Swing		–
Source: Elections BC

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Karin Kirkpatrick	12,734	53.55	−3.61	$31,268.43
	New Democratic	Amelia Hill	7,194	30.25	+6.62	$4,548.12
	Green	Rasoul Narimani	3,664	15.41	−3.80	$9,137.14
	Independent	Anton Shendryk	186	0.78	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			23,778	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			228	0.95	+0.24
Turnout			24,006	58.10	–4.46
Registered voters			41,315
	Liberal hold		Swing		–5.12
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	13,596	57.16	−9.87	$55,842
	New Democratic	Mehdi Russel	5,622	23.63	+1.25	$23,564
	Green	Michael Markwick	4,570	19.21	–	$6,233
Total valid votes			23,788	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			169	0.71	−0.11
Turnout			23,957	62.56	+2.09
Registered voters			38,294
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	15,776	67.03	-0.45	$96,349
	New Democratic	Terry Platt	5,267	22.38	+7.86	$15,266
	Conservative	David Jones	1,156	4.91	+1.78	$10,078
	Independent	Michael Markwick	1,018	4.32	–	$8,750
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	320	1.36	+0.56	$250
Total valid votes			23,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195	0.82
Turnout			23,732	60.47
Source: Elections BC [7]

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
	Social Credit	John Reynolds	6,161	26.44%	–	$95,863
	NDP	Helen Chaplin	3,740	16.05%		$13,905
	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%

See also

• Vancouver (electoral districts)
• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Rich ridings lean Liberal, poor ridings NDP: Census data". Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
2. "BC Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections BC . September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
3. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
5. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved January 1, 2021.
6. "FRPC". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
7. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures Archived March 12, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Results of 1991 election Archived October 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• 1991 Expenditures Archived 2007-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Archived 2005-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

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