Burnaby-Edmonds

Burnaby-Edmonds

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Burnaby
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Raj Chouhan New Democratic
First contested	1966
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	55,741
Area (km²)	25.48
Pop. density (per km²)	2,187.6
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby

Burnaby-Edmonds is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada in use from 1966 to 2024.

Under the 2021 redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election. the riding was divided between the new districts of Burnaby South-Metrotown (taking in most portions west of Griffiths Drive), and Burnaby-New Westminster (taking in portions east of it, including the Edmonds community). A small part was transferred to Burnaby Centre.

Geography

The district is located in southern Burnaby, British Columbia. It is bordered by Boundary Road to the east, Imperial and Mayfield Streets to the north, 4th Street to the east, and 10th Avenue and Fraser River to the south.

Electoral history

Burnaby-Edmonds
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Burnaby
28th	1966–1969		Gordon Dowding	New Democratic
29th	1969–1972
30th	1972–1975
31st	1975–1979		Raymond Loewen	Social Credit
32nd	1979–1983		Rosemary Brown	New Democratic
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991		David Mercier	Social Credit
35th	1991–1996		Fred G. Randall	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Patty Sahota	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Raj Chouhan	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present

Election results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raj Chouhan	11,063	62.01	+7.76	$38,987.91
	Liberal	Tripat Atwal	4,754	26.65	−5.43	$62,427.04
	Green	Iqbal Parekh	2,023	11.34	−2.33	$889.57
Total valid votes			17,840	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			196	1.10
Turnout			18036	44.36
Registered voters			40655
Source: Elections BC [1] [2]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raj Chouhan	10,827	54.25	+2.82	$47,595.75
	Liberal	Garrison Duke	6,404	32.08	−6.55	$42,998.98
	Green	Valentine Wu	2,728	13.67	+4.93	$2,758.14
Total valid votes			19,959	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			156	0.78	−0.34
Turnout			20,115	53.81	+4.81
Registered voters			37,385
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raj Chouhan	9,253	51.43	-0.51	$79,346
	Liberal	Jeff Kuah	6,950	38.63	+0.27	$20,696
	Green	Wyatt Tessari	1,573	8.74	+2.00	$600
	Excalibur	Nicholas Edward D'Amico	215	1.20	–	$341
Total valid votes			17,991	100.00
Total rejected ballots			203	1.12
Turnout			18,194	49.00
Source: Elections BC [5]

B.C. General Election 2009 Burnaby-Edmonds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raj Chouhan	8,647	51.94%	+20.52%	$75,002
	Liberal	Lee Rankin	6,385	38.36%	-7.71%	$80,469
	Green	Carrie McLaren	1,122	6.74%	-3.17%	$383
	Libertarian	Dan Cancade	493	2.96%	+2.96%	$643
Total valid votes			16,647	100%
Total rejected ballots			178	1.06%
Turnout			16,825	49.07%

B.C. General Election 2005: Burnaby-Edmonds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Raj Chouhan	10,337	46.71%	+5.23%	$71,644
	Liberal	Patty Sahota	9,599	43.38%	-5.02%	$109,119
	Green	Suzanne Deveau	2,192	9.91%	–	$1,754
Total valid votes			22,128	100%
Total rejected ballots			155	0.70%
Turnout			22,283	57.70%

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patty Sahota	9,607	51.09	$34,249
	New Democratic	Sav Dhaliwal	4,924	26.19	$48,520
	Green	Eric Hawthorne	2,599	13.82	$2,231
	Unity	Grant Murray	1,111	5.91	$7,646
	Marijuana	Roy Arjun	456	2.43	$394
	Citizens	Gordon S. Watson	105	0.56	$1,150
Total valid votes			18,802	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120	0.64
Turnout			18,922	69.90

B.C. General Election 1996: Burnaby-Edmonds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Fred G. Randall	9,912	46.45%	-0.70%	$41,298
	Liberal	Judy St. Denis	8,770	41.09%	-8.39%	$52,980
	Progressive Democrat	John Schwermer	1,067	5.00%	–	$200
	Reform	Carlos Brito	1,008	4.72%		$1,921
	Green	Eric Hawthorne	387	1.81%	–	$655
	Social Credit	Suraj Narain	120	0.56%	–
	Natural Law	Guy Harvey	77	0.36%		$136
Total valid votes			21,341	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			172	0.80%
Turnout			21,513	70.63%

B.C. General Election 1991: Burnaby-Edmonds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Fred G. Randall	9,947	47.15%		$75,824
	Liberal	Carlos A. Brito	6,898	32.70%		$4,470
	Social Credit	Peter M. Wearing	3,900	18.49%	–	$33,816
	Green	Elizabeth D. Smith	199	0.94%	–	$100
	Conservative	Debra J. A. Hicks	77	0.37%		$40
	Independent	Kurt Gruen	74	0.35%		$2,386
Total valid votes			21,095	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			544	2.51%
Turnout			21,639	72.71%

References

1. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
2. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
3. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

External links

• Statement of Votes, 40th BC General Election
• BC Stats
• Map of electoral district after 2008 redistribution
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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