At least two candidates will be running in the new New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville federal riding.
Liberal leader Mark Carney visited Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Sunday and asked her to dissolve Parliament and set a federal election for April 28. On the morning of Monday, March 24, two candidates had confirmed their intentions to run for in New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville: Peter Julian (NDP); and Tara Shushtarian (Green Party of Canada); and Lourence Singh (Conservative Party of Canada.) (This story will be updated as federal parties post the names of their candidates or Elections Canada posts candidate information.)
According to Elections Canada, the nomination process for candidates closes on Monday, April 7. A complete list of confirmed candidates will be available on Wednesday, April 9.
Canadians last went to the polls for a federal election on Sept. 20, 2021. Since that time, the local riding’s boundaries have changed, in response to proposals from the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission. The boundaries, which are reviewed every 10 years (following the census, to ensure balanced representation and to adjust for population changes) had originally recommended that New West voters be divided between two proposed federal ridings: New Westminster-Bridgeview (with mainland New West sharing a riding with parts of North Surrey) and Richmond East (which would have included Queensborough).
The final plan, however, left all of New Westminster intact in the new New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville riding. In addition to all of New West, the riding includes a section of Burnaby (the area roughly bounded by 10th Avenue, Canada Way, Burris Street and Highway 1) and the Maillardville neighbourhood in Coquitlam.
Canadians will go to the polls on Monday, April 28. Advance voting is set to take place on four dates: Friday, April 18; Saturday, April 19; Sunday, April 20; and Monday, April 21.
In the 2021 federal election, five candidates vied to represent the then-named New Westminster-Burnaby riding in the House of Commons, representing the People’s Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party, the Green Party of Canada, and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Julian, the incumbent, topped the polls and won his seventh federal election.
