Federal Election Day: Boundary change in North and West Vancouver means new mix of voters to decide
It's election day across Canada and B.C. residents in North and West Vancouver are heading to the polls to choose new MPs to represent them in the ridings of:
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Over the past few decades, the two North Shore ridings have swung back and forth between electing Conservatives and Liberals, but have both been painted red since former prime minister Justin Trudeau swept into power in 2015.
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The two Liberal incumbents are running again to try to hold their seats, this time against new challengers from the Tories and most of the other parties. The path to victory in 2025, though, will be different: Both the West Van and North Van riding boundaries were changed in 2022, meaning there is a new mix of voters in each district deciding who will represent them in Ottawa.
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Liberal Patrick Weiler took this riding in a nail-biter race in 2021, with his narrow victory declared days after residents finished voting because his win depended on the counting of mail-in ballots.
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He captured 21,470 votes, compared with 19,062 for Conservative John Weston. The NDP candidate tallied 16,262, with just 4,113 for the Greens.
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Weiler's 2021 victory was the third straight for the Grits in this riding, which was previously held by the Conservative's Weston from 2008 to 2015.
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This time, however, a significant chunk of the riding has been carved out — the easternmost corner, which includes Park Royal Mall and the Ambleside business and residential districts. That was done to make way for the expanding population in the riding's communities north of West Vancouver, such as Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.
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