Patrick Weiler

Patrick B. Weiler MP (born 1985 or 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.[2]

Patrick Weiler

MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byPamela Goldsmith-Jones
Personal details
Born1986
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada
Domestic partnerNicole Pedersen
ResidenceWest Vancouver[1]
EducationUBC Law
McGill University
ProfessionLawyer

He was born and raised in West Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is UBC law professor Joe Weiler and his mother is former Sechelt municipal councillor Beverly Tanchak.[3]

Early life

Patrick grew up in West Vancouver and Sechelt, and was an environmental and natural resource management lawyer.

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.

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.[4] He also cites the Liberal climate change program as a key determinant in his decision to run.[5]

Patrick sits on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, as well as the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.[6]

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.[7]

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election: West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalPatrick Weiler22,67334.9
ConservativeGabrielle Loren17,35926.7
GreenDana Taylor14,57922.4
New DemocraticJudith Wilson9,02713.9
People'sRobert Douglas Bebb1,0101.6
RhinocerosGordon Jeffrey1730.3
IndependentTerry Grimwood1590.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,980100.0
Total rejected ballots 335
Turnout 65,31569.1
Eligible voters 94,491
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

References
  1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. "Liberals maintain hold in Sea to Sky". Squamish Chief. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. https://patrickweiler.liberal.ca/biography/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/liberal-candidate-patrick-weiler-visits-squamish-1.23938678. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/patrick-weiler(105918). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.terracestandard.com/news/community-infrastructure-funding-announced-for-24-northern-b-c-projects/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  9. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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