Burnaby South

Burnaby South (French: Burnaby-Sud) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Burnaby—Douglas and Burnaby—New Westminster.

Burnaby South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place in October 2015.

There was a by-election on February 25, 2019, to determine the Member of Parliament for Burnaby South, which was won by New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh. The seat was vacated by Kennedy Stewart, who resigned in September 2018 and won the 2018 Vancouver municipal election in October to become the mayor of Vancouver.

The district was replaced by Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby and Burnaby Central for the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Geography

As of the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district includes the southwestern portion of the City of Burnaby and the eastern portion of the city between the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 7. More specifically...

Consisting of that part of the City of Burnaby described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Lougheed Highway (Highway No. 7); thence generally easterly along said highway to the easterly limit of said city at North Road; thence southerly along North Road to the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway No. 1); thence generally westerly along said highway to the northeasterly production of Nursery Street; thence southwesterly along said production and Nursery Street to 6th Street; thence northwesterly along said street to Burris Street; thence southwesterly along said street to Walker Avenue; thence southeasterly along said avenue to Stanley Street; thence southerly in a straight line to the end of Griffiths Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Griffiths Drive; thence generally southerly along said drive to the southerly limit of said city at 10th Avenue; thence generally westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to the point of commencement.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Burnaby South (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021	2016	2011
Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian	51,350	43.09%	48,715	43.89%	40,780	39.14%
European	30,005	25.18%	33,345	30.04%	36,685	35.21%
South Asian	12,705	10.66%	9,315	8.39%	8,645	8.3%
Southeast Asian	10,740	9.01%	8,985	8.09%	8,395	8.06%
Middle Eastern	3,720	3.12%	3,030	2.73%	2,805	2.69%
Latin American	3,155	2.65%	2,045	1.84%	1,855	1.78%
African	1,820	1.53%	1,265	1.14%	1,405	1.35%
Indigenous	1,765	1.48%	1,575	1.42%	1,460	1.4%
Other	3,920	3.29%	2,710	2.44%	2,150	2.06%
Total responses	119,175	99.06%	111,000	99.13%	104,180	99.18%
Total population	120,305	100%	111,973	100%	105,037	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Party
*Burnaby South Riding created from* Burnaby—Douglas and Burnaby—New Westminster**
42nd	2015–2018	Kennedy Stewart	New Democratic
2019–2019	Jagmeet Singh
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
Riding dissolved into Burnaby Central and Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby

Election results

vte2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	16,382	40.34	+2.67	$81,111.34
	Liberal	Brea Huang Sami	12,361	30.44	+6.65	$97,095.22
	Conservative	Likky Lavji	9,104	22.42	–8.50	$42,968.01
	People's	Marcella Williams	1,290	3.18	+1.74	$5,043.08
	Green	Maureen Curran	1,175	2.89	–2.61	$839.33
	Independent	Martin Kendell	296	0.73	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	40,608	99.29	–	$110,662.02
Total rejected ballots	291	0.71	–0.21
Turnout	40,899	51.07	–5.49
Eligible voters	80,092
	New Democratic hold	Swing	–1.99
Source: Elections Canada

vte2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	16,956	37.68	–1.19	$94,274.04
	Conservative	Jay Shin	13,914	30.92	+8.31	$101,861.19
	Liberal	Neelam Brar	10,706	23.79	–2.21	$96,784.07
	Green	Brennan Wauters	2,477	5.50	–	$901.27
	People's	Al Rawdah	645	1.43	–9.21	none listed
	Libertarian	Rex Brocki	246	0.55	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	62	0.14	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	45,006	99.08	–	$107,366.92
Total rejected ballots	417	0.92	+0.09
Turnout	45,423	56.56	+26.59
Eligible voters	80,312
	New Democratic hold	Swing	–1.70
Source: Elections Canada

vteCanadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019 Resignation of Kennedy Stewart
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	8,848	38.86	+3.79	$107,876.69
	Liberal	Richard Lee	5,919	26.00	–7.88	$120,398.75
	Conservative	Jay Shin	5,147	22.61	–4.51	$124,688.15
	People's	Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson	2,422	10.64	–	$87,790.22
	Independent	Terry Grimwood	242	1.06	–	$5,983.61
	Independent	Valentine Wu	190	0.84	–	$704.17
Total valid votes/expense limit	22,768	99.17	–	$132,377.49
Total rejected ballots	190	0.83	+0.23
Turnout	22,958	29.96	–30.82
Eligible voters	76,618
	New Democratic hold	Swing	+5.84
Source: Elections Canada

vte2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kennedy Stewart	16,094	35.07	–8.93	$177,796.68
	Liberal	Adam Pankratz	15,547	33.88	+22.16	$33,613.38
	Conservative	Grace Seear	12,441	27.11	–12.51	$83,392.49
	Green	Wyatt Tessari	1,306	2.85	–0.76	$790.18
	Libertarian	Liz Jaluague	499	1.09	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	45,887	99.40	–	$207,659.75
Total rejected ballots	275	0.60	–
Turnout	46,162	60.78	–
Eligible voters	75,950
	New Democratic hold	Swing	–15.55
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party	Vote	%
	New Democratic	16,072	44.0
	Conservative	14,471	39.6
	Liberal	4,280	11.7
	Green	1,316	3.6
	Others	385	1.1

Notes

External links

from the Library of Parliament