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Election 2025: Hear from your New Westminster–Burnaby–Maillardville candidates
Four candidates in this riding answered the questions that are most pressing to Burnaby residents
Burnaby Beacon Staff
April 16, 2025
The riding of New Westminster/Burnaby/Maillardville encompasses the City of New Westminster, the southeastern portion of Burnaby – including areas bounded by 10th Avenue, Canada Way, Burris Street, and Highway 1 – and the Maillardville neighbourhood in Coquitlam. Established during the 2022 federal electoral redistribution, this riding combines parts of the former New Westminster–Burnaby and Coquitlam ridings, uniting these communities into a single electoral district for the first time.
You can see a PDF of the riding’s boundaries here.
Candidates
So far, five candidates are running in New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville: Indy Panchi (Conservatives), Jake Sawatzky (Liberal), Peter Julian (NDP), Tara Shushtarian (Greens), and Lourence Almonte Singh (Independent). The candidates are listed in alphabetical order below. We did not receive a response from the Conservative candidate Indy Panchi.
Responses exceeding the 200-word limit were edited for length and clarity while preserving the candidate’s core message and policy positions.