New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby
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New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
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[edit] Geography
This was an urban riding that contained the city of New Westminster, and those parts of Burnaby lying southeast of the Trans-Canada Highway, and the southwestern portion of Coquitlam.
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1996 from parts of the electoral districts of New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam.
This riding was used in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections.
In 2003, the district was abolished. Parts of it went into the electoral districts of New Westminster—Coquitlam, Burnaby—New Westminster and Burnaby—Douglas.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- Paul Forseth - Reform Party, Canadian Alliance, Conservative Party (1997-2004)
[edit] Election results
| 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% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Paul Forseth | 15,915 | 34.47% | $28,885 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Dawn Black | 14,067 | 30.47% | $58,459 | ||
| Liberal | Celso Boscariol | 13,437 | 29.10% | $51,245 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Debra Hicks | 1,803 | 3.90% | $12,174 | ||
| Green | Tom Hetherington | 691 | 1.49% | $374 | ||
| Natural Law | Daphne Quance | 160 | 0.34% | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Elaine Wismer | 93 | 0.20% | |||
| Total valid votes | 46,166 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 210 | 0.45% | ||||
| Turnout | 46,376 | 65.44% | ||||
