Ralph Sultan
Ralph Sultan (born June 6, 1933) is a Canadian politician. He is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the community of West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia.
Ralph Sultan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano | |
| Assumed office May 16, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Dalton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1933 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| 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 is currently a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts.[2]
Electoral record
| 2017 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Ralph Sultan | 13,596 | 57.14 | |||||
| New Democratic | Mehdi Russel | 5,622 | 23.63 | |||||
| Green | Michael Markwick | 4,575 | 19.23 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,793 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ralph Sultan | 15,777 | 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[4] | ||||||||
References
- "Official Biography: Ralph Sultan". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- Ralph Sultan, BC Legislative Assembly
- "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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