New Westminster—Burnaby

New Westminster—Burnaby
British Columbia electoral district
	New Westminster—Burnaby in Relation to other Federal electoral ridings in the Vancouver area
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Peter Julian; New Democratic
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	115,340
Electors (2019)	85,807
Area (km²)	29
Pop. density (per km²)	3,977.2
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby, New Westminster

New Westminster—Burnaby is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015.

History

The 1988–1997 edition of this riding was created in 1987 from parts of Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam ridings. The riding consisted of the City of New Westminster and the southern part of the District Municipality of Burnaby. It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby.

The riding was recreated following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order.^[3] It was created from parts of Burnaby—New Westminster and New Westminster—Coquitlam. Its boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[4]

Ethnic groups in New Westminster Burnaby (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	55,475	49%
	Chinese	18,925	16.7%
	South Asian	11,635	10.3%
	Filipino	9,675	8.5%
	Aboriginal	4,000	3.5%
	Black	3,170	2.8%
	Korean	2,995	2.6%
	Latin American	2,465	2.2%
	West Asian	2,205	1.9%
	Southeast Asian	1,975	1.7%
	Japanese	1,345	1.2%
	Arab	985	0.9%
	Multiple minorities	1,760	1.6%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	380	0.3%
Total population		113,190	100%

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam
34th	1988–1993	Dawn Black	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Paul Forseth	Reform
Riding dissolved into New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas
Riding re-created from Burnaby—New Westminster and New Westminster—Coquitlam
42nd	2015–2019	Peter Julian	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

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

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	24,054	48.8	+4.6	$87,163.56
	Liberal	Rozina Jaffer	11,685	23.7	+0.3	$847.24
	Conservative	Paige Munro	9,710	19.7	-1.9	$22,984.40
	Green	David Macdonald	2,035	4.1	-4.2	$957.72
	People's	Kevin Heide	1,840	3.7	+2.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,324	99.1	–	$116,281.29
Total rejected ballots			462	0.9
Turnout			49,786	57.1
Eligible voters			87,208
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.2
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	23,437	44.20	+0.74	$92,007.20
	Liberal	Will Davis	12,414	23.40	-5.57	$46,165.54
	Conservative	Megan Veck	11,439	21.60	+1.63	$21,181.03
	Green	Suzanne de Montigny	4,378	8.30	+3.58	$7,597.20
	People's	Hansen Ginn	862	1.60	–	none listed
	Libertarian	Neeraj Murarka	307	0.60	-2.00	none listed
	Independent	Ahmad Passyar	83	0.20	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	57	0.10	-0.18	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,977	100.0
Total rejected ballots			452	0.85
Turnout			53,429	62.26
Eligible voters			85,807
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.16
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	22,876	43.46	-8.32	$93,602.98
	Liberal	Sasha Ramnarine	15,253	28.97	+20.27	$11,829.89
	Conservative	Chloé Ellis	10,512	19.97	-14.79	$16,364.97
	Green	Kyle Routledge	2,487	4.72	+0.40	$1,669.47
	Libertarian	Rex Brocki	1,368	2.60	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	146	0.28	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,642	100.00		$213,160.28
Total rejected ballots			363	0.68	–
Turnout			53,005	66.95	–
Eligible voters			79,176
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.30
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,200	51.78
	Conservative	14,230	34.75
	Liberal	3,563	8.70
	Green	1,772	4.33
	Others	179	0.44

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

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Paul E. Forseth	16,254	29.33	+26.32
	Liberal	Leanore Copeland	15,430	27.84	+8.57
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	14,442	26.06	-17.56
	Progressive Conservative	Neil MacKay	6,419	11.58	-19.92
	National	P. Jeffery Jewell	1,775	3.20	–
	Natural Law	Carolyn Grayson	374	0.67	–
	Green	Todd E. Romaine	313	0.56	-0.02
	Libertarian	Robert Fong	267	0.48	-0.07
	Independent	Jess P. Lee	73	0.13	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Geoff Dakin	70	0.13	–
Total valid votes			55,417	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.88

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	24,933	43.62
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Taylor	18,007	31.50
	Liberal	Carlos Brito	11,013	19.27
	Reform	Bill Anderson	1,722	3.01
	Social Credit	Randall Rush	718	1.26
	Green	Richard Bidwell	332	0.58
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	316	0.55
	Communist	Elsie Dean	116	0.20
Total valid votes			57,157	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam, both of which elected a New Democrat in the last election.

v t e Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast
Liberal	Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam North Vancouver Vancouver Centre Vancouver Granville Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
New Democratic	Burnaby South New Westminster—Burnaby Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway

v t e List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria