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

British Columbia electoral district
From the 2015 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Terry Beech 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]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Burnaby North—Seymour (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[5]		2016[6]		2011[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	52,725	49.05%	53,835	53.02%	55,425	55.83%
East Asian[b]	31,315	29.13%	29,180	28.74%	28,210	28.41%
South Asian	5,315	4.94%	4,390	4.32%	3,670	3.7%
Southeast Asian[c]	5,045	4.69%	4,475	4.41%	4,170	4.2%
Middle Eastern[d]	3,745	3.48%	2,525	2.49%	2,070	2.09%
Indigenous	2,695	2.51%	2,500	2.46%	1,785	1.8%
Latin American	2,320	2.16%	1,615	1.59%	1,450	1.46%
African	1,525	1.42%	1,105	1.09%	890	0.9%
Other[e]	2,795	2.6%	1,920	1.89%	1,610	1.62%
Total responses	107,485	98.8%	101,545	99.08%	99,280	98.66%
Total population	108,794	100%	102,486	100%	100,632	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[8][9]

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.^[10]

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	2015–2019		Terry Beech	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Burnaby North—Seymour (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Terry Beech
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois
	Conservative	Mauro Francis
	People's	Jesse Fulton
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada[11]

2021 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,673	40.88
	Conservative	14,732	26.56
	New Democratic	14,706	26.52
	Green	1,878	3.39
	People's	1,472	2.65

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Terry Beech	19,445	39.5	+4.0	$99,625.09
	New Democratic	Jim Hanson	14,318	29.1	-3.2	$89,537.98
	Conservative	Kelsey Shein	12,535	25.5	+6.0	$106,654.00
	Green	Peter Dolling	1,516	3.1	-6.5	$0.00
	People's	Brad Nickerson	1,370	2.8	+0.6	$2,215.88
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,184	99.5	–	$110,377.44
Total rejected ballots			273	0.5
Turnout			49,457	62.3
Eligible voters			79,395
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.6

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
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,[13] but still appeared on the ballot papers.
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

v t e 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	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[16][17][18]

2011 federal election redistributed results[19]
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

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.