# Patrick Weiler

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.

## Early life

He was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in West Vancouver and Sechelt, British Columbia. His father is UBC law professor Joe Weiler and his mother is former Sechelt municipal councillor Beverly Tanchak.
He 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.
Patrick sits on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, as well as the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
In November 2024, he joined several other members of the Liberal caucus in calling for a secret ballot to be held on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership. Following Chrystia Freeland's resignation from Cabinet in December 2024, Weiler, along with large numbers of other Liberal MP's, publicly called for Trudeau to resign before the next election.
Weiler has broken party line on several occasions, most notably on bills regarding electoral reform, voting in favour of lowering the voting age and establishing a citizens assembly on electoral reform.
In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsed Mark Carney, before Carney had declared his candidacy.

## Electoral record

vte2021 Canadian federal election: West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Patrick Weiler | 21,500 | 33.9 | | $107,414.31 |
| | Conservative | John Weston | 19,062 | 30.0 | | $123,189.13 |
| | New Democratic | Avi Lewis | 16,265 | 25.6 | | $117,546.51 |
| | Green | Mike Simpson | 4,108 | 6.5 | | $35,992.60 |
| | People's | Doug Bebb | 2,299 | 3.6 | | $26,851.53 |
| | Rhinoceros | Gordon Jeffrey | 98 | 0.2 | | $0.00 |
| | Independent | Chris MacGregor | 77 | 0.1 | | $0.00 |
| | Independent | Terry Grimwood | 50 | 0.1 | | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 63,459 | – | – | $131,270.20 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 279 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64.6% |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 98,256 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 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 | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,980 | 99.49 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 335 | 0.51 | +0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,315 | 68.47 | -5.11 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 95,395 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -10.12 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||