Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Ron McKinnon
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 110,277
Electors (2015) 82,358
Area (km²)[2] 650
Pop. density (per km²) 169.7
Census divisions Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver A, Port Coquitlam

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of the former electoral district of Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam.[3]

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, where Liberal MP Ron McKinnon won in the riding.[4][5]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
Riding created from Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
42nd  2015–Present     Ron McKinnon Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalRon McKinnon 19,938 35.28 +27.02
ConservativeDouglas Horne 18,083 32.00 -23.53
New DemocraticSara Norman 15,400 27.25 -3.72
GreenBrad Nickason 2,076 3.67 -0.66
LibertarianLewis Clarke Dahlby 1,014 1.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,511100.00 $219,233.41
Total rejected ballots 2870.51
Turnout 56,79867.52
Eligible voters 84,120
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +25.27
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 22,371 55.53
  New Democratic 12,477 30.97
  Liberal 3,330 8.27
  Green 1,744 4.33
  Others 364 0.90

References

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