Burnaby—New Westminster

Ethnic groups: 50.7% White, 20.2% Chinese, 10.6% South Asian, 4.3% Filipino, 2.9% Korean, 2.0% Aboriginal, 1.7% Latin American, 1.7% Black, 1.4% Japanese, 1.2% Southeast Asian
Languages: 48.7% English, 1.0% French, 48.0% Other, 2.2% Multiple languages
Religions: 21.1% Protestant, 19.1% Catholic, 6.1% Sikh, 4.6% Muslim, 4.4% Buddhist, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Hindu, 5.7% Other Christian, 33.5% No religious affiliation
Average income: $27,356

Geography

The riding includes all of the City of New Westminster west of 8th Street and all of the city of Burnaby south of the following line: Kingsway to Sussex Avenue to Grange Street to Dover Street to Oakland Street to Sperling Avenue to the Trans-Canada Highway.

History

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby, and Burnaby—Douglas.

According to the current proposed new electoral boundaries set out by the 2012 Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia, the riding will be dissolved, with various parts joining the new ridings of Burnaby South, New Westminster—Burnaby and Richmond Centre.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas
38th	2004 − 2006	Peter Julian	New Democratic
39th	2006 − 2008
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present
Riding to be dissolved into Burnaby South, New Westminster—Burnaby and Richmond Centre

Its Member of Parliament is Peter Julian, a former community activist, financial administrator and executive director. He was first elected in the 2004 election. He is a member of the New Democratic Party. He is the NDP critic on International Trade, the Pacific Gateway, Transport and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. In the 40th Parliament, he was a member of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	22,193	49.67	+3.18
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	16,009	35.83	+5.48
	Liberal	Garth Evans	4,496	10.06	-5.36
	Green	Carrie-Ann McLaren	1,731	3.87	-3.20
	Libertarian	Tyler Pierce	160	0.36	-0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	94	0.21	-0.01
Total valid votes			44,683	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.43	-0.06
Turnout			44,877	54.05	-0.30
Eligible voters			83,029
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.15

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	20,145	46.49	+7.71	$72,161
	Conservative	Sam Rakhra	13,150	30.35	+2.82	$77,974
	Liberal	Gerry Lenoski	6,681	15.42	-14.53	$45,125
	Green	Carrie-Ann McLaren	3,067	7.07	+3.42	$7,637
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	186	0.42	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	96	0.22	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,325	100.0		$85,024
Total rejected ballots			214	0.49	+0.17
Turnout			43,539	54.35	-5.74
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.44

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	17,391	38.79	+4.21	$71,414
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,420	29.93	-2.59	$74,580
	Conservative	Marc Dalton	12,364	27.58	-0.05	$70,006
	Green	Scott Janzen	1,654	3.68	-0.04	$1,149
Total valid votes			44,829	100.0
Total rejected ballots			144	0.32	-0.20
Turnout			44,973	60.09	+1.14
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.40

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	14,061	34.58	+18.44	$51,851
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,732	32.52	-0.94	$67,860
	Conservative	Mike Redmond	11,821	27.63	-19.84	$52,988
	Green	Revel Kunz	1,606	3.72	–	$173
	Canadian Action	Dana Green	312	0.64	–	$100
	Communist	Péter Pál Horváth	166	0.26	–	$389
Total valid votes			41,698	100.0
Total rejected ballots			217	0.52
Turnout			41,915	58.95
	New Democratic notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.69
This riding was created from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas, which elected a Canadian Alliance, Liberal and New Democrat, respectively, in the last election. Changes are based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes in the 2000 election.

References

"(Code 59003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004

Notes

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast

New Democratic	Burnaby—Douglas Burnaby—New Westminster New Westminster—Coquitlam Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway

Conservative	North Vancouver Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Liberal	Vancouver Centre Vancouver Quadra

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior Cariboo—Prince George Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia Okanagan—Coquihalla Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Delta—Richmond East Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Newton—North Delta Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Richmond South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Surrey North

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas Burnaby—New Westminster New Westminster—Coquitlam North Vancouver Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Cowichan Saanich—Gulf Islands Vancouver Island North Victoria