Burnaby-New Westminster (provincial electoral district)
| British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Burnaby and New Westminster | |||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division(s) | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Burnaby, New Westminster | ||
Burnaby-New Westminster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.[1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was contested for the first time in the 2024 British Columbia general election. It was created out of parts of Burnaby-Edmonds, New Westminster and Burnaby-Lougheed.
Geography
The district comprises the Burnaby neighbourhoods of Edmonds and Middle Gate, as well as the adjacent New Westminster neighbourhoods of Kelvin, Eastburn, and Connaught Heights.[2][3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Burnaby-Edmonds and New Westminster | ||||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Raj Chouhan | New Democratic | |
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Raj Chouhan | 10,647 | 59.99 | −3.4[a] | $48,886.34 | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Suri | 6,161 | 34.71 | +33.3[a] | $15,841.58 | |||
| Independent | Daniel Kofi Ampong | 940 | 5.30 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 17,748 | 99.50 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 89 | 0.50 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 17,837 | 51.26 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 34,794 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | −18.4[a] | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| New Democratic | 63.4 | ||
| Liberal | 21.2 | ||
| Green | 13.5 | ||
| Conservative | 1.4 | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Burnaby could have five electoral districts during next provincial election". Burnaby Now. April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ Singh, Simran (April 9, 2023). "Here's what Burnaby's provincial electoral boundaries could soon look like". Burnaby Beacon.
- ^ McManus, Theresa (April 3, 2023). "Three provincial ridings proposed for New Westminster". New Westminster Record.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "Burnaby-New Westminster". 338Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2024.