2019 Burnaby South federal by-election
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A by-election was held in the federal riding of Burnaby South on February 25, 2019 following the resignation of incumbent New Democratic MP Kennedy Stewart on September 14, 2018.
Jagmeet Singh, the federal leader of the NDP since October 1, 2017, won the by-election[1] after having served as his party's leader without a seat in the House of Commons for over a year.
Background
Riding profile
The riding of Burnaby South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was first contested in the 2015 federal election.
Demographics
According to the 2016 Canadian Census, Chinese Canadians make up a plurality of the riding's population, while a majority of the riding's population speaks a mother tongue that is neither English nor French.[2]
Resignation of Kennedy Stewart
On May 10, incumbent MP Kennedy Stewart publicly revealed that he was considering a run for mayor of Vancouver in the city's 2018 elections.[3] Stewart formally confirmed his candidacy for Vancouver mayor on May 14, announcing that he would resign his seat in Parliament before the election.[4]
Candidate nominations
Conservative
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Liberal
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NDP
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People's
The People's Party of Canada announced Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson as their party's candidate for the by-election on January 8, 2019.[5] She had previously been a host on the Canadian edition of The 700 Club and had earlier run to be a trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education in November of the previous year.[6]
Independent candidacies
Valentine Wu, who was the BC Greens candidate in the 2017 provincial election for the riding of Burnaby-Edmonds, announced on January 17, 2019 that he would contest the by-election.[7]
Non-contesting parties
The Green Party had previously promised not to run a candidate against Jagmeet Singh if he were to run in a by-election.[8] Green Party Leader Elizabeth May reiterated the party's plans to give Singh "leader's courtesy" on August 16 after he announced his candidacy.[9]
Although the Libertarian Party had announced on its blog the selection of Rex Brocki as their candidate[10], he did not register and ultimately did not appear on the ballot.
Results
| Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: Burnaby South Resignation of Kennedy Stewart | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jagmeet Singh | 8,848 | 38.90 |  3.83
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| Liberal | Richard T. Lee | 5,919 | 26.02 | 7.86
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| Conservative | Jay Shin | 5,147 | 22.63 | 4.48
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| 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[11] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Official Voting Results". www.elections.ca. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Burnaby South [Federal electoral district], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ McElroy, Justin (May 7, 2018). "NDP MP Kennedy Stewart mulls run for mayor of Vancouver". CBC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Laanela, Mike (May 10, 2018). "Kennedy Stewart confirms he will run for mayor of Vancouver as independent". CBC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cullen, Catherine; Tunney, Catharine (Jan 9, 2019). "Bernier's party taps anti-'trans agenda' activist as candidate in Burnaby-South". CBC News. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Burnaby (School District) Election Results". bc.localelections.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ Campbell, Chris. "Ex-B.C. Green candidate says he's running as a Burnaby South independent". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Grenier, Éric (July 12, 2018). "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won't have a free pass if he runs in a byelection". CBC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Greens won't run against NDP's Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby South byelection, Elizabeth May says". thestar.com. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Upcoming By-Elections **UPDATE**". Libertarian Party of Canada. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. February 27, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved March 17, 2019.