Burnaby South

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Burnaby South
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Kennedy Stewart
New Democratic
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 105,037
Electors (2015) 73,925
Area (km²)[2] 47
Pop. density (per km²) 2,234.8
Census divisions Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions Burnaby

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]

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]

Members of Parliament[edit]

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–Present     Kennedy Stewart New Democratic

Election results[edit]

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Libertarian Liz Jaluague
Liberal Adam Pankratz
Conservative Grace Seear
New Democratic Kennedy Stewart
Green Wyatt Tessari
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0     $206,492.15
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 73,925
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic 16,072 44.00
  Conservative 14,471 39.62
  Liberal 4,280 11.72
  Green 1,316 3.60
  Others 385 1.05

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