2019 Burnaby South federal by-election

2019 Burnaby South federal by-election

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Riding of Burnaby South
Turnout	30.10% ( 30.68pp)
First party Second party   Candidate Jagmeet Singh Richard T. Lee Party New Democratic Liberal Popular vote 8,848 5,919 Percentage 38.90% 26.02% Swing 3.83pp 7.86pp   Third party Fourth party   CPC PPC Candidate Jay Shin Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson Party Conservative People's Popular vote 5,147 2,422 Percentage 22.63% 10.65% Swing 4.48pp New party
Results by polling division Singh:      <40%      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      >70% Lee:      <40%      40-50% Shin:      <40%      40-50%      Tie
MP before election Kennedy Stewart New Democratic Elected MP Jagmeet Singh New Democratic

A by-election was held in the federal riding of Burnaby South on February 25, 2019 following the resignation of incumbent New Democratic MP Kennedy Stewart on September 14, 2018.

Jagmeet Singh, the federal leader of the NDP since October 1, 2017, won the by-election^[1] after having served as his party's leader without a seat in the House of Commons for over a year.