Burnaby—New Westminster

British Columbia electoral district
Burnaby—New Westminster in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Peter Julian NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,713
Electors (2006)	74,848
Area (km²)	43
Pop. density (per km²)	2,760.8
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Burnaby, New Westminster

Burnaby—New Westminster is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 4 Member of Parliament 5 Election results 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Demographics

(According to the Canada 2001 Census)

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

[edit] Geography

It includes all of the City of New Westminster west of 8th Street at the 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.

[edit] History

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

Politically, the riding is a three-way split between the New Democratic Party, the Liberal Party of Canada and the Conservative Party of Canada.

[edit] Member of Parliament

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 represents the New Democratic Party. He is the NDP critic on International Trade, the Pacific Gateway, Transport and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. He serves as a member on the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Peter Julian	20,145	46.5%	+7.71%	$72,161
	Conservative	Sam Rakhra	13,150	30.4%	+2.82%	$77,974
	Liberal	Gerry Lenoski	6,681	15.4%	-14.53%	$45,125
	Green	Carrie-Ann McLaren	3,067	7.1%	+3.42	$7,637
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	186	0.4%	Ø	--
	Marxist-Leninist	Joseph Theriault	96	0.2%	Ø	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,325	100%		$85,024
Total rejected ballots			214
Turnout			43,539	%
	New Democrat	hold	Swing	+6.10%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	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%
Total rejected ballots			144	0.32%
Turnout			44,973	60.09%
	New Democrat	hold	Swing	+3.40%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Peter Julian	14,061	34.58%	+18.5	$51,851
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,732	32.52%	-1.0	$67,860
	Conservative	Mike Redmond	11,821	27.63%	-19.9	$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	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			217	0.52%
Turnout			41,915	58.95%
	New Democrat	gain from Conservative (notational)	Swing	-19.2%

^ % change based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative numbers.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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

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