In 2009: Liberal Harry Bloy won his third straight election in this area, defeating NDP Jaynie Clark by 696 votes, 48-45%.
History & Geography: Formerly called Burquitlam, Burnaby-Lougheed moved completely into Burnaby in the 2009 election. Bordered by Sperling, Highway 1, Lakefield Drive, 10th Avenue, and North Road, the northern half of Burnaby was held by the NDP in every election from 1953 to 1996, but Liberal Harry Bloy has three straight elections. Some suburbs around Burnaby Mountain are quite Liberal, but the NDP has support from students and the part of Burnaby south of Deer Lake in this riding.
Basic Stats:
Population: 53315 (48th)
Size: 36.9 km (56th)
Density: 1445 people/km (30th)
Odds and Ends: Home to SFU, this riding had 4795 people between 20 and 25 in the 2011 census, the fourth most in BC. It’s also home to Global’s studio!
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Candidates
Liberals-Ken Kramer: A lawyer, Kramer is the founder of KMK Law Corporation, and chairs BC’s Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board. He was also the first person with a neuromuscular disorder to be chair of Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
Greens-Darwin Burns: A lab technician at ALS Environmental, Burns lives in the Forest Grove neighbourhood. He was born in Ottawa and has a political science degree. He also has a blog where he posts his poetry, which you can read here.
Conservatives-Christine Clark: The Director and Chair of Advocacy for the Canadian Skin Patient Alliance and President of the Canadian Association of Psoriasis Patients, Clark has worked with CompuCollege, A+ Education and IBM Canada. She ran for the Conservatives in the Port Moody-Coquitlam 2012 byelection, finishing in last place with 15 per cent.
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