Burnaby North—Seymour

Burnaby North—Seymour

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Terry Beech Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	100,632
Electors (2015)	74,982
Area (km²)	115
Pop. density (per km²)	875.1
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Burnaby, North Vancouver (DM)

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.

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.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Burnaby North Seymour (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	55,485	54.6%
	Chinese	24,810	24.4%
	South Asian	4,390	4.3%
	Aboriginal	3,085	3%
	Filipino	2,985	2.9%
	Korean	2,675	2.6%
	West Asian	2,015	2%
	Japanese	1,695	1.7%
	Latin American	1,615	1.6%
	Southeast Asian	1,490	1.5%
	Black	1,105	1.1%
	Arab	510	0.5%
	Multiple minorities	1,715	1.7%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	205	0.2%
Total population		101,545	100%

According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation

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%)

Geography

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.

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

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terry Beech
	People's	Rocky Dong
	Green	Amita Kuttner
	Conservative	Heather Leung
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2015 Canadian federal election
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	100.00		$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

2011 federal election redistributed results
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