Burnaby (federal electoral district)

For the historical provincial electoral district of the same name, see Burnaby (provincial 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.

Burnaby

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster ridings

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Burnaby—Kingsway and New Westminster—Burnaby ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymourand New Westminster
31st	1979–1980		Svend Robinson	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Kingsway and New Westminster—Burnaby

Election results

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	28,318	48.00	+5.57
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Langas	20,697	35.09	-1.51
	Liberal	Mike Hillman	9,612	16.29	-4.52
	Green	Blair T. Longley	364	0.62	–
Total valid votes			58,991	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.54

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	21,587	42.43	+2.67
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh Mawby	18,619	36.60	-0.29
	Liberal	Doreen A. Lawson	10,585	20.81	-2.54
	Marxist–Leninist	Brian K. Sproule	81	0.16	–
Total valid votes			50,872	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.48

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Svend Robinson	20,604	39.76
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh Mawby	19,119	36.89
	Liberal	Doreen A. Lawson	12,099	23.35
Total valid votes			51,822	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster, which elected a Progressive Conservative, a Liberal and a New Democrat, respectively, in the last election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament