Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
British Columbia electoral district
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam in relation to other Greater Vancouver federal electoral ridings.
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2012
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	129,706
Electors (2011)	79,772
Area (km²)^[2]	649.35
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Greater Vancouver A, Coquitlam 2, Anmore, Belcarra

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Demographics

Population, 2001	109,394
Electors	72,670
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Consisting of the following parts of the Greater Vancouver Regional District:

(a) the villages of Anmore and Belcarra;

(b) the City of Port Coquitlam;

(i) that part lying easterly of Indian Arm and the Indian River and northerly of the City of Coquitlam and the Village of Anmore;

(ii) that part on the north shoreline of Burrard Inlet within the City of Port Moody;

(iii) Boulder Island;

(d) that part of the City of Coquitlam lying northerly of Highway No. 7A (Barnet Highway, Lougheed Highway);

(e) that part of the City of Port Moody lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of said city with Guildford Drive; thence westerly along said drive, its production and Murray Street to the southerly production of the most southeasterly point of Port Moody in Burrard Inlet (at Inlet Park); thence northerly along said production to said port; thence generally westerly along said port to the westerly limit of said city; and

(f) Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 2.

History

This riding was created by the 2003 Representation Order from Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam riding.

The 2012 electoral redistribution will see this riding dissolved into Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam and Port Moody—Coquitlam for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
38th	2004–2006	James Moore	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–Present
Riding to be dissolved into Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam and Port Moody—Coquitlam

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is The Honourable James Moore, a former broadcaster. He was first elected in 2000, and is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections. Moore was the Secretary of State for Official Languages, Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics before the cabinet shuffle announced on October 30, 2008, when he was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore	18,664	40.94	$65,906
	Liberal	Kwangyul Peck	12,445	27.30	$69,875
	New Democratic	Charley King	12,023	26.37	$54,851
	Green	Richard Voigt	1,971	4.32	$643
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	276	0.60
	Canadian Action	Pat Goff	111	0.24	$869
	Communist	George Gidora	94	0.20	$389
Total valid votes			45,584	100.0
Total rejected ballots			169	0.37
Turnout			45,753	62.96
This riding was created from parts of Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, where Canadian Alliance candidate James Moore was the incumbent.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore	19,961	41.12%	+0.18%	$73,294.85
	Liberal	Jon Kingsbury	13,134	27.05%	-0.25%	$60,974.96
	New Democratic	Mary-Woo Sims	11,196	23.06%	-3.31%	$25,808.51
	Independent	Greg Watrich	2,317	4.77%		$26,557.70
	Green	Scott Froom	1,623	3.34%	-0.98%	$1,530.93
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	309	0.63%	+0.03%	$508.06
Total valid votes			48,540
Total rejected ballots			141
48,681			63.19%	+0.23%
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.22

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore	25,535	54.61%	+13.49%	$76,521.14
	New Democratic	Zoë Royer	10,418	22.28%	-0.78%	$14,957.53
	Liberal	Ron McKinnon	6,918	14.79%	-12.26%	$32,213.85
	Green	Rod Brindamour	3,568	7.63%	+4.29%	$2,240.25
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	321	0.69%	+0.06%
Total valid votes			46,760
Total rejected ballots			168
Turnout			46,928	59.72%	-3.47%
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.14

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore	27,181	56.07	+1.46	$83,988.73
	New Democratic	Mark Ireland	14,600	30.12	+7.84	$2,513.96
	Liberal	Stewart McGillivray	4,110	8.48	-6.31	$3,574.30
	Green	Kevin Kim	2,161	4.46	-3.17	$1,335.48
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	421	0.87	+0.18	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,473	100.00	–	$91,072.64
Total rejected ballots			188	0.39	+0.03
Turnout			48,661	57.23	-2.49
Eligible voters			85,028
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.19

References

"(Code 59021) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures - 2000
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

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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