Burnaby East

Burnaby East
British Columbia electoral district
Location in Burnaby
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Rohini Arora
New Democratic
District created2008
First contested2009
Last contested2024
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.

MLAs

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

2024 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Rohini Arora
Conservative Simon Chandler
Green Tara Shushtarian
Total valid votes –
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
2020 provincial election redistributed results[1]
Party %
  New Democratic 59.1
  Liberal 26.4
  Green 13.1


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[2]
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[3][4]
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[5]
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

References

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


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