New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

Not to be confused with Burnaby-New Westminster (provincial electoral district) or New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby.

New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015. Until the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election, it was known as New Westminster—Burnaby.

New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jake Sawatzky Liberal
District created	1988, 2013
First contested	1988, 2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	115,340
Electors (2019)	85,807
Area (km²)[2]	29
Pop. density (per km²)	3,977.2
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby (part), Coquitlam (part), New Westminster

History

The 1988–1997 edition of this riding was created in 1987 from parts of Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam ridings. The riding consisted of the City of New Westminster and the southern part of the District Municipality of Burnaby. It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Vancouver South—Burnaby.

The riding was recreated following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order.^[3] It was created from parts of Burnaby—New Westminster and New Westminster—Coquitlam. Its boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[4]

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville.^[5] The seat gained much of the Maillardville area from Port Moody—Coquitlam and lost all of its territory in Burnaby west of Canada Way to either Burnaby Central or Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby.^[6]

Historical boundaries

• 
  1987 representation order
• 
  1996 representation order (as New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby)
• 
  2003 representation order (as New Westminster—Coquitlam)
• 
  2013 representation order
• 
  2023 representation order (as New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville)

Demographics

Panethnic groups in New Westminster—Burnaby (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[7]		2016[8]		2011[9]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	50,165	40.74%	52,345	46.25%	53,995	50.57%
East Asian[b]	25,840	20.98%	23,265	20.55%	19,605	18.36%
South Asian	13,970	11.34%	11,635	10.28%	11,360	10.64%
Southeast Asian[c]	13,625	11.06%	11,650	10.29%	10,340	9.68%
African	4,595	3.73%	3,170	2.8%	2,415	2.26%
Middle Eastern[d]	4,290	3.48%	3,190	2.82%	2,880	2.7%
Latin American	3,590	2.92%	2,465	2.18%	1,895	1.77%
Indigenous	3,120	2.53%	3,335	2.95%	2,960	2.77%
Other[e]	3,940	3.2%	2,140	1.89%	1,330	1.25%
Total responses	123,140	98.31%	113,190	98.14%	106,780	98.28%
Total population	125,253	100%	115,340	100%	108,652	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2013 Representation Order riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
New Westminster—Burnaby
Riding created from Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam
34th	1988–1993		Dawn Black	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Paul Forseth	Reform
Riding dissolved into New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas
Riding re-created from Burnaby—New Westminster and New Westminster—Coquitlam
42nd	2015–2019		Peter Julian	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
45th	2025–present		Jake Sawatzky	Liberal

Election results

Popular vote by party in the riding of:
New Westminster—Burnaby (1988–1997)
New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby (1997–2004)
Burnaby—New Westminster (2004–2015)
New Westminster—Burnaby (2015–2025)
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville (since 2025)

New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, since 2025

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jake Sawatzky	19,547	35.09	+11.65
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	17,574	31.55	-16.43
	Conservative	Indy Panchi	17,507	31.43	+10.41
	Green	Tara Shushtarian	741	1.33	-2.46
	Independent	Lourence Almonte Singh	381	0.69	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,703	0.99
Total rejected ballots			331	0.59
Turnout			56,034	67.44
Eligible voters			83,087
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.04
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
Note: Lourence Almonte Singh was originally the Conservative nominee, but ran as an independent after his nomination was revoked on April 1, 2025.[12]

2021 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,808	47.98
	Liberal	11,141	23.44
	Conservative	9,990	21.02
	Green	1,803	3.79
	People's	1,777	3.74
	Others	13	0.03

New Westminster—Burnaby, 2015–2025

Graph of election results in New Westminster—Burnaby (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: New Westminster—Burnaby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	24,054	48.8	+4.6	$87,163.56
	Liberal	Rozina Jaffer	11,685	23.7	+0.3	$847.24
	Conservative	Paige Munro	9,710	19.7	-1.9	$22,984.40
	Green	David Macdonald	2,035	4.1	-4.2	$957.72
	People's	Kevin Heide	1,840	3.7	+2.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,324	99.1	–	$116,281.29
Total rejected ballots			462	0.9
Turnout			49,786	57.1
Eligible voters			87,208
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.2
Source: Elections Canada[14]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: New Westminster—Burnaby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	23,437	44.20	+0.74	$92,007.20
	Liberal	Will Davis	12,414	23.40	-5.57	$46,165.54
	Conservative	Megan Veck	11,439	21.60	+1.63	$21,181.03
	Green	Suzanne de Montigny	4,378	8.30	+3.58	$7,597.20
	People's	Hansen Ginn	862	1.60	–	none listed
	Libertarian	Neeraj Murarka	307	0.60	-2.00	none listed
	Independent	Ahmad Passyar	83	0.20	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	57	0.10	-0.18	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,977	100.0
Total rejected ballots			452	0.85
Turnout			53,429	62.26
Eligible voters			85,807
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.16
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: New Westminster—Burnaby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	22,876	43.46	-8.32	$93,602.98
	Liberal	Sasha Ramnarine	15,253	28.97	+20.27	$11,829.89
	Conservative	Chloé Ellis	10,512	19.97	-14.79	$16,364.97
	Green	Kyle Routledge	2,487	4.72	+0.40	$1,669.47
	Libertarian	Rex Brocki	1,368	2.60	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	146	0.28	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,642	100.00		$213,160.28
Total rejected ballots			363	0.68	–
Turnout			53,005	66.95	–
Eligible voters			79,176
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-14.30
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

2011 federal election redistributed results[19]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,200	51.78
	Conservative	14,230	34.75
	Liberal	3,563	8.70
	Green	1,772	4.33
	Others	179	0.44

New Westminster—Burnaby, 1988–1997

Graph of election results in New Westminster—Burnaby (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Paul E. Forseth	16,254	29.33	+26.32
	Liberal	Leanore Copeland	15,430	27.84	+8.57
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	14,442	26.06	-17.56
	Progressive Conservative	Neil MacKay	6,419	11.58	-19.92
	National	P. Jeffery Jewell	1,775	3.20	–
	Natural Law	Carolyn Grayson	374	0.67	–
	Green	Todd E. Romaine	313	0.56	-0.02
	Libertarian	Robert Fong	267	0.48	-0.07
	Independent	Jess P. Lee	73	0.13	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Geoff Dakin	70	0.13	–
Total valid votes			55,417	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.88

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	24,933	43.62
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Taylor	18,007	31.50
	Liberal	Carlos Brito	11,013	19.27
	Reform	Bill Anderson	1,722	3.01
	Social Credit	Randall Rush	718	1.26
	Green	Richard Bidwell	332	0.58
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	316	0.55
	Communist	Elsie Dean	116	0.20
Total valid votes			57,157	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby and New Westminster—Coquitlam, both of which elected a New Democrat in the last election.

See also

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

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.