Noor Burki | |
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| Member of theLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan forRegina Coronation Park | |
| Assumed office August 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Docherty |
| ShadowMinister of immigration | |
| Assumed office November 13, 2024 | |
| Leader | Carla Beck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Saskatchewan New Democratic Party |
Noor Burki is aCanadian politician from theSaskatchewan New Democratic Party, who was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the2023 Regina Coronation Park provincial by-election.[1]
Burki was born inPakistan and immigrated to Canada in 2003. Before entering politics, he owned adriving school and worked as a teacher.[2]
Burki first entered politics in the2020 Saskatchewan provincial election, where he was the candidate of theSaskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) in the riding ofRegina Coronation Park. He received 44.12% of the vote, placing second behind incumbentMark Docherty. When Docherty resigned from theLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan on February 10, 2023, Burki was the NDP candidate in the ensuingby-election, held on August 10, 2023. This time he was elected, receiving 56.65% of the vote and defeatingSaskatchewan Party candidate Riaz Ahmad.[3] The two would rematch in the2024 Saskatchewan provincial election, where Burki was subsequently re-elected.
As of June 22, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Immigration. In this role, he has spoken out aboutracism faced by healthcare workers and criticized the decision of the provincial government to suspend an immigration program designed to attract skilled workers to Saskatchewan.[4][5][6]
| 2024 Saskatchewan general election:Regina Coronation Park | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Noor Burki | 3,926 | 52.73 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | Riaz Ahmad | 2,834 | 38.06 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Olasehinde Ben Adebayo | 414 | 5.56 | |||||
| Green | Maria Krznar | 272 | 3.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,446 | 99.15 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,510 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source:Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| New Democraticnotional gain | Swing | |||||||
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election,10 August 2023:Regina Coronation Park Resignation ofMark Docherty | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Noor Burki | 2,039 | 56.65 | +12.53 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Riaz Ahmad | 1,131 | 31.43 | -17.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Olasehinde Ben Adebayo | 222 | 6.17 | +2.36 | ||||
| Green | Kendra Anderson | 122 | 3.39 | +0.19 | ||||
| Progress | Reid Hill | 85 | 2.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,599 | 99.89 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 4 | 0.11 | -0.75 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,603 | 29.02 | -18.62 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,415 | |||||||
| New Democraticgain fromSaskatchewan | Swing | +14.99 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Saskatchewan[7] | ||||||||
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election:Regina Coronation Park | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Mark Docherty | 2,913 | 48.87 | +1.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Noor Burki | 2,630 | 44.12 | -1.39 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Coates | 227 | 3.81 | - | ||||
| Green | Irene Browatzke | 191 | 3.20 | +1.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,961 | 99.14 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.86 | +0.55 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,013 | 47.64 | -4.47 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,621 | |||||||
| Saskatchewanhold | Swing | +1.20 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
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