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 by	Jeremy Dalton
Succeeded by	Karin Kirkpatrick
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 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
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	13,596	57.16	−9.87	$55,842
	New Democratic	Mehdi Russel	5,622	23.63	+1.25	$23,564
	Green	Michael Markwick	4,570	19.21	–	$6,233
Total valid votes			23,788	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			169	0.71	−0.11
Turnout			23,957	62.56	+2.09
Registered voters			38,294
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

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[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.

External links

• Official Biography, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia