With general voting day just weeks away, candidates are being announced fast and furious.
Here's who is running in Burnaby's four ridings, which have changed since the last federal election in 2021.
In May 2022, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for BC recommended the creation of new ridings while making changes to others, mainly due to a rise in the provincial population.
It was mandated to provide 43 electoral districts, an increase of one compared to the last allotment.
The Canadian constitution requires the re-configuring of electoral district boundaries every 10 years after the decennial census is completed.
Burnaby is now included in the following ridings:
- Burnaby Central
- Burnaby North-Seymour
- New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville
- Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby
Elections Canada says a complete list of all confirmed candidates will be available on April 9.
The NOW will update this list should more candidates declare or candidates drop out.
Burnaby Central
- Richard Farbridge - People's Party of Canada
- James Yan - Conservative Party of Canada
- Wade Chang - Liberal Party of Canada
- Elie Lubendo - Green Party of Canada
- Jagmeet Singh - NDP (incumbent)
Burnaby North-Seymour
- Jesse Fulton - People's Party of Canada
- Mauro Francis - Conservative Party of Canada
- Terry Beech - Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent)
- Bryan White - Green Party of Canada
- Michael Charrois - NDP
Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby
- Desiderio Magtanggol Reyes - People's Party of Canada
- Avi Nayyar - Conservative Party of Canada
- Gregor Robertson - Liberal Party of Canada
- Manoj Bhangu - NDP
New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville
- Jonathan Sheardown - People's Party of Canada
- Jake Sawatzky - Liberal Party of Canada
- Tara Shushtarian - Green Party of Canada
- Peter Julian - NDP (incumbent)
Lourence Singh, who had been listed as the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate in New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville, was suddenly removed by the party.
In an April 2 statement to the Record, a Conservative campaign spokesperson confirmed Singh will not be a candidate for the Conservative Party, but no further details were provided.
