Burnaby-New Westminster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.[1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding will first be contested 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 -3.6[a]
Conservative Deepak Suri 6,161 34.71 +33.5[a]
Independent Daniel Kofi Ampong 940 5.30
Total valid votes 17,748 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
New Democratic notional hold Swing -8.6[a]
Source: Elections BC
  1. ^ a b c From 2020 redistributed results.
2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party %
  New Democratic 63.4
  Liberal 21.2
  Green 13.5
  Conservative 1.4

References

  1. ^ "Burnaby could have five electoral districts during next provincial election". Burnaby Now. 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ^ Singh, Simran (April 9, 2023). "Here's what Burnaby's provincial electoral boundaries could soon look like". Burnaby Beacon.
  3. ^ McManus, Theresa (April 3, 2023). "Three provincial ridings proposed for New Westminster". New Westminster Record.
  4. ^ "Burnaby-New Westminster". 338Canada. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Speaker
2024–present
Incumbent

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