Burnaby East

Burnaby East

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Burnaby
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Rohini Arora New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2006)	48,884
Area (km²)	36.91
Pop. density (per km²)	1,324.4
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby

Burnaby East is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.

The district was established under the name Burnaby-Lougheed by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which Liberal, Harry Bloy was elected MLA. Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution which took effect for the 2024 general election, the electoral district had minor boundary changes and adopted its current name.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Burnaby-Lougheed Riding created from Burnaby-Edmonds, Burnaby North and Burquitlam
39th	2009–2013		Harry Bloy	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Jane Shin	New Democratic
41st	2017–2020		Katrina Chen
42nd	2020–2024
Burnaby East
43rd	2024–present		Rohini Arora	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rohini Arora	10,490	51.85	−7.3	$47,116.87
	Conservative	Simon Chandler	8,198	40.52	–	$17,963.73
	Green	Tara Shushtarian	1,544	7.63	−5.5	$4,987.99
Total valid votes/expense limit			20,232	99.80	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			41	0.20	–
Turnout			20,273	54.95	–
Registered voters			36,896
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		−23.9
Source: Elections BC [1] [2]

2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party		%
	New Democratic	59.1
	Liberal	26.4
	Green	13.1

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election : Burnaby-Lougheed
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Katrina Chen	12,574	60.25	+12.19	$45,187.71
	Liberal	Tariq Malik	5,386	25.81	−11.15	$32,865.72
	Green	Andrew Williamson	2,628	12.59	−1.18	$5,054.75
	Libertarian	Dominique Paynter	281	1.35	+0.78	$0.00
Total valid votes			20,869	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election : Burnaby-Lougheed
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Katrina Chen	10,911	48.06	+3.80	$74,356.10
	Liberal	Steve Darling	8,391	36.96	−3.63	$71,973.42
	Green	Joe Keithley	3,127	13.77	+5.54	$8,745.26
	Independent	Sylvia Gung	145	0.64	–	$87.90
	Libertarian	Neeraj Murarka	129	0.57	–	$329.94
Total valid votes			22,703	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			188	0.82	−0.29
Turnout			22,891	60.81	+4.57
Registered voters			37,641
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election : Burnaby-Lougheed
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jane Shin	8,952	44.26	−0.53	$106,921
	Liberal	Ken Kramer	8,209	40.59	−7.86	$78,265
	Green	Darwin Augustus Ivan Burns	1,665	8.23	+1.47	$376
	No Affiliation	Christine N. Clarke	1,399	6.92	–	$260
Total valid votes			20,225	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			227	1.11	+0.43
Turnout			20,452	56.24	+2.65
Registered voters			36,366
Source: Elections BC [7]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election : Burnaby-Lougheed
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Harry Bloy	9,207	48.45	$130,336
	New Democratic	Jaynie Clark	8,511	44.79	$82,016
	Green	Helen H. S. Chang	1,285	6.76	$8,537
Total valid votes			19,003	100
Total rejected ballots			131	0.68
Turnout			19,134	53.59
Registered voters			35,705

See also

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

References

1. "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
2. "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
3. "Burnaby East". 338Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
4. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
5. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved May 11, 2017.
6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
7. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved May 17, 2017.