Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh and his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, cast their ballots for the 2025 federal election in Burnaby, B.C. Friday (April 18).
Singh and Sidhu voted on the first day of advanced voting in the election at a Burnaby-Central advanced polling station at Burnaby Central Secondary School (6011 Deer Lake Pkwy).
After voting, he encouraged others to "get out and vote."
Singh has held onto his seat in the riding formerly known as Burnaby-South since a by-election in February 2019.
The Burnaby-South riding was dissolved into the two new ridings, Burnaby-Central and the Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby, during the Elections Canada redistribution process, which was completed in 2023. "The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts be reviewed after each decennial (10-year) census to reflect changes and movements in Canada's population. As a result of the review, electoral district boundaries might be changed and new districts created,"
Advance voting continues on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (April 19 to 21) from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Electors must vote only at their assigned polling place. This is different from the process in some provincial elections, where electors can vote at any polling location.
Another early-voting option is to vote at any Elections Canada office by April 22; office locations can be found online. The offices are open seven days a week: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
Residents can also vote by mail using the special ballot process. The deadline to apply to vote by special ballot is Tuesday, April 22, and the marked ballot must be returned by election day 鈥� Monday, April 28.
Visit the Elections Canada website to apply to vote by mail or call 1-866-499-8007.
A (April 17) finds many Liberal supporters not fully committed, even as the party of Mark Carney remains ahead of the federal Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre. New Democrats under Leader Jagmeet Singh would be the "biggest beneficiary" of lapsing Liberal support as 45 per cent of uncommitted Liberal voters said the NDP would be their second choice. The Conservatives would be the second choice among 18 per cent of uncommitted Liberal voters.
Singh is expected to make an announcement in Burnaby Saturday morning (April 18) before attending Surrey's Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade.
-With files from Black Press Media staff
