Burnaby—New Westminster

Burnaby—New Westminster was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

Burnaby—New Westminster

British Columbia electoral district
Burnaby—New Westminster in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	131,917
Electors (2011)	80,110
Area (km²)[2]	40.69
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Burnaby, New Westminster

Demographics

(According to the Canada 2001 Census)

Ethnic groups: 50.7% White, 20.2% Chinese, 10.6% South Asian, 4.3% Filipino, 2.9% Korean, 2.0% Aboriginal, 1.7% Latin American, 1.7% Black, 1.4% Japanese, 1.2% Southeast Asian
Languages: 48.7% English, 1.0% French, 48.0% Other, 2.2% Multiple languages
Religions: 21.1% Protestant, 19.1% Catholic, 6.1% Sikh, 4.6% Muslim, 4.4% Buddhist, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Hindu, 5.7% Other Christian, 33.5% No religious affiliation
Average income: $27,356

Geography

The riding includes all of the City of New Westminster west of 8th Street and all of the city of Burnaby south of the following line: Kingsway to Sussex Avenue to Grange Street to Dover Street to Oakland Street to Sperling Avenue to the Trans-Canada Highway.

History

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby, and Burnaby—Douglas.

According to the electoral boundaries set out by the 2012 Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia, the riding was dissolved, with various parts joining the new ridings of Burnaby South, New Westminster—Burnaby and Steveston—Richmond East.[3]

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas
38th	2004–2006		Peter Julian	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding to be dissolved into Burnaby South, and New Westminster—Burnaby

Election results

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	14,061	34.58	+18.44	$51,851
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,732	32.52	-0.94	$67,860
	Conservative	Mike Redmond	11,821	27.63	-19.84	$52,988
	Green	Revel Kunz	1,606	3.72	–	$173
	Canadian Action	Dana Green	312	0.64	–	$100
	Communist	Péter Pál Horváth	166	0.26	–	$389
Total valid votes			41,698	100.00
Total rejected ballots			217	0.52
Turnout			41,915	58.95
	New Democratic notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.69
This riding was created from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas, which elected a Canadian Alliance, Liberal and New Democrat, respectively, in the last election. Changes are based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes in the 2000 election.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	17,391	38.79	+4.21	$71,414
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,420	29.93	-2.59	$74,580
	Conservative	Marc Dalton	12,364	27.58	-0.05	$70,006
	Green	Scott Janzen	1,654	3.68	-0.04	$1,149
Total valid votes			44,829	100.0
Total rejected ballots			144	0.32	-0.20
Turnout			44,973	60.09	+1.14
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.40

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	20,145	46.49	+7.71	$72,161
	Conservative	Sam Rakhra	13,150	30.35	+2.82	$77,974
	Liberal	Gerry Lenoski	6,681	15.42	-14.53	$45,125
	Green	Carrie-Ann McLaren	3,067	7.07	+3.42	$7,637
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	186	0.42	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	96	0.22	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,325	100.0		$85,024
Total rejected ballots			214	0.49	+0.17
Turnout			43,539	54.35	-5.74
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.44

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	22,193	49.67	+3.18
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	16,009	35.83	+5.48
	Liberal	Garth Evans	4,496	10.06	-5.36
	Green	Carrie-Ann McLaren	1,731	3.87	-3.20
	Libertarian	Tyler Pierce	160	0.36	-0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	94	0.21	-0.01
Total valid votes			44,683	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.43	-0.06
Turnout			44,877	54.05	-0.30
Eligible voters			83,029
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.15

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 59003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=bc&dir=now/proposals&document=index&lang=e

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Map of riding archived by Elections Canada