Janet Routledge
Canadian politician
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Janet Routledge MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of Burnaby North since 2017.[1] A member of the New Democratic Party, she has served as the caucus whip since 2024.[2]
Janet Routledge | |
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Campaign portrait, 2024 | |
| Government Whip of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Garry Begg |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Labour of British Columbia | |
| In office December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Darlene Rotchford |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Burnaby North | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Party | BC NDP |
Electoral record
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Janet Routledge | 10,724 | 53.26 | −3.9 | $41,741.28 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Wu | 8,658 | 43.00 | – | $68,861.64 | |||
| Independent | Martin Kendell | 754 | 3.74 | – | $1,185.12 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 20,136 | 99.77 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 47 | 0.23 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 20,183 | 53.42 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,785 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | −23.5 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Janet Routledge | 12,894 | 57.80 | +9.23 | $41,933.88 | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Dong | 6,846 | 30.69 | −8.73 | $20,148.25 | |||
| Green | Norine Shim | 2,568 | 11.51 | −0.50 | $3,015.12 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,308 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +8.98 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Janet Routledge | 11,448 | 48.57 | +4.72 | $53,926.39 | |||
| Liberal | Richard T. Lee | 9,290 | 39.42 | −7.40 | $62,342.21 | |||
| Green | Peter Hallschmid | 2,831 | 12.01 | +5.01 | $1,106.54 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,569 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | 0.72 | −0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,740 | 60.39 | +5.36 | |||||
| Registered voters | 39,312 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Richard T. Lee | 10,543 | 46.82 | |||||
| New Democratic | Janet Routledge | 9,875 | 43.85 | |||||
| Green | Carrie McLaren | 1,577 | 7.00 | |||||
| No Affiliation | Wayne Michael Marklund | 523 | 2.32 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 22,518 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,688 | 55.03 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
