New Westminster—Coquitlam

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.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References
7 Sources
8 External links

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Ethnic groups: 69.7% White, 10.4% Chinese, 3.9% South Asian, 3.3% Korean, 3.1% Filipino, 2.3% Aboriginal, 1.8% West Asian, 1.3% Black, 1.2% Latin American, 1.0% Japanese
Languages: 66.3% English, 1.6% French, 31.9% Other
Religion: (2001) No religion 34.1%, Protestant 29.1%, 22.0% Catholic, Christian Orthodox 2.0%, Other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 2.5%, Buddhist 1.7%
Average income: $28,241

The riding has the highest percentage of people who work outside the municipality, but within the same census division in Canada.^[1]

Geography

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

The NDP finds much of its support in New Westminster, Port Moody and in the Maillardville part of Coquitlam. The Conservatives find most of their support in the more suburban parts of Coquitlam.^[2]

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
New Westminster and Fraser Valley West prior to 1979
31st	1979–1980	Pauline Jewett	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
New Westminster—Burnaby, Port Moody—Coquitlam New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam from 1988-2004
38th	2004–2006	Paul Forseth	Conservative
39th	2006–2008	Dawn Black	New Democratic
40th	2008–2009	Dawn Black	New Democratic
40th	2009–2011	Fin Donnelly	New Democratic
41st	2011–present	Fin Donnelly	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Fin Donnelly	23,023	45.93	-3.66	-
	Conservative	Diana Dilworth	20,776	41.45	+5.78	-
	Liberal	Ken Lee	4,068	8.12	-2.21	-
	Green	Rebecca Helps	2,160	4.31	+0.04	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Roland Verrier	95	0.19	-	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,123	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153	0.30	+0.04
Turnout			50,276	60.47	+30.51
Eligible voters			83,143

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
By-election on November 9, 2009 resignation of Dawn Black
	New Democrat	Fin Donnelly	12,171	49.59	+7.76	$78,039
	Conservative	Diana Dilworth	8,730	35.67	-3.16	$75,627
	Liberal	Ken Lee	2,528	10.33	-0.96	$75,989
	Green	Rebecca Helps	1,046	4.27	-2.92	$8,765
Total valid votes			24,476	100.00	$89,080
Total rejected ballots			65	0.26	-0.07
Turnout			24,541	29.96	-31.78

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Dawn Black	20,787	41.83	+3.52	$70,566
	Conservative	Yonah Martin	19,299	38.83	+6.29	$83,305
	Liberal	Michelle Hassen	5,615	11.29	-12.25	$19,178
	Green	Marshall Smith	3,574	7.19	+4.25	$12,669
	Libertarian	Lewis C. Dahlby	314	0.63
	Marxist–Leninist	Roland Verrier	103	0.20	+0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,692	100.00		$85,621
Total rejected ballots			165	0.33	-0.01
Turnout			49,857	61.74	-3.55
	New Democrat	hold	Swing	-1.39

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Dawn Black	19,422	38.31	+5.68	$73,164
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	16,494	32.54	-0.33	$74,916
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	11,933	23.54	-3.86	$68,804
	Green	Sven Biggs	1,491	2.94	-2.68	$5
	Independent	Dick Estey	123	0.24		$102
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	54	0.11
Total valid votes			50,691	100.00
Total rejected ballots			171	0.34	+0.06
Turnout			50,870	65.29	+1.65
	New Democrat	gain from Conservative	Swing	-3.01

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	15,693	32.87	-22.38	$65,539
	New Democrat	Steve McClurg	15,580	32.63	+19.79	$49,764
	Liberal	Dave Haggard	13,080	27.40	-1.31	$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
	Conservative	Notional hold	Swing	-21.1

References

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Sources

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast

New Democratic	Burnaby—Douglas • Burnaby—New Westminster • New Westminster—Coquitlam • Vancouver East • Vancouver Kingsway

Conservative	North Vancouver • Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam • Vancouver South • West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Liberal	Vancouver Centre • Vancouver Quadra

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior • Cariboo—Prince George • Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo • Kelowna—Lake Country • Kootenay—Columbia • Okanagan—Coquihalla • Okanagan—Shuswap • Prince George—Peace River • Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford • Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon • Delta—Richmond East • Fleetwood—Port Kells • Langley • Newton—North Delta • Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission • Richmond • South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale • Surrey North

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas • Burnaby—New Westminster • New Westminster—Coquitlam • North Vancouver • Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam • Vancouver Centre • Vancouver East • Vancouver Kingsway • Vancouver Quadra • Vancouver South • West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo—Alberni • Nanaimo—Cowichan • Saanich—Gulf Islands • Vancouver Island North • Victoria