New Westminster—Coquitlam

New Westminster—Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district

New Westminster—Coquitlam in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Fin Donnelly
New Democratic

District created

2003

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

122,899

Electors (2011)

81,805

Area (km²)^[2]

52.21

Pop. density (per km²)

2,353.9

Census divisions

Greater Vancouver

Census subdivisions

Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Moody

New Westminster—Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988, and since 2004.

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.

It is currently the longest-held riding by non-government parties as both it and its predecessor ridings New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, New Westminster—Burnaby and New Westminster have not been represented by a member of the government side since 1968.

The 2012 electoral redistribution will dissolve this riding into the ridings of Port Moody—Coquitlam and New Westminster—Burnaby for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from New Westminster and Fraser Valley West
31st	1979–1980		Pauline Jewett	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam
Riding re-created from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
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
Riding to be dissolved into Port Moody—Coquitlam and New Westminster—Burnaby

Election results

New Westminster—Coquitlam, 2004–2015

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	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			50,123	100.0
Total rejected ballots			153	0.30	+0.04
Turnout			50,276	60.47	+30.51
Eligible voters			83,143
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.72

Canadian federal by-election, 9 November 2009 On the resignation of Dawn Black
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	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/Expense limit			24,476	100.0		$89,080
Total rejected ballots			65	0.26	-0.07
Turnout			24,541	29.96	-31.78
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.46

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	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	100.0		$85,621
Total rejected ballots			165	0.33	-0.01
Turnout			49,857	61.74	-3.55
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.39

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			171	0.34	+0.06
Turnout			50,870	65.29	+1.65
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.01

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	15,693	32.87	$65,539
	New Democratic	Steve McClurg	15,580	32.63	$49,764
	Liberal	Dave Haggard	13,080	27.40	$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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			133	0.28
Turnout			47,870	63.64
This riding was re-created from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, both of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the last election. Paul Forseth was the incumbent from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby.

New Westminster—Coquitlam, 1979–1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	21,134	46.18	-0.24
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Grant	18,291	39.96	+5.87
	Liberal	Terry Julian	5,816	12.71	-6.43
	Rhinoceros	Keath Bur-head Crawley	395	0.86	–
	Communist	Rod Doran	133	0.29	-0.06
Total valid votes			45,769	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.06

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	19,498	46.42	+1.99
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Eakins	14,321	34.09	-1.27
	Liberal	Carl Miller	8,041	19.14	-0.56
	Communist	Rod Doran	147	0.35	+0.11
Total valid votes			42,007	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.63

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	19,301	44.43
	Progressive Conservative	Marg Gregory	15,358	35.36
	Liberal	Les Garrison	8,559	19.70
	Independent	Joe Lehnert	118	0.27
	Communist	Rod Doran	103	0.24
Total valid votes			43,439	100.0
This riding was created from parts of New Westminster and Fraser Valley West, which elected a New Democrat and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Pauline Jewett was the incumbent from New Westminster.

See also

References

"(Code 59017) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1976-1987)
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures - 2000

Notes

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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