North Vancouver-Seymour

North Vancouver-Seymour

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Susie Chant New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
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)

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

For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver (electoral districts)

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	Member		Party
28th	1966-1969		Barrie Clark	Liberal
29th	1969-1972
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	2020–2024		Susie Chant	New Democratic
43rd	2024-present

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
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

2020 provincial election redistributed results
Party		%
	New Democratic	47.4
	Liberal	35.4
	Green	16.2
	Libertarian	1.0

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	+0.19	$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

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

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

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%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia