Burnaby-New Westminster (provincial electoral district)

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Burnaby-New Westminster
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
2023 265 Burnaby-New Westminster.svg
Location in Burnaby and New Westminster
First contested 2024
Last contested 2024
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Raj Chouhan
New Democratic
District created2023

Burnaby-New Westminster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. [1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding will first be contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. It was created out of parts of Burnaby-Edmonds, New Westminster and Burnaby-Lougheed.

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Geography

The district comprises the Burnaby neighbourhoods of Edmonds and Middle Gate, as well as the adjacent New Westminster neighbourhoods of Kelvin, Eastburn, and Connaught Heights. [2] [3]

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Raj Chouhan
Conservative Deepak Suri
Independent Daniel Kofi Ampong
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
2020 provincial election redistributed results [4]
Party %
  New Democratic 63.4
  Liberal 21.2
  Green 13.5
  Conservative 1.4

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References

  1. "Burnaby could have five electoral districts during next provincial election". Burnaby Now. 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. Singh, Simran (April 9, 2023). "Here's what Burnaby's provincial electoral boundaries could soon look like". Burnaby Beacon.
  3. McManus, Theresa (April 3, 2023). "Three provincial ridings proposed for New Westminster". New Westminster Record.
  4. "Burnaby-New Westminster". 338Canada. Retrieved 15 May 2024.