# Burnaby East

Burnaby East is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.
The district was established under the name Burnaby-Lougheed by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which Liberal, Harry Bloy was elected MLA. Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution which took effect for the 2024 general election, the electoral district had minor boundary changes and adopted its current name.

## MLAs

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Burnaby-Lougheed Riding created from Burnaby-Edmonds, Burnaby North and Burquitlam |||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Harry Bloy | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Jane Shin | New Democratic |
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Katrina Chen | New Democratic |
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | Katrina Chen | New Democratic |
| Burnaby East |||||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Rohini Arora | New Democratic |

## Election results

vte2024 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Reah Arora | 10,490 | 51.8% | -7.3 |
| | Conservative | Simon Chandler | 8,199 | 40.5% | |
| | Green | Tara Shushtarian | 1,543 | 7.6% | -5.5 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,232 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
2020 provincial election redistributed results :
| Party | % |
| New Democratic | 59.1 |
| Liberal | 26.4 |
| Green | 13.1 |
vte2020 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Lougheed :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Katrina Chen | 12,574 | 60.25 | +12.19 | $45,187.71 |
| | Liberal | Tariq Malik | 5,386 | 25.81 | −11.15 | $32,865.72 |
| | Green | Andrew Williamson | 2,628 | 12.59 | −1.18 | $5,054.75 |
| | Libertarian | Dominique Paynter | 281 | 1.35 | +0.78 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,869 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2017 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Lougheed :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Katrina Chen | 10,911 | 48.06 | +3.80 | $74,356.10 |
| | Liberal | Steve Darling | 8,391 | 36.96 | −3.63 | $71,973.42 |
| | Green | Joe Keithley | 3,127 | 13.77 | +5.54 | $8,745.26 |
| | Independent | Sylvia Gung | 145 | 0.64 | – | $87.90 |
| | Libertarian | Neeraj Murarka | 129 | 0.57 | – | $329.94 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,703 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 188 | 0.82 | −0.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,891 | 60.81 | +4.57 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 37,641 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2013 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Lougheed :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Jane Shin | 8,952 | 44.26 | −0.53 | $106,921 |
| | Liberal | Ken Kramer | 8,209 | 40.59 | −7.86 | $78,265 |
| | Green | Darwin Augustus Ivan Burns | 1,665 | 8.23 | +1.47 | $376 |
| | No Affiliation | Christine N. Clarke | 1,399 | 6.92 | – | $260 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,225 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 227 | 1.11 | +0.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,452 | 56.24 | +2.65 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 36,366 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2009 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Lougheed :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Harry Bloy | 9,207 | 48.45 | $130,336 |
| | New Democratic | Jaynie Clark | 8,511 | 44.79 | $82,016 |
| | Green | Helen H. S. Chang | 1,285 | 6.76 | $8,537 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,003 | 100 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 131 | 0.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,134 | 53.59 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 35,705 |