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
Sultan in 2013
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano
In office May 16, 2001 – October 24, 2020
Preceded by	Jeremy Dalton
Succeeded by	Karin Kirkpatrick
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-06) June 6, 1933 (age 91) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	BC Liberal
Alma mater	University of British Columbia Harvard University
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

v t e 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]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Sultan	15,776	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]