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Election 2025: Hear from your Burnaby Central candidates
Three candidates in this riding answered the questions that are most pressing to Burnaby residents
Burnaby Beacon Staff
April 16, 2025
The riding of Burnaby Central encompasses the central portion of the City of Burnaby, including the neighbourhoods of Metrotown, Burnaby Hospital, and parts of Deer Lake, with boundaries that have remained largely unchanged since the 2021 election.
You can see a PDF of the riding’s boundaries here.
Candidates
So far, four candidates are running in Burnaby Central: Jagmeet Singh (NDP), James Yan (Conservatives), Wade Chang (Liberals) and Richard Farbridge (PPC). The candidates are listed in alphabetical order below with the answers they provided to our list of questions. We did not receive a response from the Conservative candidate James Yan.
Responses exceeding the 200-word limit were edited for length and clarity while preserving the candidate’s core message and policy positions.