Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jodie Wickens New Democratic
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2016 (by)
Demographics
Population (2011)	54,325
Area (km²)	618.90
Pop. density (per km²)	87.8
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver A

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, created out of parts of Port Moody-Westwood, Coquitlam-Maillardville and Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. It was first contested in the 2009 election in which Liberal, Douglas Horne was elected its first MLA.

MLAs

1. Douglas Horne, Liberal (2009–2015)
2. Jodie Wickens, NDP (2016–present)

Election results

British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Jodie Wickens	3,607	46.50	+9.13
	Liberal	Joan Isaacs	2,954	38.08	-11.81
	Green	Joe Keithley	1,051	13.55	+7.70
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	145	1.87	+0.45
Total valid votes			7,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.47

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Horne	9,766	49.90	-6.93	$104,864
	New Democratic	Chris Wilson	7,315	37.37	+1.91	$59,396
	Green	Ron Peters	1,144	5.84	-0.12	$0
	Conservative	Shane Kennedy	1,071	5.47	–	$1,495
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	277	1.42	-0.33	$4,753
Total valid votes			19,573	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152	0.77	-0.10
Turnout			19,725	53.23	+4.37
Eligible voters			37,056
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.42

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Horne	8,644	56.83	+2.3	$87,288
	New Democratic	Heather McRitchie	5,393	35.46	-1.9	$23,778
	Green	Jared Evans	907	5.96	–	$300
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	266	1.75	–	$250
Total valid votes			15,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133	0.87	–
Turnout			15,343	48.86	–
Eligible voters			31,397
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+2.10