Burnaby-New Westminster (provincial electoral district)

For the former federal electoral district, see Burnaby—New Westminster.

Burnaby-New Westminster

British Columbia electoral district
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 created	2023
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby, New Westminster

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

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]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Burnaby-Edmonds and New Westminster
43rd	2024–present		Raj Chouhan	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raj Chouhan	10,647	59.99	–3.6 [a]
	Conservative	Deepak Suri	6,161	34.71	+33.5 [a]
	Independent	Daniel Kofi Ampong	940	5.30	–
Total valid votes			17,748	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		–18.6 [a]
Source: Elections BC

1. From 2020 redistributed results.

2020 provincial election redistributed results [4]
Party		%
	New Democratic	63.4
	Liberal	21.2
	Green	13.5
	Conservative	1.4

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Burnaby could have five electoral districts during next provincial election". Burnaby Now. April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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 May 15, 2024.

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Burnaby-Edmonds	Constituency represented by the Speaker 2024–present	Incumbent