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;

(c) the following parts of Subdivision A:

(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 Member 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
ConservativeJames Moore 18,664 40.94 $65,906
LiberalKwangyul Peck 12,445 27.30 $69,875
New DemocraticCharley King 12,023 26.37 $54,851
GreenRichard Voigt 1,971 4.32 $643
LibertarianLewis Dahlby 276 0.60
Canadian ActionPat Goff 111 0.24 $869
CommunistGeorge Gidora 94 0.20 $389
Total valid votes 45,584100.0  
Total rejected ballots 1690.37
Turnout 45,75362.96
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
ConservativeJames Moore 19,961 41.12% +0.18% $73,294.85
LiberalJon Kingsbury 13,134 27.05% -0.25% $60,974.96
New DemocraticMary-Woo Sims 11,196 23.06% -3.31% $25,808.51
IndependentGreg Watrich 2,317 4.77% $26,557.70
GreenScott Froom 1,623 3.34% -0.98% $1,530.93
LibertarianLewis 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
ConservativeJames Moore 25,535 54.61% +13.49% $76,521.14
New DemocraticZoë Royer 10,418 22.28% -0.78% $14,957.53
LiberalRon McKinnon 6,918 14.79% -12.26% $32,213.85
GreenRod Brindamour 3,568 7.63% +4.29% $2,240.25
LibertarianLewis Dahlby 321 0.69% +0.06%
Total valid votes 46,760
Total rejected ballots 168
Turnout 46,92859.72%-3.47%
Conservative hold Swing +7.14
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Moore 27,181 56.07 +1.46 $83,988.73
New DemocraticMark Ireland 14,600 30.12 +7.84 $2,513.96
LiberalStewart McGillivray 4,110 8.48 -6.31 $3,574.30
GreenKevin Kim 2,161 4.46 -3.17 $1,335.48
LibertarianPaul Geddes 421 0.87 +0.18 $0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,473100.00 $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

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