North Vancouver

This riding is on the north shore of Burrard Inlet across from Vancouver and Burnaby. The eastern boundary is Indian Arm and Indian River, while the Capilano River and Capilano Lake form part of the west boundary. The city of North Vancouver is here, along with three reserves: Mission, Seymour Creek and Burrard Inlet.

According to the 2006 census, more than 32 per cent of the riding's residents are immigrants. Seventy-two per cent of the population list English as their mother tongue and one per cent list French. Twenty-five per cent list a language other than English or French. The most numerous are Farsi, Korean, Chinese, German, Spanish and Tagalog.

The service industry is the biggest employer here. Residents are well-educated – more than 35 per cent of those over age 25 have a university certificate or degree. The average family income is $101,570 and the unemployment rate is 4.8 per cent.

The riding was created in 1986 from the North Vancouver-Burnaby and Capilano ridings. In 1996, it added about a quarter of Capilano-Howe Sound. In 2004's redistribution, about six per cent of the population was pared away.

Population: 122,371 (2006 census; an increase of 1.3% since 2001)

Political History

Liberal incumbent Don Bell triumphed again in 2006, narrowly beating Conservative Cindy Silver.

In 2004, Bell, the former mayor of the District of North Vancouver, defeated Conservative incumbent Ted White.

White first won the North Vancouver riding on the Reform ticket in 1993. In 2000, his victory was by 9,577 votes over Liberal Bill Bell.

From 1979 to 1993, Tory Chuck Cook was the MP.

• 1988 - PC
• 1993, 1997 - REF
• 2000 - CA
• 2004, 2006 - LIB