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Burnaby-New Westminster
British Columbia electoral district
Location in Burnaby and New Westminster
First contested2024
Last contested2024
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative 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.

Geography

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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

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2024 British Columbia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Raj Chouhan 10,260 59.8 -3.6[a]
Conservative Deepak Suri 5,987 34.9 +33.5[a]
Independent Daniel Kofi Ampong 922 5.4 –
Total valid votes 17,169 –
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
  1. ^ a b From 2020 redistributed results.
2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party %
  New Democratic 63.4
  Liberal 21.2
  Green 13.5
  Conservative 1.4

References

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  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.
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