Federal Election 2019 Archive

The Burnaby Board of Trade is seeing a “potential upside” to a minority government in Parliament moving forward.

No matter how you slice it, this year’s burger poll at the Burger Heaven was a bit off the mark. The local restaurant holds a bun-official burger poll for every federal, provincial and municipal election.

Some local New Democrats believe it’s their party’s time to shine in Ottawa – and they see New Westminster’s MP as being a big part of that plan.

A moment of hesitation preceded an uproar of cheers and a shower of praise for Terry Beech as the Liberal incumbent, in Burnaby’s tightest race, reclaimed his seat in Parliament Monday night.

Leader would not say whether the expansion project will be a bargaining chip in talks with Liberals

While other Burnaby federal election candidates were whooping up it up Monday night, things looked pretty dark for Heather Leung.

When I took over as editor of the Burnaby NOW in April 2018, I was inundated with one political message - Terry Beech was toast.

Svend Robinson came back to North Burnaby all the way from Europe to serve his community.

"We did it!" exclaimed Liberal MP Terry Beech as he claimed victory in the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, with the NDP’s Svend Robinson coming in second. With 172 out of 190 polls reporting, Beech had 15,427 votes (35.

After voters mark the big X on their ballot and drop it into a ballot box, it can take a few hours until the election results are announced. In rare cases, when the vote is very close, it can take a couple days to tally the votes.