Ralph Sultan (born June 6, 1933) is a Canadian politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the community of West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia from 2001 to 2020.
Ralph Sultan | |
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 Sultan in 2013 | |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano | |
| In office May 16, 2001 – October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Dalton |
| Succeeded by | Karin Kirkpatrick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1933 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia Harvard University |
| Website | ralphsultan.ca |
A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, he was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017.[1] In the election of 2017, he became the oldest person to be elected in the history of B.C. politics at age 83.
Sultan has served as Minister of State for Seniors (2012–13), Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism (2013), and Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology (2013). He was previously a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts.[2] He decided to retire rather than run in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[3]
Electoral record
edit| 2017 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Official Biography: Ralph Sultan". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ Ralph Sultan, BC Legislative Assembly
- ^ Richter, Brent (October 17, 2019). "West Vancouver's Sultan won't run again". North Shore News. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "FRPC". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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