Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby

Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby is a newly created federal riding established through the 2022 redistribution, combining communities from the former Vancouver South and Burnaby South ridings. The riding stretches from the Fraserview and Killarney neighbourhoods in southeast Vancouver across the municipal boundary into the southern portion of Burnaby, south of Imperial Street and Kingsway. It is a diverse, middle-class constituency of immigrants, young families, and multigenerational households.

Candidates

Gregor Robertson (Liberal) is a former mayor of Vancouver who served from 2008 to 2018, making him the city's longest consecutively serving mayor. Before his mayoralty, he served as a BC NDP MLA for Vancouver-Fairview from 2005 to 2008. As mayor, he led the creation of the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan. Following his time as mayor, he worked in international climate policy as a special envoy with the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships and as global ambassador for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

Avi Nayyar (Conservative) is a lawyer, realtor, and youth mentor who operates Nayyar Law Corporation in the Greater Vancouver area. He campaigned on affordability and economic opportunity for families.

Manoj Bhangu (NDP) is a small business owner and community advocate who founded Young Driving School and served for six years as a director on the board of Black Top Cabs. He made legal history in British Columbia with a landmark human rights case recognizing caste discrimination. He and his wife raised their three children in the riding.

Alexander Dow (Green Party) and Desiderio Magtanggol 'Bonn' Reyes (People's Party) also stood as candidates in the riding.

About the Riding

Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby came into existence with the 2025 federal election. The Vancouver portion of the riding includes the Fraserview, Killarney, and Victoria-Fraserview neighbourhoods—residential areas of single-family homes and low-rise apartments along the Fraser River's north bank, with significant Chinese, South Asian, and Filipino communities. The Burnaby portion encompasses the southern wedge of the city south of Kingsway, including the commercial and residential districts around the Edmonds and Royal Oak areas.

The riding's economy is shaped by small business, retail, healthcare, and construction, with many residents commuting to jobs in downtown Vancouver or other parts of Metro Vancouver. The Metrotown commercial district borders the riding to the north in Burnaby, and the new Burnaby Hospital redevelopment is a significant local infrastructure project.

In 2025, housing affordability was the overriding issue. The riding's mix of older single-family lots and newer condominium developments reflected the tensions between densification and neighbourhood character that run through much of Metro Vancouver's political debate. Transit connectivity—particularly access to rapid transit for the riding's Burnaby communities—healthcare system pressures, and the cost of childcare and groceries were recurring concerns for families in the riding.