Coquitlam—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
	Liberal	Ron McKinnon	19,938	35.28	+27.02	–
	Conservative	Douglas Horne	18,083	32.00	-23.53	–
	New Democratic	Sara Norman	15,400	27.25	-3.72	–
	Green	Brad Nickason	2,076	3.67	-0.66	–
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	1,014	1.79	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,511	100.00		$219,233.41
Total rejected ballots			287	0.51	–
Turnout			56,798	67.52	–
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

Federal ridings in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast

Liberal	Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam North Vancouver Vancouver Centre Vancouver Granville Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

New Democratic	Burnaby South New Westminster—Burnaby Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

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

Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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