Burnaby students had a chance to cast their ballots ahead of B.C.'s provincial election, with the results coming in close to the actual final count.
Elections BC's results from Oct. 19 showed the BC NDP swept all five Burnaby ridings with Anne Kang elected in Burnaby Centre, Reah Arora in Burnaby East, Raj Chouhan in Burnaby-New Westminster, Janet Routledge in Burnaby North and Paul Choi in Burnaby South-Metrotown.
The Student Vote results showed students sent Kang, Arora, Chouhan and Choi to the Victoria legislature to represent their respective ridings.
The one surprise came in Burnaby North, with Conservative Party of BC candidate Michael Wu upsetting Routledge.
Of the 1,034 schools that participated, the BC NDP won 44 seats, giving Premier David Eby and the party a minority government.
The Conservative Party of BC and John Rustad won 40 seats while Sonia Furstenau and the BC Green Party won nine seats.
The Burnaby student result breakdown was as follows:
Burnaby Centre
- BC NDP - Anne Kang - 1,673 votes - 58.25 per cent
- Conservative Party of BC - Dharam Kajal - 1,199 votes - 41.75 per cent
- Buckingham Elementary
- Burnaby Central Secondary
- Cascade Heights Elementary
- Chaffey-Burke Elementary
- Douglas Road Elementary
- Gilpin Elementary
- Inman Elementary
- Marlborough Elementary
- Moscrop Secondary
- Take A Hike Burnaby
- Windsor Elementary
- Windsor Neighbourhood Learning Centre
- Ecole Brantford Elementary
Burnaby East
- BC NDP - Reah Arora - 625 votes - 39.56 per cent
- Conservative Party of BC - Simon Chandler - 517 votes - 32.72 per cent
- BC Green Party - Tara Shustraian - 438 votes - 27.72 per cent
- Burnaby Mountain Secondary
- Cameron Elementary
- Cariboo Hill Secondary
- EBUS Academy
- Lyndhust Elementary
- Sperling Elementary
- Stoney Creek Community Elementary
- University Highlands Elementary School
- Westridge Elementary
- Windsor House School
Burnaby North
- Conservative Party of BC - Michael Wu - 334 votes - 47.58 per cent
- BC NDP - Janet Routledge - 282 votes - 40.17 per cent
- Independent - Martin Kendell - 86 votes - 12.25 per cent
- Alpha Secondary School
- Aubrey Elementary
- Burnaby North Secondary
- Capitol Hill Elementary
- Fawkes Academy Burnaby
- Holy Cross Elementary
- Kitchener Elementary
- Montecito Elementary
Burnaby South-Metrotown
- BC NDP - Paul Choi - 533 votes - 38.93 per cent
- Conservative Party of BC - Han Lee - 362 votes - 26.44 per cent
- BC Green Party - Carrie McLaren - 291 votes - 21.26 per cent
- Independent - MichaelAngelo Abc RobinHood - 108 votes - 7.89 per cent
- Unaffiliated - Meiling Chia - 75 votes - 5.48 per cent
- B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf-Elementary Program
- Burnaby South Secondary
- Chaffey-Burke Elementary
- Clinton Elementary
- Glenwood Elementary
- King George Secondary
- Kleos Open Learning
- Maywood Community Elementary
- Nelson Elementary
- Taylor Park Elementary
Burnaby-New Westminster
- BC NDP - Raj Chouhan - 1,117 votes - 50.38 per cent
- Conservative Party of BC - Deepak Suri - 730 votes - 32.93 per cent
- Independent - Daniel Kofi Ampong - 370 votes - 16.69 per cent
- Connaught Heights Elementary
- Edmonds Community Resource Centre
- F.W. Howay Community School
- Herbert Spencer Elementary
- John Knox Christian School
- Lord Kelvin Community School
- Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary
- New Westminster Secondary School
- Queen Elizabeth Elementary
- Second Street Community Elementary
- St. Thomas More Collegiate
- Stride Avenue Community Elementary
- Twelfth Avenue Elementary
