Burnaby North-Seymour has been held by the Liberal Party’s Terry Beech.
With just over half of the polls reporting, Beech declared victory to his supporters and campaign volunteers around 9 p.m. At the time, Beech held more than 50 per cent of the popular vote. That margin grew as the night went on.
With 95 per cent of the polls reporting around 11 p.m., Beech had netted 31,395 votes, or 58.2 per cent overall.
The Conservatives’ Mauro Francis was trailing at 18,738 votes or 34.8 per cent. The NDP’s Michael Charrois sat in a distant third at 3,483 votes – 6.5 per cent of the popular vote, while the People’s Party of Canada’s Jesse Fulton had 305 ballots (0.6 per cent).
It is the fourth consecutive win for Beech and the Liberals since the riding was first created more than a decade ago, and the largest share of the popular vote the Liberals have ever held. The previous record for the Liberals in the riding was 39.5 per cent.
“To get that kind of mandate from our community in a time that is really critical means the world to me,” Beech told supporters, who’d gathered at the Joey restaurant in Brentwood – the densest and fastest growing part of the riding.
Beech said he is carrying that enthusiasm with him back into the job of being an MP.
“I'm 10 years in and still full of energy, and I wouldn't run for re-election if I didn't want to get back to work. Starting first thing tomorrow, you'll see me out in the a.m. putting down the signs, and then I’ve got to head back to Ottawa and help our newly elected Prime Minister deal with the issues that people in Burnaby and North Vancouver elected me to take care of,” he said.
While Liberals posted their largest ever win in the riding, the Conservatives also set a personal best having never done better than 27.8 per cent of the popular vote previously. Much of the Liberals’ support would have come from former NDP voters. Over the last three elections, the NDP has typically taken about 30 per cent of the popular vote in Burnaby North-Seymour.
Also a factor in the distribution of votes, the Green Party did not nominate a candidate in 2025.
Changes to the electoral boundaries in 2024, which added parts of Lynn Valley to the riding while cutting parts out of the eastern side of Burnaby, likely helped too, Beech said.
Despite the best-ever results, Beech indicated Burnaby North-Seymour is by no means a safe Liberal seat.
“This is not a riding that we take for granted,” he said. “We don't just knock on doors during elections. We knock on doors year-round.”
During the campaign, Beech said he heard from a lot of voters who traditionally have supported other parties but were casting ballots for the Liberals this time around. But, he added, he and his constituency office staff have a reputation of being dogged advocates for residents’ needs, regardless of which party they support.
“One of my favourite sayings is that I'm only a Liberal during the election,” he said. “I need to reach out to those people that voted for other parties and see how I can deliver for them as well.”
As results in races across the country were beginning to firm up Monday night, the Liberals were still projected to lead a minority government. With the collapse of the NDP nationally, it wasn’t so clear who the Liberals could best turn to in the House of Commons to ensure budgets, throne speeches and confidence motions could pass.
Beech said it was too soon to speculate on how the next government will function or how long it will remain in power
“Minority dynamics will be probably talked about for the next couple of weeks, I imagine,” he said. “I'm not even going to think about that until I wake up in the morning and see what the finalized results are.”
