Burnaby was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that first appeared on the hustings in the 1924 election. For the federal electoral district of the same name, please see Burnaby (federal electoral district).

Political geography

The riding was identical with the Municipality of Burnaby, other than areas near to New Westminster which were included in the New Westminster electoral district. At the time of the riding's creation much of Burnaby was still semi-rural and development was confined to the Kingsway corridor (then "Westminster Highway"), along Hastings Street and Broadway (near Lougheed Highway), and along the two mainlines of the British Columbia Electric Railway via Central Park and Burnaby Lake.

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,020 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,417 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|121 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,018 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|237 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,680 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|302 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|21,661 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|204 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|26,968 !align="right"|% !align="right"|26,115 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|789 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|1 Preferential ballot; only one count necessary due to majority on first count. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|25,595 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|25,519 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,058 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|2 Preferential ballot; first and final of two (two) counts only shown. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|60,540 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|236 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=7|3 Seat increased to two members from one. !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|79,309 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|589 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|73,598 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|20 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| The Burnaby riding was partitioned in the large redistribution prior to the 1966 election. Successor ridings were Burnaby-Edmonds, Burnaby-Willingdon and Burnaby North.

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data