West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Not to be confused with Canadian federal electoral district West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country.

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jordan Sturdy BC United
District created	1988
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2006)	49,195
Area (km²)	9,642.03
Pop. density (per km²)	5.1
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver, Squamish-Lillooet
Census subdivision(s)	West Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Lions Bay, Bowen Island

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, previously West Vancouver-Garibaldi from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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

Demographics

Population, 2001	52,563
Population Change, 1996–2001	10.4%
Area (km²)	9,868
Pop. Density (people per km²)	5.3

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Jordan Sturdy, a former mayor of Pemberton. He was first elected in 2013.

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
West Vancouver-Howe Sound prior to 1991 West Vancouver-Garibaldi
35th	1991–1996		David J. Mitchell	Liberal
36th	1996–2001		Ted Nebbeling
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009		Joan McIntyre
Renamed to West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
39th	2009–2013		Joan McIntyre	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Jordan Sturdy
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Election results

Final count following a judicial recount, as the difference between first and second place was within 1/500 of the total votes cast.

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jordan Sturdy	9,249	37.54	−5.54	$51,349.99
	Green	Jeremy Valeriote	9,189	37.30	+8.66	$37,603.39
	New Democratic	Keith Murdoch	6,197	25.16	−1.77	$9,806.90
Total valid votes			24,635	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			137	0.55	+0.14
Turnout			24,772	56.89	−4.20
Registered voters			43,546
	Liberal hold		Swing		–7.10
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jordan Sturdy	10,449	43.08	−9.39	$67,085
	Green	Dana Moore Taylor	6,947	28.64	+17.69	$11,109
	New Democratic	Michelle Livaja	6,532	26.93	−5.54	$4,565
	Libertarian	Michael Cambridge	186	0.76	–	$250
	Independent	Tristan Andrew Galbraith	143	0.59	–	$250
Total valid votes			24,257	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			100	0.41	0
Turnout			24,357	61.09	+4.41
Registered voters			39,870
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jordan Sturdy	11,272	52.47	−2.41	$120,399
	New Democratic	Ana Santos	6,966	32.47	+10.24	$21,457
	Green	Richard Warrington	2,359	10.95	−11.92	$4,200
	Conservative	Ian McLeod	653	3.06	–	$621
	Independent	Jon Johnson	225	1.04	–	$1,231
Total valid votes			21,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			89	0.41
Turnout			21,567	56.68
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joan McIntyre	10,101	54.91	+4.56	$121,348
	Green	Jim Stephenson	4,082	22.19	-4.39	$16,217
	New Democratic	Juliana Buitenhuis	4,214	22.90	+1.81	$7,982
Total Valid Votes			18,397	100
Total Rejected Ballots			130	0.70
Turnout			18,527	53.07

B.C. General Election 2005: West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joan McIntyre	11,808	50.35	-17.83	$95.609
	Green	Dennis Stephen Perry	6,235	26.58	+9.28	$43,496
	NDP	Lyle Douglas Fenton	4,947	21.09	+10.17	$11,812
	Conservative	Barbara Ann Reid	464	1.98	*	$160
Total Valid Votes			23,454	100
Total Rejected Ballots			142	0.61
Turnout			23,596	61.57

B.C. General Election 2001: West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted Nebbeling	14,542	68.18%		$64,764
	Green	Peter Michael Tatroff	3,691	17.30%	–	$2,584
	NDP	Barry MacLeod	2,330	10.92%		$6,450
	Marijuana	Robert Adam	767	3.60%		$554
Total Valid Votes			21,330	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			92	0.43%
Turnout			21,422	68.19%

B.C. General Election 1996: West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted Nebbeling	12,326	57.17%		$39,721
	NDP	Brenda Broughton	6,288	29.16%		$33,235
	Reform	Jim Mercier	1,430	6.63%		$9,955
	Progressive Democrat	Roland T. French	693	3.21%	–	$100
	Green	Peggy Stortz	532	2.47%	–	$443
	Social Credit	Mike Becker	98	0.45%	–	$3,071
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	91	0.42%	–	None listed
	Conservative	Muriel D.E. Down	68	0.32%		$286
	Natural Law	David Grayson	36	0.17%		$125
Total Valid Votes			21,562	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			102	0.47%
Turnout			21,664	73.03%

B.C. General Election 1991: West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	David J. Mitchell	11,182	58.35%		$45,506
	NDP	Brian D. Giles	4,506	23.52%		$20,080
	Social Credit	Rodney C. Glynn-Morris	3,020	15.76%	–	$47,125
	Green	Philip W. F. Millerd	454	2.37%	–	$1,692
Total valid votes			19,162	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			257	1.32%
Turnout			19,419	78.60%

External links

• Riding Map
• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• 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