Burnaby North-Seymour (British Columbia) 42/338

 Burnaby North-Seymour (British Columbia)

Today we're finally back in my home province with Burnaby North-Seymour!

Burnaby North-Seymour has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Burnaby-Douglas and North Vancouver. The riding contains the eastern portion of North Vancouver (85,935 as of 2016; shared with North Vancouver) and the northern portion of Burnaby (232,755 in 2016; shared with Burnaby South and New Westminster-Burnaby). Burnaby is the third largest city in BC, following Vancouver and Surrey.

Politically, the riding is different depending if you're in North Vancouver or Burnaby. North Vancouver has been held by the Liberals for all but 7 years in the past 21 years, but Burnaby is moderate, but usually an NDP hold. So when the boundaries were redistributed, the Liberal strength in North Vancouver pushed the riding towards the Liberals. The riding is currently held by Liberal MP Terry Beech.

One of the reasons Burnaby has been strong for the NDP for so long is Svend Robinson. Svend Robinson represented Burnaby from 1979-2004. In that time, he became the first MP to come out while in office. In 2019, he ran again in Burnaby North-Seymour, but because of the Liberal strength and some controversy at the end of his time in office, he lost by 1,585 votes. In 2019, the riding was 5/42 in BC and 29/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 7.4/10 - I appreciate that it's named after Mount Seymour/the region and it is very literal with Burnaby North.

Shape: 7.8/10 - Very clean lines for the most part, not really a fan of the part just across the river.

Individuality: 6.7/10 - I like that it is literally a combination of the political spheres of North Vancouver and Burnaby.

Total: 21.9/30 (7.3%)

We're going south tomorrow with Burnaby South!