--- title: "West Vancouver-Sea to Sky: candidates and history, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/races/mla/west-vancouver-sea-to-sky" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:45.752Z" meta: description: "4 candidates in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, BC provincial 2026. Area history, results since 2009, past MLAs and the 2021 census." "og:description": "4 candidates in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, BC provincial 2026. Area history, results since 2009, past MLAs and the 2021 census." "og:title": "West Vancouver-Sea to Sky: candidates and history, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "4 candidates in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, BC provincial 2026. Area history, results since 2009, past MLAs and the 2021 census." "twitter:title": "West Vancouver-Sea to Sky: candidates and history, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA · BC PROVINCIAL 2026 # West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
4 candidates, one seat. This district elects one MLA. Voters mark one name on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and the candidate with the most votes wins the seat. West Vancouver-Sea to Sky is a provincial electoral district that runs from the west side of West Vancouver and Bowen Island up the Howe Sound shore to Squamish, Whistler and the Pemberton Valley. The 2021 census counted 62,140 people in it, and the Electoral Boundaries Commission gives its area as 11,698 square kilometres. The district takes in territory of the Squamish Nation and the Líl̓wat Nation. ## The candidates In alphabetical order [![Ayla Dumais, from the Conservative Party of BC candidate page.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/ayla-dumais-640.webp)MLA · West Vancouver-Sea to Sky**Conservative Party of BC**

Ayla Dumais

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Dan Wood

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Jeremy Valeriote

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Michelle Livaja

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People, 2021 census
62,140
Area
11,698 km²
Registered voters, 2024
44,308
Turnout, 2024
61.96%
Median age
39.6
Median household income, 2020
$108,000
THE DISTRICT ## Where West Vancouver-Sea to Sky is 11,698 km² · 62,140 people The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says West Vancouver-Sea to Sky includes the residential neighbourhoods of West Vancouver west of Cypress Creek, Bowen Island, Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. Its southern boundary is Burrard Inlet and the Strait of Georgia. Its northern boundary follows Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area C, its western boundary follows Fraser Valley Regional District Electoral Area C, and its eastern boundary follows the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District. The commission gives the area as 11,698 square kilometres. Elections BC keeps a map layer of the current electoral districts. That layer places the positions that BC Geographical Names gives for Horseshoe Bay, Caulfeild, Gleneagles, Eagle Harbour, Snug Cove, Furry Creek, Britannia Beach, Whytecliff, Brackendale, Pemberton Meadows, Mount Currie, D'Arcy and Birken inside the district. It places Seton Portage in Fraser-Nicola. The 2024 voting places in the district include a community school on Bowen Island, a hall in Lions Bay, schools in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, and community centres at N'Quatqua and at the Ts̓zil Learning Centre on Líl̓wat Nation land. Highway 99, the Sea to Sky Highway, joins these places. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia says it runs 37 km along the east side of Howe Sound between Horseshoe Bay and Squamish. The Líl̓wat Nation says its community at Mount Currie is 160 km north of Vancouver on that highway, and that the Duffy Lake Road brings travellers to Mount Currie from Lillooet. Bowen Island is reached by ferry from Horseshoe Bay. The commission heard that the Sea to Sky corridor should have its own electoral district. It answered that the corridor's population is growing quickly and is not yet large enough to justify one more district. - West Vancouver west of Cypress Creek - Caulfeild - Eagle Harbour - Gleneagles - Whytecliff - Horseshoe Bay - Bowen Island - Snug Cove - Lions Bay - Furry Creek - Squamish - Valleycliffe - Garibaldi Highlands - Whistler - Pemberton - Pemberton Meadows - Birken - D'Arcy - N'Quatqua (Anderson Lake) Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [Elections BC, BC Geographic Warehouse (opens in a new tab)](https://delivery.maps.gov.bc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/whse/bcgw_pub_whse_admin_boundaries/MapServer/6), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34977.html), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf), [Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/S/Sea-to-Sky-Highway), [Líl̓wat Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://lilwat.ca/?p=318) HISTORY ## The history of the area Checked Thursday, October 8, 2026 ### Squamish, Líl̓wat and St'at'imc territory The Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, gives its traditional territory as 6,732 square kilometres. Its website says that territory includes all of West Vancouver, the District of Squamish and the Municipality of Whistler, and all of Howe Sound with the islands in it. The same page says some village sites in the territory date back 3,000 years. Bowen Island Municipality's website names the island Nexwlélexwm and says the municipality lies on the traditional, unceded territory of the Squamish Nation. The Líl̓wat Nation describes itself as an Interior Salish people with cultural and kinship ties to the St̓át̓y̓emc Nation. Its website gives its territory as 791,131 hectares, reaching south to Rubble Creek, north to Gates Lake, east to the Upper Stein Valley and west to Toba Inlet. It says artifacts more than 5,400 years old have been found from the Stein Valley to Bishop-Bridge, and that from the late 1800s its ancestors were confined to 10 reserves totalling 2,930 hectares. Most citizens live near Mount Currie. At the head of Anderson Lake, which the provincial government's listing places near D'Arcy, the N'Quatqua Band says its reserve was established under the Indian Act in September 1858, and that its band office has served members since 1987. Its website describes the Sea-to-Sky corridor as the traditional territory of the St'at'imc people. The Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre says the Líl̓wat Nation met the Squamish Nation in 1999 to discuss land use where their territories overlap, and that the two Nations signed a Protocol Agreement in 2001. The centre opened in Whistler in July 2008. Sources: [Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.squamish.net/about-us/our-land/), [Bowen Island Municipality (opens in a new tab)](https://bowenislandmunicipality.ca/?p=95903), [Líl̓wat Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://lilwat.ca/?p=318), [N'Quatqua Band (opens in a new tab)](https://www.nquatqua.ca/about-us), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/n-quatqua-band-anderson-lake), [Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre (opens in a new tab)](https://slcc.ca/about/) ### Horseshoe Bay, Caulfeild and the ferries, 1899 to 1961 BC Geographical Names records that the land at Horseshoe Bay was surveyed in 1909 as White Cliff City for Sir Charles Tupper and Colonel Albert Whyte. The Whytecliff post office opened on 1 June 1920 beside the railway station of the same name. The name changed to Horseshoe Bay on 28 July 1945, which the record calls the preferred local name. A 1927 manuscript quoted in the record says the Admiralty survey of Howe Sound named White Cliff Point for the white look of the weathered cliffs at the tip of the peninsula. The Black Ball Line ran ferries on the south coast from 1951 to 1961, according to the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Its routes joined Horseshoe Bay with Nanaimo and with Langdale on the western shore of Howe Sound. The same encyclopedia puts Bowen Island 15 minutes from Horseshoe Bay by ferry. East along the shore, Caulfeild is named for Francis William Caulfeild, an Englishman. BC Geographical Names says he bought land between Cypress Creek and Point Atkinson in 1899, laid out winding streets that follow the slopes instead of a grid, made the waterfront strip a public park, and sold the first lots in 1909. The record says Caulfeild died in 1934. Sources: [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34977.html), [Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/B/Black-Ball-Line), [Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/B/Bowen-Island), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38540.html) ### Bowen Island and Lions Bay, 1860 to 1999 BC Geographical Names says Captain Richards named Bowen Island in 1860 for Rear Admiral James Bowen. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia gives the island's area as 52.6 square kilometres. It says the earliest settlers were loggers and farmers, that a brickyard in Snug Cove made bricks used to build Vancouver's first city hall, and that steamer service after 1900 made recreation the main appeal. Bowen Island Municipality says an island-wide referendum on 19 June 1999 led to an election on 20 November and to incorporation on 4 December 1999. Two peaks above Lions Bay are named The Lions. BC Geographical Names adopted that name on 6 May 1924 and records the Squamish and Líl̓wat name for the peaks as Chích'iyuy Elxwí7kn, the Twin Sisters. The village's own website describes a small, mostly residential community of 2.5 square kilometres on the eastern shore of Howe Sound. It says the village incorporated in January 1971, while BC Geographical Names records incorporation as a village municipality on 17 December 1970. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia says the Sea to Sky Highway between Horseshoe Bay and Squamish opened on 7 August 1958 and cost $10 million. BC Geographical Names adopted Lions Bay as a steamer landing on 3 April 1959. Sources: [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/459.html), [Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/B/Bowen-Island), [Bowen Island Municipality (opens in a new tab)](https://bowenislandmunicipality.ca/?p=95903), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/1935.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34982.html), [Village of Lions Bay (opens in a new tab)](https://lionsbay.ca/node/527), [Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/S/Sea-to-Sky-Highway) ### The Britannia Mine on Howe Sound, 1903 to 1974 The Canadian Register of Historic Places says the Britannia Mines took copper ore from the area around Mount Sheer, on the eastern shore of Howe Sound, from 1903. Concentrators installed in 1904 and 1914 were replaced by the present concentrator, built in 1922 and 1923 to process 2,500 tons of ore a day. The register says Britannia was the largest producer of copper ore concentrate in the British Empire between 1925 and 1930, and that the concentrator was recognized as a national historic site on 20 November 1987. The Britannia Mine Museum gives the years of operation as 1904 to 1974. It says more than 60,000 people from over 50 countries lived and worked there, and that the Anaconda Mining Company owned the mine from 1963 until the last shift on 1 November 1974. Its list of disasters gives the Jane Slide of 1915, with 56 deaths, and the Britannia Beach flood of 1921, with 35 deaths. The Britannia Beach Historical Society founded the museum in 1971, and it opened to the public in 1975. The museum says a campaign to clean up the site began in 2002, and that salmon and trout have returned to the local creeks. BC Geographical Names places Britannia Beach on the east side of Howe Sound, south of Squamish. Sources: [Parks Canada, Canadian Register of Historic Places (opens in a new tab)](https://historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7561), [Britannia Mine Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://britanniaminemuseum.ca/pages/history), [Britannia Mine Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://www.britanniaminemuseum.ca/pages/historical-faqs), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/37726.html) ### The railway and the town of Squamish, 1892 to 1964 BC Geographical Names says the Squamish post office opened on 1 July 1892. Sometime near 1909, the record says, the owners of the Howe Sound and Northern Railway announced that the settlement would be called Newport. After the province took over the railway in 1912 and made it the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, a naming contest for schoolchildren drew 2,000 entries. The record says the railway's vice-president, D'Arcy Tate, chose Squamish, and that the $500 prize was shared by 28 winners. The District of Squamish says the Geographic Board of Canada made the name official at a meeting on 3 March 1914, and that an Act to incorporate Squamish received Royal Assent on 4 March 1914. No council was elected then. BC Geographical Names records incorporation as a village municipality on 18 May 1948. In January 1914 the railway agreed to buy 1,100 acres from the Squamish Nation, and the District says the Squamish Adventure Centre and Howe Sound Secondary School now stand on one of those former reserves. The District says that by the fall of 1914 the railway ran north from Squamish as far as Pemberton. On 15 December 1964 Squamish, Brackendale and Mamquam joined as the District Municipality of Squamish. Sources: [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38680.html), [District of Squamish (opens in a new tab)](https://squamish.ca/government-and-administration/district-information/news/district-seeking-capital-project-proposals-to-celebrate-100-years-of-squamish-history-2/) ### The Pemberton Valley, 1858 to 1956 The Pemberton Valley Dyking District says non-native people were looking for fur trade routes through Seton and Anderson Lake in the years near 1839, and that a trail built in the 1850s joined Pemberton and Squamish and became the main supply route to the Cariboo gold fields. It says residents asked the federal government for help with flooding in 1912, and that a permanent non-native community existed at Pemberton by 1914. BC Geographical Names records that the Agerton post office opened beside the railway on 1 August 1912 and was renamed Pemberton on 1 February 1931. A large flood in 1940 led to the Pemberton Valley Drainage Committee. In 1946 the federal government agreed under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act to support the Pemberton Valley Reclamation Project, and the Pemberton Valley Dyking District was formed to keep up the dykes. The early work built dykes, straightened bends in the Lillooet River and lowered Lillooet Lake. It lists 17 registered seed potato growers in the valley, growing 34 varieties. BC Geographical Names records that Pemberton became a village municipality on 20 July 1956 and is named for Joseph Despard Pemberton. At the south end of Anderson Lake, BC Geographical Names says D'Arcy takes its name from D'Arcy Tate and that its post office opened on 1 January 1916 and took the name of the railway station. Sources: [Pemberton Valley Dyking District (opens in a new tab)](https://www.pvdd.ca/pemberton/history), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38511.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/7605.html) ### Whistler and the Sea to Sky Highway, 1914 to 2010 The Resort Municipality of Whistler says the first settlers came to the Whistler area in the 1880s. In 1914 Myrtle and Alex Philip built Rainbow Lodge on Alta Lake, and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway came through the valley the same year. Whistler Mountain opened for skiing in January 1966 with a gondola, one chair lift and two T-bars. The municipality was incorporated on 6 September 1975, when fewer than 1,000 people lived there. BC Geographical Names prints the incorporation as 6 September 1976 and gives 8 December 1975 as the date the name was confirmed. Whistler Village, Blackcomb Mountain and the north side of Whistler Mountain opened in December 1980. On 2 July 2003 the International Olympic Committee chose Vancouver and Whistler to host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and named Whistler the first Host Mountain Resort. The municipality says Whistler co-hosted the Games with the four Host First Nations and Vancouver. Infrastructure BC lists the Sea-to-Sky Highway Project, between Horseshoe Bay and Whistler, as completed in October 2009 at a cost of $600 million, with S2S Transportation Group as the partner. The Pemberton Valley Dyking District says the highway was built through Whistler and then Pemberton in the early 1970s. Sources: [Resort Municipality of Whistler (opens in a new tab)](https://Whistler.ca/about/history), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/40939.html), [Infrastructure BC (opens in a new tab)](https://www.infrastructurebc.com/?p=8596), [Pemberton Valley Dyking District (opens in a new tab)](https://www.pvdd.ca/pemberton/history) THE SEAT ## Who has held the seat Legislative Assembly records, 39th Parliament onward Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013 first prints West Vancouver-Sea to Sky at the 39th general election, held on 12 May 2009. The same volume says the Electoral Districts Act received Royal Assent on 1 May 2008 and set out 85 electoral districts, which took effect on 14 April 2009, the day the 38th Parliament was dissolved. Joan McIntyre of the BC Liberal Party won the district in 2009 with 10,101 votes (54.91%). The volume prints her name under West Vancouver-Garibaldi for 2005, when she received 11,808 votes (50.35%). West Vancouver-Garibaldi appears in Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001. It lists David J. Mitchell of the Liberal Party for 1991 and Ted Nebbeling of the Liberal Party for 1996 and 2001. Nebbeling received 12,326 votes (57.17%) in 1996 and 14,542 votes (68.18%) in 2001. After 2009, Jordan Sturdy of the BC Liberal Party won in 2013 with 11,275 votes (52.50%) and in 2017 with 10,449 votes (43.08%). The 2020 general election was held on 24 October. The legislature's Votes and Proceedings for 7 December 2020 says the result in this district went to a judicial recount, which Mr. Justice David Crerar conducted on 16 and 17 November 2020. No appeal was made, and the Chief Electoral Officer certified Sturdy's election on 20 November 2020. Elections BC's results record 9,249 votes for Sturdy and 9,189 for Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party. At the 43rd general election on 19 October 2024, Valeriote won with 10,438 votes (38.08%). Yuri Fulmer of the Conservative Party received 9,762 and Jen Ford of the BC NDP received 7,213. Turnout was 61.96% of 44,308 registered voters. The legislature's Votes and Proceedings for 18 February 2025 lists Valeriote, BC Green Party, as the member for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. Elections BC's conversion table shows the 71 voting areas of the 2023 district overlapping the earlier West Vancouver-Sea to Sky in 71 cases, Fraser-Nicola in 2 and West Vancouver-Capilano in 1. The commission counted 65,811 people in the district before 2023 and 62,161 in the district it proposed. Sources: [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://lims.leg.bc.ca/pdms/ldp/42nd1st/votes/PDF/v201207.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf), [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://lims.leg.bc.ca/pdms/ldp/43rd1st/votes/PDF/v250218.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36), [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf) Members for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | Parliament | It sat | Member | Elected as | Party on the legislature’s record | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 43rd | 2025 to 2026 | Jeremy Valeriote | BC Green Party | BC Green Party | | 42nd | 2020 to 2024 | Jordan Sturdy | BC Liberal Party | BC United | | 41st | 2017 to 2020 | Jordan Sturdy | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party | | 40th | 2013 to 2017 | Jordan Sturdy | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party | | 39th | 2009 to 2013 | Joan McIntyre | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party | “Elected as” is the affiliation Elections BC printed with the winning result. The last column is the party the legislature’s records give for that parliament, which differs when a member changed party while in office. A row with that column empty is a winner Elections BC prints whom the legislature’s records leave out. Source: [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members) ### Boundaries since 2024 West Vancouver-Sea to Sky has 71 voting areas. 71 of them overlap the district of the same name used from 2017 to 2024. Others overlap these districts from 2017 to 2024: Fraser-Nicola (2), West Vancouver-Capilano (1). The commission that drew the boundaries counted 62,161 people in the district, 15.6% above the average for a district, over 11,698 km². Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [Elections BC, Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36) PAST RESULTS ## Every result since 2009 From Elections BC
**2024 Provincial General Election**Jeremy Valeriote, BC Green Party, 38.08% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jeremy ValerioteElected | BC Green Party | 10,438 | 38.08% | | Yuri Fulmer | Conservative Party | 9,762 | 35.61% | | Jen Ford | BC NDP | 7,213 | 26.31% | 27,413 valid votes · 40 rejected ballots · 44,308 registered voters · 61.96% voted
**2020 General Election**Jordan Sturdy, BC Liberal Party, 37.54% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jordan SturdyElected | BC Liberal Party | 9,249 | 37.54% | | Jeremy Valeriote | BC Green Party | 9,189 | 37.30% | | Keith Murdoch | BC NDP | 6,197 | 25.16% | 24,635 valid votes · 137 rejected ballots
**2017 General Election**Jordan Sturdy, BC Liberal Party, 43.08% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jordan SturdyElected | BC Liberal Party | 10,449 | 43.08% | | Dana Moore Taylor | BC Green Party | 6,947 | 28.64% | | Michelle Livaja | BC NDP | 6,532 | 26.93% | | Michael Cambridge | Libertarian | 186 | 0.77% | | Tristan Andrew Galbraith | Independent | 143 | 0.59% | 24,257 valid votes · 100 rejected ballots
**2013 General Election**Jordan Sturdy, BC Liberal Party, 52.50% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jordan SturdyElected | BC Liberal Party | 11,275 | 52.50% | | Ana Santos | BC NDP | 6,966 | 32.43% | | Richard Warrington | BC Green Party | 2,359 | 10.98% | | Ian McLeod | Conservative | 653 | 3.04% | | Jon Johnson | Independent | 225 | 1.05% | 21,478 valid votes · 89 rejected ballots
**2009 General Election**Joan McIntyre, BC Liberal Party, 54.91% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Joan McIntyreElected | BC Liberal Party | 10,101 | 54.91% | | Juliana Buitenhuis | BC NDP | 4,214 | 22.91% | | Jim Stephenson | BC Green Party | 4,082 | 22.19% | 18,397 valid votes · 130 rejected ballots
The boundaries changed before the 2009, 2017 and 2024 elections, so a result under the same name can cover a different area. Sources: [Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf) PEOPLE · 2021 CENSUS ## Who lives in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky 62,140 residents · British Columbia beside each figure ### Age
Median age
39.6BC 42.8
- Under 1515.8%BC 14.3% - 15 to 6469.7%BC 65.3% - 65 and over14.5%BC 20.3% - 85 and over1.2%BC 2.4% ### Households
Households
24,180
People per household
2.5BC 2.4
#### Who lives together - Couples with children26.7%BC 22.7% - Couples without children27.8%BC 26.4% - One-parent families5.7%BC 7.6% - Multigenerational households2.3%BC 3.7% - People living alone23.7%BC 29.4% #### Household size - 1 person23.7%BC 29.4% - 2 persons35.6%BC 35.3% - 3 persons16.9%BC 14.5% - 4 persons15.8%BC 12.6% - 5 or more persons7.9%BC 8.2% ### Homes
Median home value
$1,290,000BC $785,000
Median monthly rent and utilities
$1,780BC $1,370
Median monthly cost for owners
$1,940BC $1,320
#### Own or rent - Own their home69.6%BC 66.8% - Rent their home28.6%BC 32.8% - Home provided by a local government or First Nation1.8%BC 0.5% #### Type of home - Single-detached house50.0%BC 42.4% - Semi-detached house6.7%BC 3.1% - Row house14.7%BC 8.3% - Apartment or flat in a duplex8.6%BC 12.2% - Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys14.2%BC 20.4% - Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys3.5%BC 10.9% - Other single-attached house0.3%BC 0.2% - Movable dwelling2.2%BC 2.5% #### When the home was built - 1960 or earlier5.4%BC 12.5% - 1961 to 198026.4%BC 27.0% - 1981 to 199015.9%BC 14.2% - 1991 to 200018.4%BC 16.5% - 2001 to 20057.1%BC 6.0% - 2006 to 20109.9%BC 8.0% - 2011 to 20155.6%BC 6.6% - 2016 to 202111.2%BC 9.1% ### Housing costs - Renters paying 30% or more of income on housing38.5%BC 37.8% - Owners paying 30% or more of income on housing23.3%BC 19.3% - Renters in core housing need19.2%BC 24.7% - Owners in core housing need6.7%BC 8.0% - Renters in subsidized housing10.6%BC 11.0% - Owners with a mortgage63.4%BC 57.5% ### Income Income is for the year 2020.
Median household income
$108,000BC $85,000
After tax
$94,000BC $76,000
Median income per person
$48,000BC $40,800
#### Living on a low income (after-tax measure) - All ages8.1%BC 10.8% - Under 189.4%BC 11.3% - 18 to 647.4%BC 9.7% - 65 and over9.8%BC 13.8% ### Languages #### First language learned - English79.4%BC 67.1% - French3.1%BC 1.2% - Punjabi (Panjabi)2.0%BC 4.9% - Mandarin1.7%BC 4.1% - Spanish1.4%BC 1.2% - German1.3%BC 1.0% - Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)1.0%BC 1.7% - Iranian Persian0.9%BC 0.9% - Japanese0.9%BC 0.4% - Korean0.5%BC 1.2% #### Spoken most often at home - English89.8%BC 78.5% - Punjabi (Panjabi)1.5%BC 3.8% - French1.2%BC 0.3% - Mandarin1.2%BC 3.3% - Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)0.7%BC 0.9% - Spanish0.6%BC 0.6% - Iranian Persian0.6%BC 0.7% - Japanese0.4%BC 0.2% #### English and French - English only85.5%BC 90.1% - French only0.1%BC 0.0% - English and French13.5%BC 6.6% - Neither English nor French0.9%BC 3.3% ### Immigration
Born outside Canada (immigrants)
23.7%BC 29.0%
Non-permanent residents
4.0%BC 3.5%
#### Where immigrants were born - United Kingdom22.4%BC 8.2% - United States of America8.3%BC 4.2% - Oceania and other places of birth7.8%BC 2.3% - China6.7%BC 15.3% - India6.6%BC 13.8% - Philippines6.2%BC 9.2% - Iran4.1%BC 3.2% - Germany3.1%BC 2.2% - South Africa, Republic of2.6%BC 1.1% - Mexico1.5%BC 0.9% #### When immigrants arrived - Arrived before 198019.6%BC 19.7% - 1980 to 19907.8%BC 11.5% - 1991 to 200014.5%BC 21.0% - 2001 to 201020.9%BC 22.2% - 2011 to 202137.1%BC 25.6% #### Generations in Canada - First generation30.0%BC 33.7% - Second generation20.8%BC 21.7% - Third generation or more49.2%BC 44.5% ### Identity and origins
Indigenous identity
5.9%BC 5.9%
Visible minority
14.9%BC 34.4%
#### Visible minority groups - Chinese3.5%BC 11.2% - South Asian3.3%BC 9.6% - Filipino1.9%BC 3.5% - Japanese1.3%BC 0.9% - West Asian1.2%BC 1.4% - Latin American1.1%BC 1.3% - Black0.6%BC 1.3% - Korean0.6%BC 1.5% - Multiple visible minorities0.5%BC 1.2% - Southeast Asian0.4%BC 1.5% - Arab0.3%BC 0.6% - Visible minority (other)0.1%BC 0.4% #### Ethnic or cultural origins reported most often - English26.7%BC 20.7% - Scottish20.0%BC 15.8% - Irish16.5%BC 12.8% - Canadian12.3%BC 9.3% - German10.9%BC 11.0% - French8.0%BC 6.4% - British Isles6.9%BC 3.9% - Dutch4.0%BC 3.9% - Italian3.8%BC 3.3% - Polish3.6%BC 2.7% ### Religion - No religion67.8%BC 52.1% - Christian25.2%BC 34.3% - Sikh2.1%BC 5.9% - Other religions1.2%BC 1.0% - Muslim1.1%BC 2.6% - Jewish0.9%BC 0.5% - Traditional Indigenous spirituality0.7%BC 0.2% - Buddhist0.5%BC 1.7% - Hindu0.4%BC 1.7% ### Education Highest level completed, ages 25 to 64. - No certificate, diploma or degree3.8%BC 8.0% - High school diploma22.9%BC 25.8% - College, trades or other certificate below a bachelor’s degree30.9%BC 31.2% - Bachelor’s degree or higher42.3%BC 35.0% ### Work
In the labour force
72.5%BC 63.3%
Employed
65.5%BC 57.9%
Unemployment rate at the census
9.7%BC 8.4%
#### Industries with the most workers - Accommodation and food services13.7%BC 7.0% - Professional, scientific and technical services12.1%BC 9.2% - Construction11.0%BC 9.0% - Retail trade9.9%BC 11.6% - Health care and social assistance9.1%BC 12.3% - Educational services6.1%BC 7.4% - Public administration5.0%BC 5.5% - Arts, entertainment and recreation4.9%BC 2.3% #### Kinds of work - Sales and service occupations28.8%BC 25.6% - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations17.2%BC 18.0% - Business, finance and administration occupations16.2%BC 17.1% - Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services10.3%BC 11.9% - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations7.9%BC 8.0% - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport6.5%BC 4.2% - Health occupations6.1%BC 7.7% - Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations2.9%BC 2.8% - Legislative and senior management occupations2.6%BC 1.2% - Occupations in manufacturing and utilities1.7%BC 3.4% ### Getting to work #### Where people worked - Worked at home28.5%BC 22.6% - Worked outside Canada0.4%BC 0.4% - No fixed workplace address16.7%BC 15.3% - Worked at a usual workplace54.4%BC 61.6% #### How commuters travelled - Car, truck or van80.3%BC 79.9% - Public transit4.6%BC 9.3% - On foot7.5%BC 6.5% - Bicycle4.6%BC 2.0% - Other method3.0%BC 2.3% #### Length of the trip - Less than 15 minutes45.1%BC 31.8% - 15 to 29 minutes24.4%BC 34.0% - 30 to 44 minutes12.2%BC 19.7% - 45 to 59 minutes8.8%BC 7.3% - 60 minutes and over9.5%BC 7.2% ### Moving Where residents lived five years before the census. - Lived at the same address51.9%BC 56.2% - Moved within the same municipality16.3%BC 16.1% - Moved from elsewhere in BC18.0%BC 17.0% - Moved from another province6.3%BC 4.6% - Moved from another country7.5%BC 6.1% Counts in the census are rounded to the nearest 5, and shares are worked out from those counts. Source: [BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations, 2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts) QUESTIONS ## Questions about West Vancouver-Sea to Sky 10 answers ### Where is West Vancouver-Sea to Sky? West Vancouver-Sea to Sky is a provincial electoral district in southwestern British Columbia. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it includes West Vancouver west of Cypress Creek, Bowen Island, Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. Its southern boundary is Burrard Inlet and the Strait of Georgia, and the commission gives its area as 11,698 square kilometres. ### Which communities are in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky? West Vancouver-Sea to Sky includes Horseshoe Bay, Caulfeild, Bowen Island, Lions Bay, Britannia Beach, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and Mount Currie, the community of the Líl̓wat Nation. The commission names West Vancouver west of Cypress Creek, Bowen Island, Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. Elections BC's map layer places the other communities inside the district. ### Who won West Vancouver-Sea to Sky in the 2024 provincial election? Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party won West Vancouver-Sea to Sky on 19 October 2024 with 10,438 votes, 38.08% of the valid vote. Yuri Fulmer of the Conservative Party received 9,762 votes and Jen Ford of the BC NDP received 7,213. Turnout was 61.96% of 44,308 registered voters. ### Who represented West Vancouver-Sea to Sky before 2024? Jordan Sturdy represented West Vancouver-Sea to Sky from 2013 to 2024. He won for the BC Liberal Party in 2013, 2017 and 2020. In 2020 a judicial recount settled the result, and the Chief Electoral Officer certified his election on 20 November 2020. Joan McIntyre of the BC Liberal Party held the seat before him, after winning in 2009. ### When was the name West Vancouver-Sea to Sky first used? Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013 first prints the name West Vancouver-Sea to Sky at the 39th general election on 12 May 2009. The Electoral Districts Act set out 85 electoral districts and took effect on 14 April 2009. Joan McIntyre won the district in 2009 with 10,101 votes, 54.91% of the valid vote. ### How did the 2023 boundary change alter West Vancouver-Sea to Sky? The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report extended West Vancouver-Capilano to include the neighbourhoods south of the Upper Levels Highway, which reduces the population of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. Appendix D counts 65,811 people in the district as it stood before 2023, and the final report counts 62,161 in the new district. ### How many people live in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky? The 2021 census counted 62,140 people in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, with a median age of 39.6 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. The median household income was $108,000. Of the residents, 5.9% (3,605 people) identified as Indigenous. The commission counted 62,161 people for its final report. ### Whose traditional territory is West Vancouver-Sea to Sky on? West Vancouver-Sea to Sky lies on land that several Nations name as their own. The Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, says its territory includes all of West Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler. The Líl̓wat Nation describes territory reaching from Rubble Creek to Gates Lake, and the N'Quatqua Band at Anderson Lake describes the Sea-to-Sky corridor as the territory of the St'at'imc people. ### What is the Sea to Sky Highway? The Sea to Sky Highway is Highway 99, the main road through West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia says the section between Horseshoe Bay and Squamish opened on 7 August 1958. Infrastructure BC lists a $600 million upgrade between Horseshoe Bay and Whistler, completed in October 2009. ### What was the Britannia Mine? The Britannia Mine was a copper mine on the east shore of Howe Sound, between Lions Bay and Squamish, in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. The Britannia Mine Museum gives its years of operation as 1904 to 1974 and says more than 60,000 people lived and worked there. The concentrator building is a national historic site, recognized on 20 November 1987. SOURCES ## Where this page comes from Figures read Thursday, October 8, 2026 1. [2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts)BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 2. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 3. [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 4. [Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 5. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 6. [Members of the Legislative Assembly, 35th to 43rd Parliament (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members)Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 7. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 8. [Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987 to 2001 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 9. [Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 10. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 11. [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 12. [Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 13. [Current Provincial Electoral Districts of British Columbia (map layer) (opens in a new tab)](https://delivery.maps.gov.bc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/whse/bcgw_pub_whse_admin_boundaries/MapServer/6)Elections BC, BC Geographic Warehouse · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 14. [Votes and Proceedings, Nos. 1 and 2, 7 December 2020 (opens in a new tab)](https://lims.leg.bc.ca/pdms/ldp/42nd1st/votes/PDF/v201207.pdf)Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 15. [Votes and Proceedings, Nos. 1 and 2, 18 February 2025 (opens in a new tab)](https://lims.leg.bc.ca/pdms/ldp/43rd1st/votes/PDF/v250218.pdf)Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 16. [Our Land (opens in a new tab)](https://www.squamish.net/about-us/our-land/)Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 17. [About Us (opens in a new tab)](https://lilwat.ca/?p=318)Líl̓wat Nation · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 18. [About Us (opens in a new tab)](https://www.nquatqua.ca/about-us)N'Quatqua Band · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 19. [N'Quatqua (Anderson Lake) (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/n-quatqua-band-anderson-lake)Province of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 20. [About Us (opens in a new tab)](https://slcc.ca/about/)Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 21. [BIM Celebrates 25 Years (opens in a new tab)](https://bowenislandmunicipality.ca/?p=95903)Bowen Island Municipality · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 22. [About Lions Bay (opens in a new tab)](https://lionsbay.ca/node/527)Village of Lions Bay · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 23. [District seeking capital project proposals to celebrate 100 years of Squamish history (opens in a new tab)](https://squamish.ca/government-and-administration/district-information/news/district-seeking-capital-project-proposals-to-celebrate-100-years-of-squamish-history-2/)District of Squamish · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 24. [Whistler History (opens in a new tab)](https://Whistler.ca/about/history)Resort Municipality of Whistler · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 25. [History (opens in a new tab)](https://www.pvdd.ca/pemberton/history)Pemberton Valley Dyking District · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 26. [Horseshoe Bay, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34977.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 27. [Caulfeild, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38540.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 28. [Bowen Island, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/459.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 29. [The Lions, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/1935.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 30. [Lions Bay, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34982.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 31. [Britannia Beach, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/37726.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 32. [Squamish, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38680.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 33. [Pemberton, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38511.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 34. [D'Arcy, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/7605.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 35. [Whistler, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/40939.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 36. [Sea to Sky Highway (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/S/Sea-to-Sky-Highway)Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 37. [Black Ball Line (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/B/Black-Ball-Line)Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 38. [Bowen Island (opens in a new tab)](https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/B/Bowen-Island)Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 39. [Britannia Mines Concentrator National Historic Site of Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7561)Parks Canada, Canadian Register of Historic Places · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 40. [The Story of Britannia Mine (opens in a new tab)](https://britanniaminemuseum.ca/pages/history)Britannia Mine Museum · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 41. [Quick Facts about Britannia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.britanniaminemuseum.ca/pages/historical-faqs)Britannia Mine Museum · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 42. [Sea-to-Sky Highway Project (opens in a new tab)](https://www.infrastructurebc.com/?p=8596)Infrastructure BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 ## Official information From Elections BC Your district ### [Check which district an address is in](https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/find-your-district/) Look up your address to be sure this district is yours. [Look it up (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/find-your-district/) Candidates ### [The official candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) The list this page is built from, published by Elections BC. [Open the list (opens in a new tab)](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) Voting ### [Where and when to vote](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/) Voting places and hours for general voting day and advance voting. 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