Noor Burki
Noor Burki | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Regina Coronation Park | |
| Assumed office August 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Docherty |
| Shadow Minister of immigration | |
| Assumed office November 13, 2024 | |
| Leader | Carla Beck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Saskatchewan New Democratic Party |
Noor Burki is a Canadian politician from the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2023 Regina Coronation Park provincial by-election.[1]
Career
Burki was born in Pakistan and immigrated to Canada in 2003. Before entering politics, he owned a driving school and worked as a teacher.[2]
Burki first entered politics in the 2020 Saskatchewan provincial election, where he was the candidate of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) in the riding of Regina Coronation Park. He received 44.12% of the vote, placing second behind incumbent Mark Docherty. When Docherty resigned from the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan on February 10, 2023, Burki was the NDP candidate in the ensuing by-election, held on August 10, 2023. This time he was elected, receiving 56.65% of the vote and defeating Saskatchewan Party candidate Riaz Ahmad.[3] The two would rematch in the 2024 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 about racism 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]
Electoral record
| 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 Democratic notional gain | Swing | |||||||
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 10 August 2023: Regina Coronation Park Resignation of Mark 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 Democratic gain from Saskatchewan | 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 | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | +1.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Dayal, Pratyush (10 August 2023). "2 NDP wins in Regina byelections, Saskatchewan Party keeps Lumsden-Morse". CBC News.
- ↑ Hunter, Adam (2023-07-24). "Former MLA adds drama to Coronation Park byelection campaign". CBC News. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ "NDP wins Walsh Acres, Coronation Park, Sask. Party wins Lumsden-Morse". CJME. 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ Cairns, John (2023-11-06). "No room for racism in Sask. health care, says government". Sask Today. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ Salloum, Alec (2024-12-10). "Sask. government orders third-party review of alleged misconduct, racism at Regina hospitals". Regina Leader Post. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ Mantyka, Wayne; Brezinski, Caitlin (2025-03-07). "Sask. NDP says pause of skilled worker program 'hurts our province'". CTV News. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ "2023 By-elections". Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 July 2023.