Burnaby North—Seymour

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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)[1] 100,632
Electors (2015) 72,393
Area (km²)[2] 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.[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

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