Burnaby South

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]

This article is about the Canadian federal electoral district. For the high school located in the area, see Burnaby South Secondary School.
Burnaby South
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Jagmeet Singh
New Democratic
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2019
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 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, scheduled for 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
Ethnic groups in Burnaby South (2016)
Source: 		Population%
Ethnic groupChinese42,97538.7%
European35,70532.2%
South Asian9,3158.4%
Filipino6,8906.2%
Korean3,8903.5%
West Asian2,1752%
Southeast Asian2,0951.9%
Latin American2,0451.8%
Aboriginal1,8601.7%
Japanese1,8501.7%
Black1,2651.1%
Arab8550.8%
Multiple minorities2,3802.1%
Visible minority, n.i.e.3300.3%
Total population111,000100%

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–present

Election results
Graph of election results in Burnaby South (2011-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticJagmeet Singh16,95637.67-1.42$92,300.42
ConservativeJay Shin13,91430.92+8.44none listed
LiberalNeelam Brar10,70623.79-2.23$102,915.79
GreenBrennan Wauters2,4775.50–$901.27
People'sAl Rawdah6451.43-9.22none listed
LibertarianRex Brocki2430.54–$0.00
Marxist–LeninistBrian Sproule620.14–$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,00699.07
Total rejected ballots 4170.93
Turnout 45,42356.89+25.88
Eligible voters 79,849
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019
Resignation of Kennedy Stewart
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJagmeet Singh8,84838.903.83
LiberalRichard T. Lee5,91926.027.86
ConservativeJay Shin5,14722.634.48
People'sLaura-Lynn Thompson2,42210.65New
IndependentTerry Grimwood2421.06New
IndependentValentine Wu1680.74New
Total valid votes/Expense limit 22,74699.17
Total rejected ballots 1900.83+0.23
Turnout 22,93630.10-30.68
Eligible voters 76,204
New Democratic hold Swing +5.84
Source: Elections Canada[12]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticKennedy Stewart16,09435.07−8.93$177,796.68
LiberalAdam Pankratz15,54733.88+22.16$33,613.38
ConservativeGrace Seear12,44127.11−12.51$83,392.49
GreenWyatt Tessari1,3062.85−0.76$790.18
LibertarianLiz Jaluague4991.09–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,887100.00 $207,659.75
Total rejected ballots 2750.60–
Turnout 46,16260.78–
Eligible voters 75,950
New Democratic hold Swing −15.55
Source: Elections Canada[13][14][15]
2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic16,07244.0
  Conservative14,47139.6
  Liberal4,28011.7
  Green1,3163.6
  Others3851.1

References
  1. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=59003&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=burnaby%20south&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1
  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 2019-01-10.
  6. Bailey, Ian (26 February 2019). "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wins Burnaby South by-election, clearing key hurdle ahead of federal campaign". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  7. "Kennedy Stewart, "Resignation of Member" on June 19th, 2018 | openparliament.ca". openparliament.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  8. Vancouver, City of (2018-11-05). "Election results – table". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  9. "Burnaby South | Maps Corner". Elections Canada. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  11. "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  12. "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Burnaby South, 30 September 2015
  14. Official Voting Results – Burnaby South
  15. "Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits".
  16. "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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