Terry Beech

Terry J. Beech^[2] PC MP (born April 2, 1981) is a Canadian businessman and politician who has served as Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Burnaby North—Seymour in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.^[3][4][5] From 2023 to 2025, he served in the Cabinet of Canada as Minister of Citizens' Services.

The Honourable Terry Beech PC MP
Beech in 2019
Minister of Citizens' Services
In office July 26, 2023 – March 14, 2025
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
In office December 3, 2021 – July 26, 2023
Minister	Chrystia Freeland
Preceded by	Sean Fraser
Succeeded by	Rachel Bendayan
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard
In office December 12, 2019 – August 15, 2021
Minister	Bernadette Jordan
Preceded by	Sean Casey
Succeeded by	Mike Kelloway
In office January 28, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Minister	Dominic LeBlanc
Preceded by	Serge Cormier
Succeeded by	Sean Casey
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (B.C.)
In office March 19, 2021 – August 15, 2021
Minister	Mélanie Joly
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
In office August 31, 2018 – September 11, 2019
Minister	Marc Garneau
Preceded by	Karen McCrimmon
Succeeded by	Chris Bittle
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Science
In office December 2, 2015 – January 28, 2017
Minister	Kirsty Duncan
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kate Young
Member of Parliament for Burnaby North—Seymour
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding established
Nanaimo City Councillor
In office December 6, 1999 – December 2, 2002
Personal details
Born	(1981-04-02) April 2, 1981 (age 44)[1] Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Ravi Bansal Beech
Children	2
Residence(s)	Burnaby, British Columbia
Alma mater	Simon Fraser University (B.B.A.) Oxford University (M.B.A)
Occupation	Businessman, politician

In 1999, Beech was elected to the Nanaimo City Council at the age of 18, becoming British Columbia's youngest-ever elected official.

Background and municipal politics

Beech was born in Comox, British Columbia,^[6] and moved to Victoria when he was one. His father worked as a janitor and his mother was a housewife. While in Victoria, Beech attended Arbutus Junior High School before moving on to Mount Douglas Senior Secondary School. He later moved to Nanaimo, where he attended John Barsby Secondary School.^[7] While in grade 12, he coached the debate team and sat on the board of the Harewood Community Project Society.^{[citation needed]}

Beech was elected to Nanaimo City Council in 1999 at age 18,^[8] becoming British Columbia's youngest-ever elected official. While councillor, he sat on the Advisory Committee on the Environment, and the Joint Use Committee with School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith. He served on the council for three years, and did not seek re-election, instead moving to Burnaby to pursue a degree at Simon Fraser University (SFU). After completing a joint major in business and economics there, he joined Aquilini Investment Group, working as director of business development until 2008.^[9]

In 2006, Beech and his twin brother, Doug, founded a non-profit organization called Twinbro Local Leaders.^[10] Twinbro was created to empower youth, and help them access post-secondary education, regardless of their social and economic background.^[11]

While working on his MBA at Oxford University through their online offerings, Beech started tech company HiretheWorld. In 2010, HiretheWorld won the BCIC New Ventures Competition, and in 2012, it was named one of BC Business Magazine's top 20 most innovative companies.^[12]

Beech has taught entrepreneurship and finance courses as an adjunct professor at SFU^[13] and the University of British Columbia,^[14] and helped redesign the entrepreneurship program at SFU.

In 2010/11, Beech participated in the Action Canada program, where he co-authored, "Fueling Canada's Economic Success: A National Strategy for High-Growth Entrepreneurship.^[15]"

Member of Parliament

Beech announcing elements of the Oceans Protection Plan

Beech was nominated as the Liberal candidate in Burnaby North—Seymour in July 2014.^[16][17] In the 2015 federal election, he defeated New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Carol Baird Ellan by 3,401 votes,^[18] as well as Conservative Party candidate and now Mayor of the District of North Vancouver Mike Little by 4,326 votes.^[18]

After the election, Beech was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Science.^[19] In January 2017, Beech was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard.^[19] During his tenure, Beech worked on the modernization of Canada's Fisheries Act. Part of that work included changes to the Act that restored prohibitions against the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat ("HADD").^[20] Beech also worked on Bill C-55, "An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act", which outlined new steps for the creation and regulation of Marine Protected Areas.^[21] Beech held this role until August 2018, when he was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport.^[19] While at Transport, Beech worked closely on Bill C-64 - Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, which addressed irresponsible vessel management.^[22]

In 2018, Beech was awarded Parliamentarian of the Year for Best Civic Outreach.^[23] These awards are voted on by Members of Parliament from all Parties. Beech attributes winning this award to his efforts to engage with constituents and by perpetually knocking on doors in his riding.^[24]

In the 2019 Canadian federal election, Beech quashed the comeback attempt of NDP candidate Svend Robinson, who had previously served as MP in Burnaby from 1979 to 2004.^[25] Beech also defeated Heather Leung, a candidate who was dropped by the Conservative Party after controversial videos featuring Leung surfaced in October 2019.^[26] On December 12, 2019, Beech was once again named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and Canadian Coast Guard.^[27] On February 4, 2020, Beech was chosen by fellow caucus members to become the chair of the Federal Liberal Pacific Caucus, composed of Liberal MPs from British Columbia.^[28]

In the 2021 Canadian federal election, Beech was re-elected with 39.4% of the vote, defeating NDP challenger Jim Hanson.^[29] On December 3, 2021, Terry Beech was named Parliamentary Secretary to Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.^[30]

Minister of Citizens' Services

On March 7, 2025, Beech as Minister of Citizens' Services released the first State of Service Report,^[31].

Awards

Beech announcing elements of the Oceans Protection Plan

• Best Politician : Best of Burnaby 2023 ^[32] and 2024 ^[33]
• Best Constituency MP in Canada: Voted by Hill Times 2023 ^[34] and 2024 ^[35]
• Hardest Working MP in Canada: Voted by Hill Times 2023 ^[34]
• Best MP to Work For in Canada: Voted by Hill Times 2024 ^[35]
• Parliamentarian of the Year - Civic Outreach: Maclean's Magazine 2018 ^[36]
• Belzberg Blaney Award for Exceptional Service: Action Canada 2024 ^[37]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Burnaby North—Seymour
The 2025 general election will be held on April 28.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Terry Beech
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois
	Conservative	Mauro Francis
	People's	Jesse Fulton
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada[38]

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terry Beech	19,445	39.5	+4.0
	New Democratic	Jim Hanson	14,318	29.1	-3.2
	Conservative	Kelsey Shein	12,535	25.5	+6.0
	Green	Peter Dolling	1,516	3.1	-6.5
	People's	Brad Nickerson	1,370	2.8	+0.6
Total valid votes			49,184	99.5
Total rejected ballots			273	0.5
Turnout			49,457	62.3
Eligible voters			79,395
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.6

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Burnaby North—Seymour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Terry Beech	17,770	35.50	-0.59	$95,724.28
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	16,185	32.33	+2.73	$96,430.99
	Conservative	Heather Leung	9,734	19.45	-8.40	none listed
	Green	Amita Kuttner	4,801	9.59	+4.32	$13,982.95
	People's	Rocky Dong	1,079	2.16	–	none listed
	Independent	Robert Taylor	271	0.54	–	none listed
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	219	0.44	-0.04	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,059	99.08
Total rejected ballots			466	0.92	+0.43
Turnout			50,525	64.80
Eligible voters			77,969
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.66
Heather Leung was dropped by the Conservative Party of Canada after past homophobic remarks were made public,[39] but still appeared on the ballot papers.
Source: Elections Canada[40][41]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Burnaby North—Seymour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Terry Beech	18,938	36.09	+20.37	$112,731.67
	New Democratic	Carol Baird Ellan	15,537	29.61	-5.55	$151,963.09
	Conservative	Mike Little	14,612	27.84	-16.39	$74,815.44
	Green	Lynne Quarmby	2,765	5.27	+1.39	$104,104.37
	Libertarian	Chris Tylor	252	0.48	–	–
	Independent	Helen Hee Soon Chang	207	0.39	–	$1,011.85
	Communist	Brent Jantzen	126	0.24	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	43	0.08	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,480	99.51		$206,738.46
Total rejected ballots			260	0.49	–
Turnout			52,740	70.34	–
Eligible voters			74,982
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.38
Source: Elections Canada[42][43][44]

Personal life

In 2013, Beech married Ravi Bansal (now Ravi Bansal Beech), who is the COO of Valley Acrylic Bath Ltd, and one of the 2018 Business in Vancouver's 40 under 40.^[45] They have two daughters together, Nova and Solar.^[46]