| 2005 British Columbia general election: New Westminster | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Chuck Puchmayr | 13,226 | 51.32 | +20.30 | $61,892 | |||
| Liberal | Joyce Murray | 9,645 | 37.42 | −11.78 | $135,015 | |||
| Green | Robert Broughton | 2,416 | 9.37 | −3.90 | $1,417 | |||
| Marijuana | Christina Racki | 293 | 1.14 | −2.68 | $100 | |||
| Democratic Reform | John Robinson Warren | 152 | 0.59 | – | $410 | |||
| Platinum | Greg Calcutta | 42 | 0.16 | – | $100 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,774 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 166 | 0.64 | +0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,940 | 63.91 | −6.5 | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.04 | ||||||