Burnaby was a provincial electoral district in the

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that first appeared on the

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in the 1924 election. For the federal electoral district of the same name, please see

Burnaby (electoral district) 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 ...

Demographics

Political geography

The riding was identical with the Municipality of Burnaby, other than areas near to New Westminster which were included in the New Westminster electoral district. At the time of the riding's creation much of Burnaby was still semi-rural and development was confined to the Kingsway corridor (then "Westminster Highway"), along Hastings Street and Broadway (near Lougheed Highway), and along the two mainlines of the British Columbia Electric Railway via Central Park and Burnaby Lake.

Notable MLAs

Ernest Edward Winch Ernest Edward Winch (March 22, 1879 – January 11, 1957) was a British Columbia politician, trade unionist and socialist. He was a BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLA in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1933 until his ...

Electoral history

''Note: Winners of each election are in ''bold. , - , Canadian Labour , Francis Aubrey Browne , align="right", 1,567 , align="right", 31.22% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, Thomas Sanderson , align="right", 974 , align="right", 19.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 5,020 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

, Howard Wilfrid Clegg , align="right", 2,307 , align="right", 17.19% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Eleanor Walker Johnson , align="right", 1,009 , align="right", 7.52% , Independent , Louis Elmo Walker , align="right", 34 , align="right", 0.25% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 5,908 , align="right", 44.03% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 13,417 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 121 ,

, Charles Clare Bell , align="right", 2,707 , align="right", 20.79% , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 6,444 , align="right", 49.50% , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 13,018 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 237 , - , (Mrs.) Lyle Campbell , align="right", 298 , align="right", 2.55% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 5,905 , align="right", 50.56% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 11,680 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 302 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth ,

, align="right", 11,025 , align="right", 50.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 21,661 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 204 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

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, Ronald William Fairclough , align="right", 3,816 , align="right", 14.15% , align="right", 4,919 , align="right", 18.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Oscar Rudolph Olson , align="right", 2,807 , align="right", 10.41% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 12,933 , align="right", 47.96% , align="right", 13,416 , align="right", 51.37% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 26,968 !align="right", % !align="right", 26,115 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 789 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ¹ Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count. ,

, Mary Edith McDonald , align="right", 3,351 , align="right", 13.09% , align="right", 3,364 , align="right", 13.18% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Frederick Marven Stephens , align="right", 641 , align="right", 2.50% , align="right", 646 , align="right", 2.53% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 12,689 , align="right", 49.58% , align="right", 12,947 , align="right", 50.73% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 25,595 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 25,519 !align="right", % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 1,058 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Registered Voters !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9, ² Preferential ballot; first and final of two (two) counts only shown. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Gordon Dowding Gordon Hudson Dowding (March 1, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was a lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Burnaby and then Burnaby-Edmonds in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1975 as a CCF/ND ...

, align="right", 12,692 , align="right", 20.96% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , John A.W. Drysdale , align="right", 513 , align="right", 0.84% , align="right", - , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Malcolm Fitzgerald Green , align="right", 478 , align="right", 0.80% , align="right", - , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 15,304 , align="right", 25.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 60,540 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 236 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ³ Seat increased to two members from one. , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

Cedric Cox Cedric Cox (January 27, 1913 – May 10, 1993) was a technician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Burnaby in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1957 to 1963 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member. ...

, align="right", 17,659 , align="right", 22.27% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 17,522 , align="right", 22.09% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Malcolm Fitzgerald Green , align="right", 1,069 , align="right", 1.35% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Florence B. Zucco , align="right", 1,075 , align="right", 1.36% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 79,309 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 589 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. ,

, align="right", 14,750 , align="right", 20.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Esmond Sibley Gladwin , align="right", 2,263 , align="right", 3.07% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , Christopher John McKin Thomson , align="right", 2,343 , align="right", 3.18% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 73,598 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 20 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", The Burnaby riding was partitioned in the large redistribution prior to the 1966 election. Successor ridings were

Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Edmonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Geography The district is located in southern Burnaby, British Columbia. It is bordered by Boundary Road to the east, Imperial and ...

Burnaby-Willingdon Burnaby-Willingdon was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1966 to 2009. Demographics Election results , - , - External links BC Stats Burnaby North Burnaby North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. History MLAs Election results , - , - , - , NDP , Pietro Calendino , align="right", 5,992 , align="right", 29. ...

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnaby (Provincial Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia Politics of Burnaby