Burnaby—Seymour was a federal

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in the

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of

Burnaby—Coquitlam Burnaby—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond riding. It was abo ...

, Burnaby—Richmond and

Coast—Capilano Coast—Capilano was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Vancouver North riding. The riding consist ...

ridings. The riding originally consisted of the eastern part of North Vancouver plus areas of Burnaby north of the Grandview Highway and Edmonds Avenue, west of Sperling and north of Pandora Street. That is, North Vancouver east of Lynn Creek plus the Burnaby Heights, Capitol Hill, Brentwood and Deer Lake neighbourhoods of Burnaby. The riding's first election in 1968, is notable for being a showdown between the former leader of the

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, Ray Perrault, and federal

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leader

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. Given that the North Shore portions of the riding were largely affluent and upper middle class in character and normally a Liberal bastion, Douglas' strong showing is not so surprising given the working-class and labour background of much of even the better-off parts of the riding in Burnaby. When this riding was redistributed in 1976, the resulting

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riding consistently returned NDP candidates - this was

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's longtime seat.

North Vancouver—Burnaby North Vancouver—Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Seymour and Capilano r ...

returned a Progressive Conservative member (

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) since its creation until it was abolished in 1987, as did its successor riding, the seat of North Vancouver until Reform Party member Ted White took over the seat on Cook's retirement. In provincial politics, the equivalent area of North Vancouver was among the last holdouts of the provincial

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prior to it losing its support base to the Social Credit Party in the early 1980s. Jim Nielsen, who first unsuccessfully ran for the Progressive Conservative Party in Burnaby—Seymour in 1974 was subsequently elected in the 1975 provincial election as the MLA for Richmond. He was appointed as a cabinet minister and remained the MLA for Richmond until his resignation from provincial politics in 1986.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Successor ridings

The riding was abolished in 1976. Successor ridings were: *

References

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Riding history from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnaby-Seymour Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia

Members of Parliament

Election results

Successor ridings

See also

References

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