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North Van councillor running for Conservatives in federal Burnaby riding

North Vancouver Coun. Mike Little will get the first crack at the new Burnaby North-Seymour riding for the Conservatives in the next federal election.
Mike Little Conservative nomination
Mike Little, a councillor in the District of North Vancouver, has been selected to run for the Conservative party in the Burnaby North-Seymour riding in the next federal election.

North Vancouver Coun. Mike Little will get the first crack at the new Burnaby North-Seymour riding for the Conservatives in the next federal election.

Announced Monday, Little was selected by the party for the nomination for his political background as a three-term councillor for the district.

“I have been on the board of the local Conservative riding association since 1999, so council has certainly given me a lot of experience along the way, but I have been interested in federal politics for a long time,” he told the NOW in May.

Little, who lives on the Seymour side of the riding, has worked in Burnaby and said he is familiar with the issues in the city. He noted Burnaby has a lot in common with the North Shore.

“We share the waterways and we have lots of agreements regionally that affect both Seymour and Burnaby through Metro Vancouver, we share the Second Narrows Bridge, for better or worse, and so I do see a lot of connections in our areas and I don’t think it will be a problem getting to know the community better than I already do,” he said.

His concerns for Burnaby include disaster preparedness and response, health care improvements and internet security.

Little will run against the Liberals’ Terry Beech in the next federal election, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 19, 2015. The NDP have yet to select their candidate for the riding, but have two politicans – Trevor Ritchie and Michael Charrois – vying for the nod.

The Burnaby North-Seymour riding was formed when the Burnaby-Douglas riding was split in two, after a review from the B.C. electoral boundaries commission in August 2013.

- With files from Jennifer Thuncher

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