North Vancouver-Seymour

North Vancouver-Seymour
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Susie Chant ; New Democratic
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First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	54,404
Area (km²)	360
Pop. density (per km²)	151.1
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	North Vancouver (district municipality)

Last updated January 09, 2024

North Vancouver-Seymour is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

History

For most of history, North Vancouver- Seymour had elected centre- centre-right candidates excluding 1972-1975 when the NDP won. The current MLA is Susie Chant, who was elected in the 2020 Provincial Election. Chant's election coincided with an Orange wave that saw prominent BC Liberals defeated, including incumbent Jane Thornthwaite.

Parliament	Years		Party
28th	1966-1969	Barrie Clark	Liberal
29th	1969-1972	Barrie Clark	Liberal
30th	1972-1975	Colin Gabelmann	New Democratic
31st	1975-1979	Jack Davis	Social Credit
32nd	1979-1983
33rd	1983-1986
34th	1986-1991
35th	1991–1996	Daniel Jarvis	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013	Jane Thornthwaite	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present	Susie Chant	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Susie Chant	12,891	46.84	+12.37	$26,969.51
	Liberal	Jane Thornthwaite	9,827	35.70	–10.66	$41,813.24
	Green	Harrison Johnston	4,514	16.40	–1.90	$5,098.28
	Libertarian	Clayton Welwood	291	1.06	+0.23	$46.80
Total valid votes			27,523	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			189	0.68	+0.21
Turnout			27,712	65.49	–4.84
Registered voters			42,316
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.52
Source: Elections BC ^[1]^[2]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jane Thornthwaite	13,194	46.36	−4.56	$59,904
	New Democratic	Michael Rene Charrois	9,808	34.47	+1.55	$15,730
	Green	Joshua Johnson	5,208	18.30	+10.97	$8,411
	Libertarian	Clayton Welwood	247	0.87	–	$115
Total valid votes			28,457	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			134	0.47	+0.13
Turnout			28,591	70.33	+3.34
Registered voters			40,650
Source: Elections BC ^[3]^[4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jane Thornthwaite	13,186	50.92	–8.26	$111,404
	New Democratic	Jim Hanson	8,524	32.92	+5.54	$86,982
	Green	Daniel Scott Smith	1,897	7.33	–2.01	$350
	Conservative	Brian R. Wilson	1,206	4.66	+0.56	$9,255
	Independent	Jaime Alexandra Webbe	1,081	4.17	–	$3,800
Total valid votes			25,894	100.00
Total rejected ballots			89	0.34
Turnout			25,983	66.99
Source: Elections BC ^[5]

B.C. General Election 2009: North Vancouver-Seymour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jane Thornthwaite	13,426	59.18		$57,237
	New Democratic	Maureen Norton	6,212	27.38		$17,589
	Green	Daniel Quinn	2,116	9.34	–	$350
	Conservative	Gary Bickling Hee	931	4.10		$1,186
Total valid votes			22,685	100%
Total rejected ballots			100	0.44%
Turnout			22,785	61.46%

B.C. General Election 2005: North Vancouver-Seymour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Daniel Jarvis	14,518	56.92%		$55,591
	NDP	Cathy Pinsent	7,595	29.78%		$18,913
	Green	John Sharpe	3,013	11.81%	–	$1,960
	Marijuana	Darin Keith Neal	212	0.83%		$100
	Work Less	Christine E. Ellis	169	0.66%	–	$100
Total valid votes			25,507	100%
Total rejected ballots			110	0.43%
Turnout			25,617	74.88%

B.C. General Election 2001: North Vancouver-Seymour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Daniel Jarvis	15,568	65.12%		$26,212
	Green	Evelyn Kirkaldy	4,127	17.26%	–	$590
	NDP	Sheila Paterson	2,751	11.51%		$4,981
	Reform	Ron Gamble	683	2.86%		$6,822
	Marijuana	Tom Dreyer	568	2.38%		$721
	Independent	Chris McKenzie	209	0.87%		$250
Total valid votes			23,906	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			94	0.39%
Turnout			24,000	73.72%

B.C. General Election 1996: North Vancouver-Seymour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Daniel Jarvis	14,165	56.35%		$26,245
	NDP	Michelle Kemper	6,676	26.56%		$14,030
	Reform	Caroline Meredith	1,737	6.91%		$15,297
	Progressive Democrat	David Massey	1,713	6.81%	–	$2,059
	Green	Mark Brooks	645	2.57%	–	$324
	Social Credit	Jonn R. Kunickey	105	0.42%	–	$8,221
	Libertarian	Bill Tomlinson	54	0.21%		$100
	Natural Law	Deborah Rubin	44	0.18%		$133
Total valid votes			25,139	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			85	0.34%
Turnout			25,224	76.63%

B.C. General Election 1991: North Vancouver-Seymour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Daniel Jarvis	12,120	50.84%		$12,138
	NDP	Dominique Roelants	7,126	29.89%		$25,273
	Social Credit	Gordon Frampton	4,304	18.06%	–	$22,050
	Green	Donald Rennie	205	0.86%	–
	Libertarian	Bill Tomlinson	84	0.35%
Total valid votes			23,839	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			283	1.17%
Turnout			24,122	79.49%

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References

↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. July 27, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved December 30, 2020.
↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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[1] "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. July 27, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[2] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[3] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[4] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

[5] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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v t e British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2017–present)
North/Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine
Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kelowna West Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee
Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Kent Delta North Delta South Langley Langley East Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond North Centre Richmond-Queensborough Richmond South Centre Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Guildford Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey South Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Vancouver Island	Courtenay-Comox Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Metchosin Langford-Juan de Fuca Mid Island-Pacific Rim Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake
See also:	2015 British Columbia electoral redistribution List of British Columbia general elections 2017 general election Defunct districts