Burnaby South (french: Burnaby-Sud) is a federal
electoral district
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in
British Columbia
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. 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
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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
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Geography
As of the
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district includes the southwestern portion of the City of
Burnaby
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and the eastern portion of the city between the
Trans-Canada Highway
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and
Highway 7. More specifically...
Demographics
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the
House of Commons of Canada
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Election results
References
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British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
Politics of Burnaby