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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59020British Columbia

New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville is a federal riding in British Columbia. Jake Sawatzky (Liberal) has represented New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville since the 2025 election. Jake Sawatzky (Liberal) took New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 1,973 votes (3.6 points), with 35.1% of the vote. Peter Julian (NDP) was second with 31.5%, on a turnout of 67.1% of 83,525 electors. Member as of .

Burnaby Central · LiberalDelta · LiberalPort Moody—Coquitlam · LiberalRichmond East—Steveston · LiberalSurrey Centre · LiberalVancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby · LiberalNew Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
Fig. 1 — New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

LJake Sawatzky
Jake Sawatzky's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Jake Sawatzky

Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

Liberal

MP since · first term

  • Finance committee
  • Health committee

27 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Safe Social Media Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Liberal gain from the New Democrats

Share of the valid votes by candidate, New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, April 28, 2025Of the 55,703 valid votes, Jake Sawatzky (Liberal) took 35.1%, Peter Julian (New Democratic) 31.5%, Indy Panchi (Conservative) 31.4% and Tara Shushtarian (Green) 1.2%; one other candidate took 0.7%.2025Turnout 67.1% of 83,525 electorsJake SawatzkyLiberal35.1% · 19,5471,973 votes ahead · 3.5 ptsPeter JulianNew Democratic31.5% · 17,574Indy PanchiConservative31.4% · 17,507Tara ShushtarianGreen1.2% · 690Other (1)0.7% · 385050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, April 28, 2025Of the 55,703 valid votes, Jake Sawatzky (Liberal) took 35.1%, Peter Julian (New Democratic) 31.5%, Indy Panchi (Conservative) 31.4% and Tara Shushtarian (Green) 1.2%; one other candidate took 0.7%.2025Turnout 67.1% of 83,525 electorsJake SawatzkyLiberal35.1% · 19,5471,973 votes ahead · 3.5 ptsPeter JulianNew Democratic31.5% · 17,574Indy PanchiConservative31.4% · 17,507Tara ShushtarianGreen1.2% · 690Other (1)0.7% · 385050%100%
Shares of the 55,703 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jake SawatzkyLiberal19,54735.1%
Peter JulianNew Democratic17,57431.5%
Indy PanchiConservative17,50731.4%
Tara ShushtarianGreen6901.2%
Other (1)3850.7%

Jake Sawatzky (Liberal) won New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville on with 19,547 votes, 35.1% of the 55,703 valid votes. Peter Julian (New Democratic) was second with 17,574 (31.5%), 1,973 votes and 3.6 points behind.

Of the 55,703 valid votes, Jake Sawatzky (Liberal) took 35.1%, Peter Julian (New Democratic) 31.5%, Indy Panchi (Conservative) 31.4% and Tara Shushtarian (Green) 1.2%; one other candidate took 0.7%. Turnout was 67.1% of 83,525 electors: 56,034 ballots cast, 55,703 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 11.9 (23.2% to 35.1%), the New Democrats down 16.1 (47.6% to 31.5%), the Conservatives up 10.6 (20.8% to 31.4%) and the Greens down 2.6 (3.8% to 1.2%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004New Democratic33.2%by 2.5 points over the Conservatives
  2. 2006New Democratic38.5%by 8.4 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008New Democratic44.1%by 9.4 points over the Conservatives
  4. 2011New Democratic47.8%by 9.0 points over the Conservatives
  5. 2015New Democratic42.4%by 13.1 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019New Democratic42.2%by 17.9 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021New Democratic47.6%by 24.3 points over the Liberals
  8. 2025changed handsLiberal35.1%by 3.6 points over the New Democrats
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004New Democratic33.2%Conservative2.5carried, our estimate
2006New Democratic38.5%Conservative8.4carried, our estimate
2008New Democratic44.1%Conservative9.4carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic47.8%Conservative9.0carried, our estimate
2015New Democratic42.4%Liberal13.1carried, our estimate
2019New Democratic42.2%Liberal17.9carried, our estimate
2021New Democratic47.6%Liberal24.3transposed by Elections Canada
2025Liberal35.1%New Democratic3.6official result

The NDP were first at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Liberals at one; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Liberals took 35.1% of the vote here, 12.8 points above their average of 22.3% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (33.2%), 2006 (38.5%), 2008 (44.1%), 2011 (47.8%), 2015 (42.4%), 2019 (42.2%) and 2021 (47.6%) and the Liberals in 2025 (35.1%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 New Democratic · Peter Julian, by 12,369 votes (25.1 pts)
  • 2019 New Democratic · Peter Julian, by 11,023 votes (20.8 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Peter Julian, by 7,623 votes (14.5 pts)

In New Westminster—Burnaby on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville is

Population
114,6402021 census
Area
30km²
Density
3,834people per km²
Electors
83,525on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Changed hands in 2025: One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)58
    Changed hands in 2025
    One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
  • Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327
    Decided before election day
    On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 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 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 with French as a mother tongue is 1.0% — about 63 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest101st lowest of 343
  • Median age is 40.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest141st lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $84,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest162nd highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 85% of the 2025 electors in today's New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville lived in the old New Westminster—Burnaby; by area, 17% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
84.9%New Westminster—Burnaby 83.4% of the area · 86% of it kept
15.1%Port Moody—Coquitlam 16.5% of the area · 4% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Jake SawatzkyLiberal19,54735.1%23.2%+11.9
Peter JulianNew Democratic17,57431.5%47.6%−16.1
Indy PanchiConservative17,50731.4%20.8%+10.6
Tara ShushtarianGreen6901.2%3.8%−2.6
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Lourence Almonte SinghIndependent3850.7%
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

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.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (43) · ■ won by another party (122) · ▨ tied (4).
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.

On election day the Liberals took 33.4%, the New Democrats 29.4%, the Conservatives 34.9% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 36.6%, 33.6%, 28.1% and 1.0%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 33.4%, the New Democrats 29.4%, the Conservatives 34.9% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 36.6%, 33.6%, 28.1% and 1.0%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal33.4%36.6%+3.2 ptsNew Democratic29.4%33.6%+4.2 ptsConservative34.9%28.1%−6.8 ptsGreen1.4%1.0%−0.4 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 33.4%, the New Democrats 29.4%, the Conservatives 34.9% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 36.6%, 33.6%, 28.1% and 1.0%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal33.4%36.6%+3.2 ptsNew Democratic29.4%33.6%+4.2 ptsConservative34.9%28.1%−6.8 ptsGreen1.4%1.0%−0.4 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Liberal33.4%36.6%+3.2
New Democratic29.4%33.6%+4.2
Conservative34.9%28.1%−6.8
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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/new-westminster-burnaby-maillardville/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.