Susie Chant

Susie Chant MLA
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors’ Services and Long-Term Care of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 18, 2024

Chant has worked as a Registered Nurse and team leader in community care with Vancouver Coastal Health prior to being elected. She famously kept her job as a nurse for the first year she was in office, to assist in the COVID-19 pandemic and administer vaccines ^[5] Chant has also served as a member of the Royal Canadian Navy Reserves for over 40 years, she also kept her position within the reserves for a portion of her time in office until her retirement in 2022. ^[6]

She and her husband are the parents of two adult daughters and were foster parents for 12 years. They provided a safe home for teenagers in crisis and supported them to get back to their families.

Chant's nursing career has also taken her overseas, teaching nursing students in Saipan and working in children's psychiatry in Hawaii.

She is an active member of Girl Guides of Canada and a former leader. She has also been a Sun Run clinic leader for 25 years, helping people in her community to be more active.

Chant's husband, Rick, runs a home-based business, repairing and maintaining augmentative technology for people with significant disabilities.

Electoral record

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election : North Vancouver-Seymour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Susie Chant	15,643	52.62	+5.2
	Conservative	Sam Chandola	10,676	35.91
	Independent	Mitchell Baker	1,739	5.85
	Green	Subhadarshi Tripathy	1,669	5.61	-10.6
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–15.3
Source: Elections BC [7]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election : North Vancouver-Seymour
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	+0.19	$46.80
Total valid votes			27,523	99.32	–
Total rejected ballots			189	0.68	+0.21
Turnout			27,712	65.49	–4.85
Registered voters			42,316
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.52
Source: Elections BC [8] [9]

References

1. Sean Boynton, "B.C. election 2020: Liberal incumbent loses seat after sexist jokes about NDP MLA". Global News, October 25, 2020.
2. "BC election 2024 results: North Vancouver-Seymour | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
3. "MLA: Susie Chant". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia . Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
4. Engagement, Government Communications and Public. "Susie Chant, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
5. "North van MLA rolling up sleeves to join COVID vaccination squad". 2 March 2021.
6. Chant, Susie [@SusieChant_nvs] (6 November 2022). "So I have officially retired from the naval reserves, with yesterday being the Departure with Dignity event at HMCS Discovery. It has been one of my greatest honours to serve our country in this capacity for all these years. [...]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. https://globalnews.ca/news/10779056/bc-election-2024-results-north-vancouver-seymour/
8. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
9. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.