Burnaby election results: Voters send NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to Ottawa

Jagmeet Singh aced perhaps the most important political test of his federal career to date when he won his first parliamentary seat Monday in a Burnaby South byelection.

Singh’s victory was marred by the NDP’s loss in Outremont, the Montreal riding that served as a launching pad for the orange wave that swept Quebec in 2011. Singh jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, finishing with about 39 per cent of the vote, beating Liberal candidate Richard T. Lee who finished second with about 26 per cent. Conservative Jay Shin finished in third place with roughly 23 per cent, while Laura-Lynn Thompson finished fourth with about 11 per cent, running with the People’s Party of Canada, the nascent party launched last year by failed federal Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier.

The Burnaby South seat had been vacated by former MP and now Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart. Stewart told Postmedia last Friday that he had been out door-knocking with Singh last week, and “it felt really good on the ground.” “I’ve had the opportunity to go door-knocking with him as well,” Sajjan told Postmedia. “His compassion that he has for his community, that’s what really, I think, sets him apart.”

Congratulations ! You just won the last seat on the ' Titanic '

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Another loser in office. 👍👍👍👍👍🙄

The man who talks about nothing. No guts no glory. Get some balls one day and you might become a threat.

Lol

This is despite your endorsement of Conservative candidate Mr. . Maybe you should learn to respect what people want.

Juk omg

Gross. The whole GVRD may as well be cut off from the rest of Canada at this point.

VanSun go knock some sense in your editorial writer now. Your report so shamelessly wrong

Shit

vancouversun needs to just be quiet now cdnpoli

Next PM

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