Janet Routledge

Janet Routledge is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.^[1] She represents the electoral district of Burnaby North as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.^[1] Since November 18, 2024, she has served as the NDP caucus whip.^[2]

Janet Routledge MLA
Routledge in 2017
Parliamentary Secretary for Labour of British Columbia
In office December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Darlene Rotchford
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Burnaby North
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Richard Lee
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic Party

Electoral record

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Janet Routledge	10,724	53.26	−3.9	$41,741.28
	Conservative	Michael Wu	8,658	43.00	–	$68,861.64
	Independent	Martin Kendell	754	3.74	–	$1,185.12
Total valid votes/expense limit			20,136	99.77	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			47	0.23	–
Turnout			20,183	53.42	–
Registered voters			37,785
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		−23.5
Source: Elections BC[3][4]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Janet Routledge	12,894	57.80	+9.23	$41,933.88
	Liberal	Raymond Dong	6,846	30.69	−8.73	$20,148.25
	Green	Norine Shim	2,568	11.51	−0.50	$3,015.12
Total valid votes			22,308	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.98
Source: Elections BC[5]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Janet Routledge	11,448	48.57	+4.72	$53,926.39
	Liberal	Richard T. Lee	9,290	39.42	−7.40	$62,342.21
	Green	Peter Hallschmid	2,831	12.01	+5.01	$1,106.54
Total valid votes			23,569	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			171	0.72	−0.03
Turnout			23,740	60.39	+5.36
Registered voters			39,312
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.06
Source: Elections BC[6][7]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Burnaby North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard T. Lee	10,543	46.82
	New Democratic	Janet Routledge	9,875	43.85
	Green	Carrie McLaren	1,577	7.00
	No Affiliation	Wayne Michael Marklund	523	2.32
Total valid votes			22,518	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170	0.75
Turnout			22,688	55.03
Source: Elections BC[8]