| 2008 Canadian federal election: Burnaby—New Westminster | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Julian | 20,145 | 46.49 | +7.71 | $72,161 | |||
| Conservative | Sam Rakhra | 13,150 | 30.35 | +2.82 | $77,974 | |||
| Liberal | Gerry Lenoski | 6,681 | 15.42 | -14.53 | $45,125 | |||
| Green | Carrie-Ann McLaren | 3,067 | 7.07 | +3.42 | $7,637 | |||
| Libertarian | Ismet Yetisen | 186 | 0.42 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Joseph Theriault | 96 | 0.22 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,325 | 100.0 | $85,024 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 214 | 0.49 | +0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,539 | 54.35 | -5.74 | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +2.44 | ||||||
