Burnaby—Douglas

British Columbia electoral district
Burnaby—Douglas in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Bill Siksay NDP
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	112,119
Electors (2006)	78,481
Area (km²)	58
Pop. density (per km²)	1,933.1
Census divisions	Burnaby
Census subdivisions	Burnaby

Burnaby—Douglas is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

See also Burnaby.

Contents 1 History 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

This electoral district was created in 1996 from New Westminster—Burnaby and Burnaby—Kingsway ridings.

Portions of Vancouver South—Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby have been added to it since.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Bill Siksay, a former political assistant for former MP Svend Robinson. He was first elected in the 2004 election. He represents the New Democratic Party (NDP). He has been the NDP critic on Heritage and Culture, Housing, and LGBT issues. He has served as a member on the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38, and the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he has been the vice-chair of the 'Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics'

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bill Siksay	17,937	37.94%	+2.34%	$69,095
	Conservative	Ronald Leung	17,139	36.25%	+8.65%	$74,432
	Liberal	Bill Cunningham	9,177	19.41%	-13.6%	$53,568
	Green	Doug Perry	2,822	5.97%	+2.47%	$1,629
	Communist	George Gidora	203	0.43%	+.13%	$377
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,278	100.00%		$85,966
Total rejected ballots			208
Turnout			47,486	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bill Siksay	17,323	35.60%	+1.02%	$75,409.11
	Liberal	Bill Cunningham	16,079	33.00%	+0.48%	$69,467.45
	Conservative	George Drazenovic	13,466	27.60%	-0.03%	$55,538.14
	Green	Ray Power	1,694	3.50%	-0.22%	N/A
	Communist	Timothy George Gidora	153	0.30%	+0.04%	$522.00
Total valid votes			48,715	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			48,715	63.2%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Bill Siksay	15,682	34.58%	-2.80%	$59,871
	Liberal	Bill Cunningham	14,748	32.52%	+8.85%	$63,194
	Conservative	George Drazenovic	12,531	27.63%	-10.89%	$79,130
	Green	Shawn Hunsdale	1,687	3.72%
	Libertarian	Adam Desaulniers	291	0.64%
	Independent	Frank Cerminara	282	0.62%		$2,455
	Communist	Hanne Gidora	122	0.26%	-0.15%	$407
Total valid votes			45,343	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			320	0.70%
Turnout			45,663	61.49%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Svend Robinson	17,018	37.38%	-5.70%	$50,374
	Canadian Alliance	Alan McDonnell	15,057	33.08%	+6.53%	$49,282
	Liberal	Francesca Zumpano	10,774	23.67%	-2.41%	$57,489
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Edgar King	2,477	5.44%	+2.05%	$12,954
	Communist	Roger Perkins	198	0.41%		$189
Total valid votes			45,515	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			225	0.49%
Turnout			45,740	62.34%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Svend Robinson	19,058	43.08%		$45,632
	Reform	Gary Eyre	11,743	26.55%		$38,897
	Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	11,536	26.08%		$55,707
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Power	1,498	3.39%		$9,924
	Natural Law	Valerie Hubert	300	0.68%
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Sproule	103	0.23%
Total valid votes			44,238	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			203	0.46%
Turnout			44,441	68.05%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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