Patrick Weiler
MP
Member of Parliament
for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byPamela Goldsmith-Jones
Personal details
Born (1986-04-30) April 30, 1986 (age 37)[1]
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada
ResidenceWest Vancouver[2]
EducationUBC Law
McGill University
ProfessionLawyer

Patrick B. Weiler MP (born April 30, 1986) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[3]

Early life

He was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in West Vancouver[4] and Sechelt,[5] British Columbia. His father is UBC law professor Joe Weiler and his mother is former Sechelt municipal councillor Beverly Tanchak.[6]

He was an environmental and natural resource management lawyer.[7]

His work included working with governments around the globe to improve the management of aquatic ecosystems, and improving governance of natural resource sectors on behalf of the United Nations and other international development agencies. He also represented First Nations, municipalities, small businesses and non-profits on environmental and corporate legal matters within this riding, throughout British Columbia and around the world.[8]

Political career

During the 2019 election, he referred to himself as a champion of the Liberal government's Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change and promised to build on this ground-breaking plan to ensure that Canadian business will seize on the immense economic opportunities in the transition to a clean economy of the 21st century and that Canada meets its obligations under the Paris Agreement.[9]

Patrick sits on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, as well as the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.[10]

On July 3, 2020, Weiler announced a $49 million investment from the federal government in infrastructure projects across northern BC and in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country to support municipalities, Indigenous communities and not-for-profits in the COVID-19 recovery effort.[11]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Patrick Weiler 21,500 33.9
Conservative John Weston 19,062 30.0
New Democratic Avi Lewis 16,265 25.6
Green Mike Simpson 4,108 6.5
People's Doug Bebb 2,299 3.6
Rhinoceros Gordon Jeffrey 98 0.2
Independent Chris MacGregor 77 0.1
Independent Terry Grimwood 50 0.1
Total valid votes 63,459
Total rejected ballots 279
Turnout 64.6%
Eligible voters 98,256
Source: Elections Canada[12]


2019 Canadian federal election: West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Patrick Weiler 22,673 34.89 -19.73 $117,192.92
Conservative Gabrielle Loren 17,359 26.71 +0.52 $110,144.62
Green Dana Taylor 14,579 22.44 +13.55 $61,513.07
New Democratic Judith Wilson 9,027 13.89 +4.03 $5,518.93
People's Robert Douglas Bebb 1,010 1.55 $20,418.15
Rhinoceros Gordon Jeffrey 173 0.27 none listed
Independent Terry Grimwood 159 0.24 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 64,980 99.49
Total rejected ballots 335 0.51 +0.25
Turnout 65,315 68.47 -5.11
Eligible voters 95,395
Liberal hold Swing -10.12
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Weiler, Patrick. "Mr. Patrick Weiler, M.P." Parlinfo. Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Liberals maintain hold in Sea to Sky". Squamish Chief. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Bartlett, Keili (September 6, 2019). "Liberal candidate Patrick Weiler visits Squamish". The Squamish Chief. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "About MP Patrick Weiler". WestVancouver.com. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  6. ^ Bengtson, Ben; Shepherd, Jeremy (October 22, 2019). "Liberal Patrick Weiler elected in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country". North Shore News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "About MP Patrick Weiler". WestVancouver.com. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  8. ^ Dupuis, Braden (September 5, 2019). "Weiler named Liberal candidate". Pique News Magazine. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "Meet Patrick". PatrickWeilerforMP.ca. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Members of Parliament: Patrick Weiler". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  11. ^ Lamb-Yorski, Monica (July 3, 2020). "Community infrastructure funding announced for 24 Northern B.C. projects". Terrace Standard. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  13. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

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