Know your riding — Canada Votes 2025: Burlington

Samantha Beattie · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 12, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

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The Burlington riding has voted Liberal since incumbent Karina Gould defeated the Conservatives successful 2015. 

She volition tally again this predetermination aft taking a changeable astatine the Liberal enactment successful March and placing third. 

This predetermination is the 2nd clip Gould will beryllium up against Conservative campaigner Emily Brown. Gould bushed Brown successful the 2021 predetermination by 5,860 votes. 

The Golden Horseshoe riding encompasses astir of the City of Burlington and is bordered by Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour. It runs from Burloak Drive successful the northeast to Guelph Line in the south. 

CBC Hamilton sent a survey to large enactment candidates, oregon their enactment representatives. Their responses, edited for magnitude and clarity, are reflected below. 

Michael Bator, People's Party

Bator is simply a bundle developer, pianist and guitarist, and younker hockey and shot coach. He did not capable retired the survey.

"He is an advocator for protecting puerility innocence, defending women's rights, and upholding Christian principles successful society," his campaign website says.

"He continues to basal for faith, integrity, and the empowerment of individuals to scope their afloat potential."

Emily Brown, Conservative

Brown teaches concern math at Sheridan College and is simply a committee subordinate of the Canadian Wildlife Federation. 

She did not capable retired the survey. Her run website says she "brings a wealthiness of experienced" to the riding and Conservative Party including skills successful governance, strategical readying and stakeholder management. 

"Known arsenic idiosyncratic who steps up to get things done, she does not backmost down to a challenge," her website says.

Michael Beauchemin, NDP

An applications technologist astatine a Canadian bundle company, Michael Beauchemin, 28, said he's moving due to the fact that constituents request a person who cares. 

"I volition combat against the rising costs successful lodging and groceries, and clasp large concern accountable for their greed and price-gouging of Canadians," Beauchemin said successful the survey.

"As a candidate, I americium not beholden to firm involvement groups and affluent donors. Politicians enactment for the radical they represent, and it's clip they retrieve it."

Karina Gould, Liberal

The incumbent campaigner did not respond to CBC Hamilton's survey. Her run website says she is is simply a lifelong Burlington nonmigratory and earlier politics, worked in international trade. 

"As the youngest pistillate furniture curate successful Canadian history, Karina Gould has been a fierce advocator for the radical of Burlington since she was elected successful 2015," her website says. 

"Karina is moving for re-election to guarantee that we proceed to marque Burlington and Canada much equal, prosperous, sustainable and inclusive."

Kyle Hutton, Green

Kyle Hutton, 34, has worked for an biology non-profit enactment and is simply a subordinate of the Green Party of Ontario's provincial enforcement board.

"Canadians are feeling unit — from [U.S. President Donald] Trump, from an expanding outgo of living, from screens and talking heads demanding our attraction astatine each hours," Hutton wrote successful the survey.

"If elected, my precedence volition beryllium to reinvest successful Canadians, straight tackle the lodging and poorness crises with proven solutions, and refocus our authorities connected what matters — not the noise."  

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