Ralph Sultan

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
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for West Vancouver-Capilano
In office
May 16, 2001 – September 21, 2020
Preceded byJeremy Dalton
Succeeded byKarin Kirkpatrick
Personal details
Born (1933-06-06) June 6, 1933
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyBC Liberal
Websiteralphsultan.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
2017 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalRalph Sultan13,59657.16−9.87$55,842
New DemocraticMehdi Russel5,62223.63+1.25$23,564
GreenMichael Markwick4,57019.21–$6,233
Total valid votes 23,788100.00–
Total rejected ballots 1690.71−0.11
Turnout 23,95762.56+2.09
Registered voters 38,294
Source: Elections BC[4][5]
2013 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalRalph Sultan15,77767.03-0.45$96,349
New DemocraticTerry Platt5,26722.38+7.86$15,266
ConservativeDavid Jones1,1564.91+1.78$10,078
IndependentMichael Markwick1,0184.32–$8,750
LibertarianTunya Audain3201.36+0.56$250
Total valid votes 23,537100.00
Total rejected ballots 1950.82
Turnout 23,73260.47
Source: Elections BC[6]

References
  1. "Official Biography: Ralph Sultan". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  2. Ralph Sultan, BC Legislative Assembly
  3. Richter, Brent. "West Vancouver's Sultan won't run again". North Shore News. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. "FRPC". contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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