Port Coquitlam (provincial electoral district)

Port Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike Farnworth New Democratic
District created	1988
First contested	1991
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	52,692
Area (km²)	34.64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,521.1
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. First established following the 1988 redistribution, it was contested in the 1991 and 1996 elections before being superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. The district was reestablished by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was again contested in the 2009 election in which New Democrat, Mike Farnworth was elected its MLA.

B.C. General Election 2013 Port Coquitlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	11,755	52.94%		$86,221
	Liberal	Barbara Lu	8,120	36.57%		$23,507
	Conservative	Ryan Hague	1,525	6.87%	–	$3,928
	Your Political Party	Brent Williams	447	2.01%		$610
	Libertarian	Jogender Dahiya	358	1.61%		$872
Total Valid Votes			22,205	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			106	0.72%
Turnout			22,365	57.26%

B.C. General Election 2009 Port Coquitlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	11,121	54.71%		$63,090
	Liberal	Bernie Hiller	7,896	38.85%		$68,768
	Green	Cole Bertsch	994	4.89%	–	$350
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	178	0.88%		$250
	Your Political Party	Brent Williams	137	0.67%		$775
Total Valid Votes			20,326	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			106	0.52%
Turnout			20,432	55.21%