New Westminster—Coquitlam

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New Westminster—Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
New Westminster—Coquitlam in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Dawn Black NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,231
Electors (2006)	77,916
Area (km²)	55
Pop. density (per km²)	2,022.4
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Moody

New Westminster—Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and since 2004. It is represented by Dawn Black (New Democratic Party) in the 39th Canadian parliament.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district consists of the eastern part of New Westminster, the southwestern part of Coquitlam and the southern part of Port Moody.

[edit] History

This electoral district was first created in 1976 from New Westminster and Fraser Valley West ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam ridings.

It was re-created in 2003 from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1979-1988: Pauline Jewett - New Democratic Party - She had previously represented Northumberland riding in Ontario.
• 2004-2006: Paul Forseth - Conservative - He has previously represented New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and New Westminster—Burnaby.
• 2006-present: Dawn Black - NDP

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Dawn Black. She represents the New Democratic Party.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Dawn Black	19,422	38.31%	+5.68	$73,164.63
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	16,494	32.53%	-0.34	$74,916.40
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	11,933	23.53%	-3.87	$68,804.72
	Green	Sven Biggs	1,491	2.95%	-2.67	$5.00
	Independent	Dick Estey	123	0.24%		N/A
	Marxist-Leninist	Joseph Theriault	54	0.10%		N/A
Total valid votes			50,691	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			171	0.34
Turnout			50,870	65.29
	N.D.P. gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.01

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	15,693	32.87%		$65,539
	New Democratic Party	Steve McClurg	15,580	32.63%		$49,764
	Liberal	Dave Haggard	13,080	27.40%		$66,051
	Green	Carli Travers	2,684	5.62%		$1,886
	Christian Heritage	Jack Hummelman	700	1.46%		$15,340
Total valid votes			47,737	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			133	0.28%
Turnout			47,870	63.64%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Paul Forseth	20,698	43.96%		$44,293
	Liberal	Lee Rankin	14,579	30.96%		$64,668
	New Democratic Party	Lorrie Williams	7,076	15.03%		$30,701
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Redmond	3,492	4.71%		$11,866
	Green	François C. Nantel	1,028	2.18%		$86
	Communist	Hanne Gidora	109	0.23%		$189
	Marxist-Leninist	Brian Sproule	93	0.19%		$10
Total valid votes			47,075	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			206	0.44%
Turnout			47,281	60.11%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1976-1987)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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