Burnaby North—Seymour (French: Burnaby-Nord—Seymour) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Burnaby—Douglas and North Vancouver.[3]
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 102,486 | ||
Electors (2019) | 77,301 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 115 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 891.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Burnaby, North Vancouver (DM) |
Burnaby North—Seymour was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[4]
Languages: 58.2% English, 10.1% Cantonese, 7.7% Mandarin, 2.9% Italian, 2.6% Korean, 1.8% Persian, 1.7% Spanish, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.2% French
Religions (2011): 44.8% Christian (21.3% Catholic, 4.5% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.1% Other), 3.6% Buddhist, 2.9% Muslim, 45.6% No religion
Median income (2015): $34,358
Average income (2015): $49,497
Main industries: Professional, scientific and technical services (11.2% of labour force); Retail trade (10.4%); Educational services (9.4%); Health care and social assistance (9.0%)
As of the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district includes the portion of the City of Burnaby north of Highway 7, the portion of the District Municipality of North Vancouver east of the Seymour River and the southern section between west of the Seymour River and east of Lynn Creek and the Seymour Creek 2 and Burrard Inlet 3 Indian reserves.[7]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Burnaby North—Seymour Riding created from Burnaby—Douglas and North Vancouver |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Terry Beech | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Terry Beech | 19,445 | 39.5 | +4.0 | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Hanson | 14,318 | 29.1 | -3.2 | ||||
Conservative | Kelsey Shein | 12,535 | 25.5 | +6.0 | ||||
Green | Peter Dolling | 1,516 | 3.1 | -6.5 | ||||
People's | Brad Nickerson | 1,370 | 2.8 | +0.6 | ||||
Total valid votes | 49,184 | 99.5 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 273 | 0.5 | ||||||
Turnout | 49,457 | 62.3 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 79,395 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Terry Beech | 17,770 | 35.50 | -0.59 | $95,724.28 | |||
New Democratic | Svend Robinson | 16,185 | 32.33 | +2.73 | $96,430.99 | |||
Conservative | Heather Leung | 9,734 | 19.45 | -8.40 | none listed | |||
Green | Amita Kuttner | 4,801 | 9.59 | +4.32 | $13,982.95 | |||
People's | Rocky Dong | 1,079 | 2.16 | – | none listed | |||
Independent | Robert Taylor | 271 | 0.54 | – | none listed | |||
Libertarian | Lewis Dahlby | 219 | 0.44 | -0.04 | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,059 | 99.08 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 466 | 0.92 | +0.43 | |||||
Turnout | 50,525 | 64.80 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 77,969 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.66 | ||||||
Heather Leung was dropped by the Conservative Party of Canada after past homophobic remarks were made public,[8] but still appeared on the ballot papers. | ||||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9][10] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Terry Beech | 18,938 | 36.09 | +20.37 | $112,731.67 | |||
New Democratic | Carol Baird Ellan | 15,537 | 29.61 | -5.55 | $151,963.09 | |||
Conservative | Mike Little | 14,612 | 27.84 | -16.39 | $74,815.44 | |||
Green | Lynne Quarmby | 2,765 | 5.27 | +1.39 | $104,104.37 | |||
Libertarian | Chris Tylor | 252 | 0.48 | – | – | |||
Independent | Helen Hee Soon Chang | 207 | 0.39 | – | $1,011.85 | |||
Communist | Brent Jantzen | 126 | 0.24 | – | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Brian Sproule | 43 | 0.08 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,480 | 99.51 | $206,738.46 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 260 | 0.49 | – | |||||
Turnout | 52,740 | 70.34 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,982 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.38 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 19,150 | 44.24 | |
New Democratic | 15,219 | 35.16 | |
Liberal | 6,804 | 15.72 | |
Green | 1,679 | 3.88 | |
Others | 437 | 1.01 |
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