Burnaby—Douglas

Burnaby—Douglas
British Columbia electoral district
	Burnaby—Douglas in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	123,275
Electors (2011)	82,291
Area (km²)	57.51
Census division(s)	Greater Vancouver Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby

Burnaby—Douglas was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2012. It was named after the city of Burnaby, as well as Douglas Road and Tommy Douglas, an MP who represented the area in the 1960s.^[3]

History

This electoral district was created in 1996 from New Westminster—Burnaby and Burnaby—Kingsway ridings.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from New Westminster—Burnaby and Burnaby—Kingsway
36th	1997–2000	Svend Robinson	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004	Svend Robinson
38th	2004–2006	Bill Siksay
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Kennedy Stewart
Riding dissolved into Burnaby North—Seymour and Burnaby South

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Siksay	17,937	37.94	+2.34	$69,095
	Conservative	Ronald Leung	17,139	36.25	+8.65	$74,432
	Liberal	Bill Cunningham	9,177	19.41	-13.59	$53,568
	Green	Doug Perry	2,822	5.97	+2.47	$1,629
	Communist	George Gidora	203	0.43	+0.13	$377
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,278	100.0		$85,966
Total rejected ballots			208	0.44
Turnout			47,486
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.16

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Siksay	15,682	34.58	-2.80	$59,871
	Liberal	Bill Cunningham	14,748	32.52	+8.85	$63,194
	Conservative	George Drazenovic	12,531	27.63	-10.89	$79,130
	Green	Shawn Hunsdale	1,687	3.72	–
	Libertarian	Adam Desaulniers	291	0.64	–
	Independent	Frank Cerminara	282	0.62	–	$2,455
	Communist	Hanne Gidora	122	0.26	-0.15	$407
Total valid votes			45,343	100.0
Total rejected ballots			320	0.70	+0.21
Turnout			45,663	61.49	-0.85
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.82
Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	17,018	37.38	-5.70	$50,374
	Alliance	Alan McDonnell	15,057	33.08	+6.53	$49,282
	Liberal	Francesca Zumpano	10,774	23.67	-2.41	$57,489
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Edgar King	2,477	5.44	+2.05	$12,954
	Communist	Roger Perkins	198	0.41	–	$189
Total valid votes			45,515	100.0
Total rejected ballots			225	0.49	+0.03
Turnout			45,740	62.34	-5.71
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-6.12
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	19,058	43.08	$45,632
	Reform	Gary Eyre	11,743	26.55	$38,897
	Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	11,536	26.08	$55,707
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Power	1,498	3.39	$9,924
	Natural Law	Valerie Hubert	300	0.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian Sproule	103	0.23
Total valid votes			44,238	100.0
Total rejected ballots			203	0.46
Turnout			44,441	68.05
This riding was created from parts of New Westminster—Burnaby and Burnaby—Kingsway, which elected a Reform and a New Democrat, respectively, in the last election. New Democrat Svend Robinson was the incumbent from Burnaby—Kingsway.

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Burnaby - Douglas". The Georgia Strait. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

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