The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
Federal riding · BC · No. 59020 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Jake Sawatzky Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal gain by 1,973 votes
- Turnout
- 67.1% of 83,525 electors
- Population
- 114,640 2021 census
- Area
- 30 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
- Decided before election dayOn election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 343
- Area, smallest first30 km² · 32nd of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Jake Sawatzky
- Member: Finance
- Member: Health
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 17% of today's New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville came from ridings other than the old New Westminster—Burnaby.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
83.4%New Westminster—Burnaby 86% of it kept
16.5%Port Moody—Coquitlam 4% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal gain
Elected
Jake Sawatzky
Liberal
19,547
35.1% of valid votes
Margin
1,973
votes · +3.6 pts
Runner-up
Peter Julian
New Democratic
17,574
31.5% of valid votes
Liberal 35.1% · New Democratic 31.5% · Conservative 31.4% · Green 1.2%
Turnout67.1% of 83,525 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Sawatzky | Liberal | 19,547 | 35.1% | 23.2% | +11.9 |
| Peter Julian | New Democratic | 17,574 | 31.5% | 47.6% | −16.1 |
| Indy Panchi | Conservative | 17,507 | 31.4% | 20.8% | +10.6 |
| Tara Shushtarian | Green | 690 | 1.2% | 3.8% | −2.6 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| Lourence Almonte Singh | Independent | 385 | 0.7% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
1.8 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
17,507 votes
Conservative took more than the 1,973-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
122 of 169
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 987 voters switching from Liberal to New Democratic — 1.8% of the 55,703 valid votes, 1.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal19,547
New Democratic17,574
Still Liberal by 1,973 votes. Actual margin: 1,973.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 48.4% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots. On election day alone, the Conservatives led here — the seat was decided by ballots cast before the day.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative34.9%28.1%−6.8
Liberal33.4%36.6%+3.2
New Democratic29.4%33.6%+4.2
Green1.4%1.0%−0.4
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $84,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest162nd highest of 343
- Median age is 40.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest141st lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.7% — about 1.5 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest85th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 40.7% — about 2.4 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest53rd highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 56.5% — about 79 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest73rd lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.0% — about 63 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest101st lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59020BC · 2025
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
Jake Sawatzky
- Result
- Liberal gain by 1,973
- Turnout
- 67.1%
- Population
- 114,640
- Area
- 30 km²
Changed hands in 2025Decided before election dayArea, smallest first
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