Burnaby—Kingsway

Burnaby—Kingsway
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 1996
First contested 1988
Last contested 1993

Burnaby—Kingsway was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Burnaby, North Vancouver—Burnaby and Vancouver Kingsway ridings.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Burnaby—Douglas riding.

For its entire history it was represented by New Democratic Party Member of Parliament (MP) Svend Robinson.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Burnaby, North Vancouver—Burnaby
and Vancouver Kingsway
34th  1988  1993     Svend Robinson New Democratic
35th  1993  1997
Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Douglas

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticSvend Robinson 18,287 33.94 -9.28
LiberalKwangyul Peck 14,130 26.23 +4.01
ReformJohn Carpay 13,463 24.99 +22.32
Progressive ConservativeAdele Haines 5,353 9.94 -20.06
NationalDaniel Fontaine 1,562 2.90
Natural LawDeborah Rubin 375 0.70
LibertarianCarlo Nigro 373 0.69 -0.30
IndependentPoldi Meindl 130 0.24 +0.08
Commonwealth of CanadaMike Milkovich 117 0.22
IndependentByrun F. Tylor 50 0.09
Marxist–LeninistJoseph Theriault 39 0.07
Total valid votes 53,879100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing -6.64
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticSvend Robinson 25,150 43.22
Progressive ConservativeJohn Bitonti 17,455 30.00
LiberalSamuel Stevens 12,933 22.22
ReformJohn L. Soanes 1,552 2.67
LibertarianMark J.T. Lane 575 0.99
GreenSunee Yuuho 231 0.40
IndependentDavid John Bader 203 0.35
IndependentPoldi Meindl 93 0.16
Total valid votes 58,192100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby, North Vancouver—Burnaby and Vancouver Kingsway, which elected two New Democrats and one Progressive Conservative (North Vancouver—Burnaby) in the previous election. Svend Robinson was the incumbent from Burnaby.

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