Burnaby North—Seymour

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]

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]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[5]^[6]

Ethnic groups: 55.8% White, 23.6% Chinese, 3.7% South Asian, 3.0% Korean, 3.0% Filipino, 1.8% Aboriginal, 1.8% Japanese, 1.7% West Asian, 1.5% Latin American, 1.2% Southeast Asian
Languages: 58.4% English, 18.7% Chinese, 3.3% Italian, 2.8% Korean, 1.6% Spanish, 1.5% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.1% German
Religions: 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 (2010): $29,910
Average income (2010): $41,002
Main industries: Professional, scientific and technical services (11.2% of labour force); Retail trade (10.0%); Health care and social assistance (9.1%)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Burnaby North—Seymour Riding created from Burnaby—Douglas and North Vancouver
42nd	2015–Present		Terry Beech	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Terry Beech	18,938	36.09	+20.37	–
	New Democratic	Carol Baird Ellan	15,537	29.61	-5.55	–
	Conservative	Mike Little	14,612	27.84	-16.39	–
	Green	Lynne Quarmby	2,765	5.27	+1.39	–
	Libertarian	Chris Tylor	252	0.48	–	–
	Independent	Helen Hee Soon Chang	207	0.39	–	–
	Communist	Brent Jantzen	126	0.24	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	43	0.08	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,480	100.00		$205,266.96
Total rejected ballots			260	0.49	–
Turnout			52,740	71.20	–
Eligible voters			74,071
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.38
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
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

References

Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast

Liberal	Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam North Vancouver Vancouver Centre Vancouver Granville Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

New Democratic	Burnaby South New Westminster—Burnaby Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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