Burnaby South
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Jagmeet Singh
New Democratic
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]111,973
Electors (2019)79,849
Area (km²)[2]46.08
Pop. density (per km²)2,430
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)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, which took place in 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

Panethnic groups in Burnaby South (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group 		2021[10] 2016[11] 2011[12]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
East Asian[a] 51,350 43.09% 48,715 43.89% 40,780 39.14%
European[b] 30,005 25.18% 33,345 30.04% 36,685 35.21%
South Asian 12,705 10.66% 9,315 8.39% 8,645 8.3%
Southeast Asian[c] 10,740 9.01% 8,985 8.09% 8,395 8.06%
Middle Eastern[d] 3,720 3.12% 3,030 2.73% 2,805 2.69%
Latin American 3,155 2.65% 2,045 1.84% 1,855 1.78%
African 1,820 1.53% 1,265 1.14% 1,405 1.35%
Indigenous 1,765 1.48% 1,575 1.42% 1,460 1.4%
Other[e] 3,920 3.29% 2,710 2.44% 2,150 2.06%
Total responses 119,175 99.06% 111,000 99.13% 104,180 99.18%
Total population 120,305 100% 111,973 100% 105,037 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

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  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Graph of election results in Burnaby South (2011–, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jagmeet Singh 16,382 40.34 +2.67 $91,367.24
Liberal Brea Huang Sami 12,361 30.44 +6.65 $97,095.22
Conservative Likky Lavji 9,104 22.42 –8.50 $42,968.01
People's Marcella Williams 1,290 3.18 +1.75 $5,043.08
Green Maureen Curran 1,185 2.89 –2.61 $839.33
Independent Martin Kendell 296 0.73 — none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 40,608 99.29 — $110,662.02
Total rejected ballots 291 0.71 –0.22
Turnout 40,899 51.15 –5.74
Eligible voters 79,964
New Democratic hold Swing –1.99
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]
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 none listed
Liberal Neelam Brar 10,706 23.79 –2.23 $102,915.79
Green Brennan Wauters 2,477 5.50 – $901.27
People's Al Rawdah 645 1.43 –9.22 none listed
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 +0.10
Turnout 45,423 56.89 +25.88
Eligible voters 79,849
New Democratic hold Swing –4.93
Source: Elections Canada[15]
Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019
Resignation of Kennedy Stewart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jagmeet Singh 8,848 38.90 Increase3.83
Liberal Richard T. Lee 5,919 26.02 Decrease7.86
Conservative Jay Shin 5,147 22.63 Decrease4.48
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[16]
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[17][18][19]


2011 federal election redistributed results[20]
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

Notes

  1. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  2. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

  1. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  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 January 10, 2019.
  6. ^ Bailey, Ian (February 26, 2019). "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wins Burnaby South by-election, clearing key hurdle ahead of federal campaign". Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Kennedy Stewart, "Resignation of Member" on June 19th, 2018 | openparliament.ca". openparliament.ca. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  8. ^ Vancouver, City of (November 5, 2018). "Election results – table". vancouver.ca. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  9. ^ "Burnaby South | Maps Corner". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  10. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  11. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  12. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  13. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  15. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  16. ^ "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. February 27, 2019. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  17. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Burnaby South, 30 September 2015
  18. ^ Official Voting Results – Burnaby South
  19. ^ "Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits".
  20. ^ "Burnaby South, BC (2013 Rep. Order)". Pundit's Guide to Canadian Elections. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2020.

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