Burnaby (federal electoral district)

Burnaby
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

District created1976

District abolished1987

First contested1979

Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster ridings

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Burnaby—Kingsway and New Westminster—Burnaby ridings.

Burnaby
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster
31st	1979–1980		Svend Robinson	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Kingsway and New Westminster—Burnaby

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	20,604	39.76	–
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh Mawby	19,119	36.89	–
	Liberal	Doreen A. Lawson	12,099	23.35	–
Total valid votes			51,822	99.75
Total rejected ballots			129	0.25	–
Turnout			51,951	76.99	–
Eligible voters			67,474
	New Democratic notional gain		Swing		–
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster, which elected a Progressive Conservative, a Liberal and a New Democrat, respectively, in the last election.
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]^[9]

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