North Vancouver (electoral district)

North Vancouver is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

North Vancouver

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jonathan Wilkinson Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	109,639
Electors (2015)	82,085
Area (km²)[1]	342
Pop. density (per km²)	320.6
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	North Vancouver (city), North Vancouver (DM), Greater Vancouver A

Demographics

Ethnic groups in North Vancouver (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	76,545	67.2%
	Iranian	9,190	8.1%
	Chinese	6,510	5.7%
	Filipino	4,665	4.1%
	South Asian	4,105	3.6%
	Aboriginal	3,575	3.1%
	Korean	2,625	2.3%
	Japanese	1,710	1.5%
	Latin American	1,410	1.2%
	Black	840	0.7%
	Southeast Asian	465	0.4%
	Arab	355	0.3%
	Multiple minorities	1,050	0.9%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	205	0.2%
Total population		113,870	100%

According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation[2][3][4]

Languages: 69.8% English, 7.7% Persian, 2.2% Tagalog, 2.1% Mandarin, 1.9% Korean, 1.8% French, 1.6% Spanish, 1.6% German, 1.5% Cantonese
Religions (2011): 47.2% Christian (18.2% Catholic, 7.0% Anglican, 6.6% United Church, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.5% Presbyterian, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist 9.6% Other), 6.3% Muslim, 42.5% No religion
Median income (2010): $39,040
Average income (2010): $58,194

Geography

This district includes the entirety of the City of North Vancouver and the majority of the District of North Vancouver.

History

This riding was created in 1987 from portions of North Vancouver—Burnaby and Capilano electoral districts.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of North Vancouver should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.[5] The redefined North Vancouver loses the eastern portion of its current territory to the new district of Burnaby North—Seymour, while its western boundary with West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country is adjusted to correspond to the boundaries between the District of North Vancouver, West Vancouver and the Capilano Indian Reserve. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[6]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
North Vancouver Riding created from North Vancouver—Burnaby and Capilano
34th	1988–1993		Chuck Cook	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Ted White	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		Don Bell	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Andrew Saxton	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Jonathan Wilkinson	Liberal
43rd	2019–present

Members of Parliament

North Vancouver, as well as surrounding North Shore ridings, typically elect right-leaning candidates in federal elections. For nearly 25 consecutive years between 1979 and 2004, North Vancouver and its predecessor, North Vancouver-Burnaby, were held by a member of the major "small-c" conservative party of the day. The stream was however interrupted in the 2004 general election, when outgoing North Vancouver (city) mayor Don Bell was able to swing the riding over to the Liberals, just narrowly defeating long-time incumbent Conservative MP Ted White. Bell was re-elected in the 2006 election (by less than 4% of the vote), though in neither of his two terms did the sitting parliament even make it to the halfway point of its five-year mandate before an election was held. In the 2008 election, North Vancouver businessman Andrew Saxton returned the riding to the Conservatives, winning a plurality of the vote (by less than 5% of the vote) and defeating the incumbent Don Bell. Saxton served as parliamentary secretary to multiple cabinet ministers in the Conservative majority government, including Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (Jim Flaherty). In the 2015 general election, amidst a climate of growing dissatisfaction with the sitting government and prime minister and the emergence of populous strategic voting, Liberal candidate Jonathan Wilkinson defeated Saxton with a majority of the vote in the riding, and serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of environment and climate change in the Liberal majority government in Canada's 43rd parliament.

Election results

Graph of election results in North Vancouver (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	26,979	42.9	-13.75
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	16,908	26.9	+0.02
	New Democratic	Justine Bell	10,340	16.4	+8.61
	Green	George Orr	7,868	12.5	+4.19
	People's	Azmairnin Jadavji	835	1.3	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,930	100.0
Total rejected ballots			349
Turnout			63,279	71.7
Eligible voters			88,254
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	36,458	56.65	+26.94	$149,970.51
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	17,301	26.88	-20.67	$149,776.24
	Green	Claire Martin	5,350	8.31	+3.08	$135,108.48
	New Democratic	Carleen Thomas	5,015	7.79	-9.06	$21,413.99
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	136	0.21	–	$1,942.47
	Independent	Payam Azad	94	0.15	–	$22.40
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,354	100.00		$220,823.27
Total rejected ballots			218	0.34	–
Turnout			64,572	76.79	–
Eligible voters			84,093
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.80
Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11]

2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,923	47.56
	Liberal	14,948	29.71
	New Democratic	8,480	16.86
	Green	2,632	5.23
	Others	322	0.64

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	28,996	48.62	+6.42
	Liberal	Taleeb Noormohamed	17,665	29.62	-7.69
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois	9,617	16.13	+6.71
	Green	Greg Dowman	3,004	5.04	-5.75
	Independent	Nick Jones	350	0.59	–
Total valid votes			59,632	100.0
Total rejected ballots			153	0.26	-0.02
Turnout			59,785	67.77
Eligible voters			88,216
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.06

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	24,371	42.20	+5.43	$88,610
	Liberal	Don Bell	21,551	37.31	-5.03	$88,697
	Green	Jim Stephenson	6,168	10.79	+3.31	$17,464
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois	5,417	9.42	-3.77	$6,664
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	166	0.29	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,673	100.0		$89,266
Total rejected ballots			162	0.28	+0.05
Turnout			57,835
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.23

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Don Bell	25,357	42.34	+2.32	$78,858
	Conservative	Cindy Silver	22,021	36.77	+0.41	$82,866
	New Democratic	Sherry Shaghaghi	7,903	13.19	-2.67	$13,797
	Green	Jim Stephenson	4,483	7.48	+0.20	$15,613
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	112	0.18	+0.05
Total valid votes			59,876	100.0
Total rejected ballots			140	0.23	-0.05
Turnout			60,016	69.89	+1.73
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.96

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Don Bell	22,619	40.02	+7.26	$72,712
	Conservative	Ted White	20,548	36.36	-20.61	$60,651
	New Democratic	John Nelson	8,967	15.86	+10.93	$21,278
	Green	Peggy Stortz	4,114	7.28	–	$3,241
	Canadian Action	Andres Esteban Barker	181	0.32	-1.24	$400
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	77	0.13	-0.01
Total valid votes			56,506	100.0
Total rejected ballots			158	0.28	-0.01
Turnout			56,664	68.16	-0.64
	Liberal gain from Alliance		Swing		+13.94
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Ted White	27,920	49.87	+1.01	$60,178
	Liberal	Bill Bell	18,343	32.76	-1.18	$50,482
	Progressive Conservative	Laurence Putnam	3,975	7.10	+2.16	$1,278
	New Democratic	Sam Schechter	2,760	4.93	-4.22	$2,769
	Marijuana	Tunya Audain	1,008	1.80	–	$23
	Canadian Action	Diana Jewell	877	1.56	+1.20	$547
	Independent	Dallas Collis	760	1.35	+0.70	$1,134
	Independent	Rusty Corben	253	0.45	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	80	0.14	–	$33
Total valid votes			55,976	100.0
Total rejected ballots			164	0.29	-0.01
Turnout			56,140	68.80	-3.03
	Alliance hold		Swing		+1.10
Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Ted White	27,075	48.86	+8.85	$63,443
	Liberal	Warren Kinsella	18,806	33.94	+2.87	$62,704
	New Democratic	Martin Stuible	5,075	9.15	+2.77	$11,938
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Prouse	2,740	4.94	-11.00	$14,159
	Green	Peggy Stortz	982	1.77	–	$173
	Independent	Dallas Lindley Collins	365	0.65	–
	Canadian Action	Wayne Mulherin	203	0.36	–	$1,359
	Natural Law	Ken Chawkin	162	0.29	-0.59
Total valid votes			55,408	100.0
Total rejected ballots			167	0.30
Turnout			55,575	71.83
	Reform hold		Swing		+2.99

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ted White	20,407	40.01	+31.09
	Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	15,951	31.27	+4.06
	Progressive Conservative	Will McMartin	7,900	15.49	-22.16
	New Democratic	Graeme Bowbrick	3,254	6.38	-17.48
	National	Dallas Collis	2,234	4.38	–
	Green	Arne B. Hansen	534	1.05	+0.11
	Natural Law	Bradford Cooke	447	0.88	–
	Independent	Clarke L. Ashley	144	0.28	–
	Libertarian	Anthony Jasich	116	0.23	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Paul Fraleigh	22	0.04	–
Total valid votes			51,009	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.52

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Cook	18,515	37.64
	Liberal	James Hatton	13,382	27.21
	New Democratic	Donna Stewart	11,735	23.86
	Reform	Ron Gamble	4,387	8.92
	Green	Glen Ash	462	0.94
	Rhinoceros	Richard "The Troll" Schaller	323	0.66
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	225	0.46
	Communist	Betty Griffin	78	0.16
	Independent	Brian Smith	49	0.10
	Independent	Barrie A. Hewer	30	0.06
Total valid votes			49,186	100.0
This riding was created from parts of North Vancouver—Burnaby and Capilano, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Chuck Cook was the incumbent from North Vancouver—Burnaby.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 59019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59021&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&SearchText=North%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0
3. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59021&Data=Count&SearchText=North%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
4. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=59021&Data=Count&SearchText=North%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
5. Final Report – British Columbia
6. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
9. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for North Vancouver, 30 September 2015
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
12. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• North Vancouver riding profile at CBC News
• Politwitter
• Project Democracy
• Pundit's Guide
• StatsCan District Profile