Thursday, October 15, 2026
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New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

Federal riding · British Columbia · Metro Vancouver

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 13.4 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 45.1%
  • NDP 31.7%
  • Conservative 22.9%
  • Green 1.4%
  • PPC 1.0%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal NDP Conservative Green
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville 45.1%31.7%22.9%1.4%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 46.7%−1.6 9.2%+22.5 32.9%−10.0 2.9%−1.5
National averageCanada 47.0%−1.9 11.8%+19.9 30.4%−7.5 2.4%−1.0

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • English 73.9%
  • Other languages (French included) 26.1%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Jake Sawatzky · Liberal

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 3.5 points, with 67.1% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 13.4 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jake Sawatzky Elected Liberal 19,547 34.9 Instructional Facilitator
Peter Julian NDP 17,574 31.4 Parliamentarian
Indy Panchi Conservative 17,507 31.2 Real Estate Agent
Tara Shushtarian Green 690 1.2 Social
Lourence Almonte Singh Independent 385 0.7 Self-Employed Realtor
Other candidates 338 0.6

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal66%1.2-point gap
  2. Niagara WestConservative53%1.2-point gap
  3. Windsor WestConservative56%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated