2005 Candidates (as received from Elections B.C.):
- Christine E. Ellis, Work Less Party
- Daniel Morrison Jarvis, BC Liberal Party
- Cathy Pinsent, New Democratic Party of B.C.
- John Sharpe, Green Party of BC
District Profile:
This affluent, residential riding is bordered on the south by Burrard Inlet, on the east by Indian Arm and the Indian River, and on the west in part by Lonsdale Avenue. It stretches north as far as Loch Lomond. The riding contains some of Vancouver's most desirable suburbs, though there are grain terminals and other industry along the waterfront. The average family income is $88,788 – the fifth highest in the province – while the 4.9 per cent unemployment rate is tied for fourth lowest. At 28.9 per cent, the riding also has the province's seventh-highest proportion of university-educated residents. The immigrant population is 29 per cent.
Political History:
The MLA in North Vancouver-Seymour is Liberal Daniel Jarvis, a three-term incumbent. Jarvis had gained office in 1991, beating the NDP's Dominique Rolants by nearly 5,000 votes; he increased that margin to nearly 7,500 votes in his '96 victory over New Democrat Michelle Kemper. In 2001 Jarvis won again, with nearly three times the votes of runner-up Evelyn Kirkaldy of the Greens. Jarvis' predecessor here was the Socred's Jack Davis, who won his seat in 1975 and held it by comfortable margins through the next three elections. He died before the 1991 election.
In 2001, voter turnout in North Vancouver-Seymour was 73.7 per cent – somewhat above the provincial average.
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