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Burnaby—Kingsway was a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of
Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard In ...
, North Vancouver—Burnaby and
Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997. It is located in Vancouver. Demographics This riding's population is ...
ridings. It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into
Burnaby—Douglas 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 ...
riding. For its entire history it was represented by
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Member of Parliament (MP)
Svend Robinson Svend Robinson (born March 4, 1952) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2004, representing suburban Vancouver-area constituencies in the city of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party (NDP). He was the first ...
.


Members of Parliament


Election results


See also

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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


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Riding history from the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnaby-Kingsway Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia Federal electoral districts of Vancouver 1987 establishments in British Columbia Constituencies established in 1987 1996 disestablishments in British Columbia Constituencies disestablished in 1996