Burnaby-Willingdon
Encyclopedia
Burnaby-Willingdon was a provincial
electoral district
for the Legislative Assembly
of British Columbia
, Canada
from 1966 to 2009.
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|John Nuraney
|align="right"|8,754
|align="right"|44.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$51,211
|-
|NDP
|Gabriel Yiu
|align="right"|8,355
|align="right"|42.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,004
|Green
|Pauline Farrell
|align="right"|1,482
|align="right"|7.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$225
|DRBC
|Tony Kuo
|align="right"|947
|align="right"|4.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,752
|Marijuana
|John Warrens
|align="right"|214
|align="right"|1.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0
|Independent
|Tom Tao
|align="right"|142
|align="right"|0.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|19,894
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|John Nuraney
|align="right"|10,207
|align="right"|55.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,187
|-
|NDP
|Dave Myles
|align="right"|4,608
|align="right"|25.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$18,928
|Green
|Joe Keithley
|align="right"|2,879
|align="right"|15.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,419
|Marijuana
|Pamela Zak
|align="right"|362
|align="right"|1.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$394
|Council of British Columbians
|Dennis MacAuley
|align="right"|240
|align="right"|1.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$190
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,296
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|158
!align="right"|0.86%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,454
!align="right"|70.07%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
|Joan Sawicki
|align="right"|10,501
|align="right"|45.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$35,882
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|John Nuraney
|align="right"|9,678
|align="right"|41.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,603
|-
|PDA
|Thomas Reekie
|align="right"|1,161
|align="right"|5.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$210
|BC Reform
|Sunny G. Sodhi
|align="right"|999
|align="right"|4.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$28,321
|Green
|Joe Keithley
|align="right"|458
|align="right"|1.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$160
|Conservative
|Peter B. MacDonald
|align="right"|190
|align="right"|0.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|Natural Law
|Henriette Toth
|align="right"|74
|align="right"|0.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$134
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,061
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|183
!align="right"|0.79%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,244
!align="right"|71.73%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
|Joan Sawicki
|align="right"|10,597
|align="right"|44.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$60,994
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
|Susan French
|align="right"|8,023
|align="right"|33.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$6,337
|Social Credit
|Elwood Veitch
|align="right"|5,036
|align="right"|21.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$78,923
|Green
|Ken Lay
|align="right"|232
|align="right"|0.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$702
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,888
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|494
!align="right"|2.03%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|24,382
!align="right"|74.04%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
Provinces and territories of Canada
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electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...
for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....
of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
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from 1966 to 2009.
Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 53,380 |
| Population Change, 1996-2001 | 10.2% |
| Area (km²) | 15 |
| Pop. Density (People per km²) | 3,556 |
Election results
|-| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|John Nuraney
John Nuraney
John Nuraney is a Canadian politician, formerly a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009....
|align="right"|8,754
|align="right"|44.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$51,211
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Gabriel Yiu
Gabriel Yiu
Gabriel Yiu is an award-winning journalist, social activist and small business owner in Vancouver.-Background:Yiu was born and educated in Hong Kong. He worked in his father’s trading business before becoming the administrator of an arts institution...
|align="right"|8,355
|align="right"|42.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$43,004
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Pauline Farrell
|align="right"|1,482
|align="right"|7.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$225
|DRBC
Democratic Reform British Columbia
Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...
|Tony Kuo
Tony Kuo
Tony E. Kuo is a former Canadian politician in the province of British Columbia.Kuo made national news in 2004 when he protested the appointment of Paul Martin confidant Bill Cunningham as the Liberal candidate in Burnaby—Douglas for that year's federal election...
|align="right"|947
|align="right"|4.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,752
|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....
|John Warrens
|align="right"|214
|align="right"|1.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0
|Independent
|Tom Tao
|align="right"|142
|align="right"|0.71%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|19,894
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|John Nuraney
John Nuraney
John Nuraney is a Canadian politician, formerly a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009....
|align="right"|10,207
|align="right"|55.79%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,187
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Dave Myles
|align="right"|4,608
|align="right"|25.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$18,928
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Joe Keithley
Joe Keithley
Joey "Shithead" Keithley is a punk musician with the band D.O.A.. He was raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and attended Burnaby North Secondary. At age 11, he began playing drums. He would later take up the guitar and vocals. He owns and operates his own record company, Sudden Death...
|align="right"|2,879
|align="right"|15.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,419
|Marijuana
British Columbia Marijuana Party
The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....
|Pamela Zak
|align="right"|362
|align="right"|1.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$394
|Council of British Columbians
Council of British Columbians
The Council of British Columbians was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. It nominated two candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election:...
|Dennis MacAuley
|align="right"|240
|align="right"|1.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$190
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,296
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|158
!align="right"|0.86%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,454
!align="right"|70.07%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Joan Sawicki
Joan Sawicki
Joan Marie Sawicki is a former Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Burnaby-Willingdon riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party....
|align="right"|10,501
|align="right"|45.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$35,882
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|John Nuraney
John Nuraney
John Nuraney is a Canadian politician, formerly a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009....
|align="right"|9,678
|align="right"|41.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$46,603
|-
|PDA
Progressive Democratic Alliance
The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....
|Thomas Reekie
|align="right"|1,161
|align="right"|5.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$210
|BC Reform
Reform Party of British Columbia
The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...
|Sunny G. Sodhi
|align="right"|999
|align="right"|4.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$28,321
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Joe Keithley
Joe Keithley
Joey "Shithead" Keithley is a punk musician with the band D.O.A.. He was raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and attended Burnaby North Secondary. At age 11, he began playing drums. He would later take up the guitar and vocals. He owns and operates his own record company, Sudden Death...
|align="right"|458
|align="right"|1.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$160
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Peter B. MacDonald
|align="right"|190
|align="right"|0.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|Natural Law
Natural Law Party of Canada
The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....
|Henriette Toth
|align="right"|74
|align="right"|0.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$134
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,061
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|183
!align="right"|0.79%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,244
!align="right"|71.73%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Joan Sawicki
Joan Sawicki
Joan Marie Sawicki is a former Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Burnaby-Willingdon riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party....
|align="right"|10,597
|align="right"|44.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$60,994
|-
| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Susan French
|align="right"|8,023
|align="right"|33.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$6,337
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|Elwood Veitch
|align="right"|5,036
|align="right"|21.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$78,923
|Green
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
|Ken Lay
|align="right"|232
|align="right"|0.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$702
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,888
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|494
!align="right"|2.03%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|24,382
!align="right"|74.04%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|