Burnaby South

Burnaby South (French: Burnaby-Sud) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Burnaby—Douglas and Burnaby—New Westminster.[3]

This article is about the Canadian federal electoral district. For the high school located in the area, see Burnaby South Secondary School.

Burnaby South

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jagmeet Singh New Democratic
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	111,973
Electors (2019)	79,849
Area (km²)[2]	46.08
Pop. density (per km²)	2,430
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Burnaby

Burnaby South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[4]

There was a by-election on February 25, 2019, to determine the Member of Parliament for Burnaby South,[5] which was won by New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh.[6] The seat was vacated by Kennedy Stewart, who resigned in September 2018 and won the 2018 Vancouver municipal election in October to become the mayor of Vancouver.[7][8]

Geography

As of the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district includes the southwestern portion of the City of Burnaby and the eastern portion of the city between the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 7. More specifically...

Consisting of that part of the City of Burnaby described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Lougheed Highway (Highway No. 7); thence generally easterly along said highway to the easterly limit of said city at North Road; thence southerly along North Road to the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway No. 1); thence generally westerly along said highway to the northeasterly production of Nursery Street; thence southwesterly along said production and Nursery Street to 6th Street; thence northwesterly along said street to Burris Street; thence southwesterly along said street to Walker Avenue; thence southeasterly along said avenue to Stanley Street; thence southerly in a straight line to the end of Griffiths Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Griffiths Drive; thence generally southerly along said drive to the southerly limit of said city at 10th Avenue; thence generally westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to the point of commencement.[9]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Burnaby South (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	Chinese	42,975	38.7%
	European	35,705	32.2%
	South Asian	9,315	8.4%
	Filipino	6,890	6.2%
	Korean	3,890	3.5%
	West Asian	2,175	2%
	Southeast Asian	2,095	1.9%
	Latin American	2,045	1.8%
	Aboriginal	1,860	1.7%
	Japanese	1,850	1.7%
	Black	1,265	1.1%
	Arab	855	0.8%
	Multiple minorities	2,380	2.1%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	330	0.3%
Total population		111,000	100%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Burnaby South Riding created from Burnaby—Douglas and Burnaby—New Westminster
42nd	2015–2018		Kennedy Stewart	New Democratic
	2019–2019		Jagmeet Singh
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Burnaby South (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	16,956	37.67	-1.42	$92,300.42
	Conservative	Jay Shin	13,914	30.92	+8.44
	Liberal	Neelam Brar	10,706	23.79	-2.23
	Green	Brennan Wauters	2,477	5.50	–
	People's	Al Rawdah	645	1.43	-9.22
	Libertarian	Rex Brocki	243	0.54	–	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	62	0.14	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,006	99.07
Total rejected ballots			417	0.93
Turnout			45,423	56.89	+25.88
Eligible voters			79,849
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019 Resignation of Kennedy Stewart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	8,848	38.90	3.83
	Liberal	Richard T. Lee	5,919	26.02	7.86
	Conservative	Jay Shin	5,147	22.63	4.48
	People's	Laura-Lynn Thompson	2,422	10.65	New
	Independent	Terry Grimwood	242	1.06	New
	Independent	Valentine Wu	168	0.74	New
Total valid votes/Expense limit			22,746	99.17
Total rejected ballots			190	0.83	+0.23
Turnout			22,936	30.10	-30.68
Eligible voters			76,204
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.84
Source: Elections Canada[12]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kennedy Stewart	16,094	35.07	−8.93	$177,796.68
	Liberal	Adam Pankratz	15,547	33.88	+22.16	$33,613.38
	Conservative	Grace Seear	12,441	27.11	−12.51	$83,392.49
	Green	Wyatt Tessari	1,306	2.85	−0.76	$790.18
	Libertarian	Liz Jaluague	499	1.09		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,887	100.00		$207,659.75
Total rejected ballots			275	0.60	–
Turnout			46,162	60.78	–
Eligible voters			75,950
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−15.55
Source: Elections Canada[13][14][15]

2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	16,072	44.0
	Conservative	14,471	39.6
	Liberal	4,280	11.7
	Green	1,316	3.6
	Others	385	1.1

References

1. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59003&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=burnaby%20south&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. "Final Report – British Columbia".
4. "Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts".
5. Tunney, Catharine. "Trudeau calls byelections for 3 seats, including B.C. riding sought by NDP's Singh". CBC. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
6. Bailey, Ian (26 February 2019). "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wins Burnaby South by-election, clearing key hurdle ahead of federal campaign". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
7. "Kennedy Stewart, "Resignation of Member" on June 19th, 2018 | openparliament.ca". openparliament.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
8. Vancouver, City of (2018-11-05). "Election results – table". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
9. "Burnaby South | Maps Corner". Elections Canada. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
11. "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
12. "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Burnaby South, 30 September 2015
14. Official Voting Results – Burnaby South
15. "Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits".
16. "Burnaby South, BC (2013 Rep. Order)". Pundit's Guide to Canadian Elections. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2020.