Burnaby-Edmonds
Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Burnaby-Edmonds is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada in use from 1966 to 2024.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
First contested1966
Last contested2020
Population (2001)55,741
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
Location in Burnaby | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
| First contested | 1966 |
| Last contested | 2020 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2001) | 55,741 |
| Area (km²) | 25.48 |
| Census division | Metro Vancouver |
| Census subdivision | Burnaby |
Under the 2021 redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election, the riding was divided between the new districts of Burnaby South-Metrotown (taking in most portions west of Griffiths Drive), and Burnaby-New Westminster (taking in portions east of it, including the Edmonds community). A small part was transferred to Burnaby Centre.
Geography
The district is located in southern Burnaby. It is bordered by Boundary Road to the east, Imperial and Mayfield Streets to the north, 4th Street to the east, and 10th Avenue and Fraser River to the south.
Electoral history
| Burnaby-Edmonds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Burnaby | ||||
| 28th | 1966–1969 | Gordon Dowding | New Democratic | |
| 29th | 1969–1972 | |||
| 30th | 1972–1975 | |||
| 31st | 1975–1979 | Raymond Loewen | Social Credit | |
| 32nd | 1979–1983 | Rosemary Brown | New Democratic | |
| 33rd | 1983–1986 | |||
| 34th | 1986–1991 | David Mercier | Social Credit | |
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Fred G. Randall | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Patty Sahota | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | Raj Chouhan | New Democratic | |
| 39th | 2009–2013 | |||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Burnaby South-Metrotown and Burnaby-New Westminster | ||||
Election results
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Raj Chouhan | 11,063 | 62.01 | +7.76 | $38,987.91 | |||
| Liberal | Tripat Atwal | 4,754 | 26.65 | −5.43 | $62,427.04 | |||
| Green | Iqbal Parekh | 2,023 | 11.34 | −2.33 | $889.57 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,840 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 196 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18036 | 44.36 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 40655 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[1][2] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Raj Chouhan | 10,827 | 54.25 | +2.82 | $47,595.75 | |||
| Liberal | Garrison Duke | 6,404 | 32.08 | −6.55 | $42,998.98 | |||
| Green | Valentine Wu | 2,728 | 13.67 | +4.93 | $2,758.14 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,959 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 156 | 0.78 | −0.34 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,115 | 53.81 | +4.81 | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,385 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Raj Chouhan | 9,253 | 51.43 | -0.51 | $79,346 | |||
| Liberal | Jeff Kuah | 6,950 | 38.63 | +0.27 | $20,696 | |||
| Green | Wyatt Tessari | 1,573 | 8.74 | +2.00 | $600 | |||
| Excalibur | Nicholas Edward D'Amico | 215 | 1.20 | – | $341 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,991 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 203 | 1.12 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,194 | 49.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Raj Chouhan | 8,647 | 51.94% | +20.52% | $75,002 | |
| Liberal | Lee Rankin | 6,385 | 38.36% | -7.71% | $80,469 | |
| Green | Carrie McLaren | 1,122 | 6.74% | -3.17% | $383 | |
| Libertarian | Dan Cancade | 493 | 2.96% | +2.96% | $643 | |
| Total valid votes | 16,647 | 100% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 178 | 1.06% | ||||
| Turnout | 16,825 | 49.07% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Raj Chouhan | 10,337 | 46.71% | +5.23% | $71,644 | |
| Liberal | Patty Sahota | 9,599 | 43.38% | -5.02% | $109,119 | |
| Green | Suzanne Deveau | 2,192 | 9.91% | – | $1,754 | |
| Total valid votes | 22,128 | 100% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 155 | 0.70% | ||||
| Turnout | 22,283 | 57.70% | ||||
| 2001 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Patty Sahota | 9,607 | 51.09 | $34,249 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sav Dhaliwal | 4,924 | 26.19 | $48,520 | ||||
| Green | Eric Hawthorne | 2,599 | 13.82 | $2,231 | ||||
| Unity | Grant Murray | 1,111 | 5.91 | $7,646 | ||||
| Marijuana | Roy Arjun | 456 | 2.43 | $394 | ||||
| Citizens | Gordon S. Watson | 105 | 0.56 | $1,150 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,802 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 120 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,922 | 69.90 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Fred G. Randall | 9,912 | 46.45% | -0.70% | $41,298 | |
| Liberal | Judy St. Denis | 8,770 | 41.09% | -8.39% | $52,980 | |
| Progressive Democrat | John Schwermer | 1,067 | 5.00% | – | $200 | |
| Reform | Carlos Brito | 1,008 | 4.72% | $1,921 | ||
| Green | Eric Hawthorne | 387 | 1.81% | – | $655 | |
| Social Credit | Suraj Narain | 120 | 0.56% | – | ||
| Natural Law | Guy Harvey | 77 | 0.36% | $136 | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,341 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 172 | 0.80% | ||||
| Turnout | 21,513 | 70.63% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Fred G. Randall | 9,947 | 47.15% | $75,824 | ||
| Liberal | Carlos A. Brito | 6,898 | 32.70% | $4,470 | ||
| Social Credit | Peter M. Wearing | 3,900 | 18.49% | – | $33,816 | |
| Green | Elizabeth D. Smith | 199 | 0.94% | – | $100 | |
| Conservative | Debra J. A. Hicks | 77 | 0.37% | $40 | ||
| Independent | Kurt Gruen | 74 | 0.35% | $2,386 | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,095 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 544 | 2.51% | ||||
| Turnout | 21,639 | 72.71% | ||||