Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of the former electoral district of Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam.[3]

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ron McKinnon Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	123,576
Electors (2019)	91,889
Area (km²)[2]	650
Pop. density (per km²)	190.1
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver A, Port Coquitlam

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, where Liberal MP Ron McKinnon won in the riding.[4][5]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Coquitlam Port Coquitlam (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	63,385	51.7%
	Chinese	23,995	19.6%
	West Asian	6,840	5.6%
	Korean	6,300	5.1%
	South Asian	5,135	4.2%
	Filipino	4,510	3.7%
	Aboriginal	3,930	3.2%
	Latin American	1,980	1.6%
	Black	1,465	1.2%
	Southeast Asian	1,430	1.2%
	Japanese	1,310	1.1%
	Arab	1,020	0.8%
	Multiple minorities	2,050	1.7%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	220	0.2%
Total population		122,550	100%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam Riding created from Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
42nd	2015–2019		Ron McKinnon	Liberal
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ron McKinnon	20,178	34.7	-0.58	$95,630.51
	Conservative	Nicholas Insley	19,788	34.0	+2.00	$113,823.63
	New Democratic	Christina Gower	13,383	23.0	-4.25	$15,513.20
	Green	Brad Nickason	4,025	6.9	+3.23	$1,557.30
	People's	Roland Spornicu	703	1.2	–	$2,724.85
	Veterans Coalition	Dan Iova	98	0.2	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,175	100.0
Total rejected ballots			314
Turnout			58,489	63.7
Eligible voters			91,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.29
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ron McKinnon	19,938	35.28	+27.02	$22,747.95
	Conservative	Douglas Horne	18,083	32.00	-23.53	$193,315.18
	New Democratic	Sara Norman	15,400	27.25	-3.72	$25,811.51
	Green	Brad Nickason	2,076	3.67	-0.66	$5,259.89
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	1,014	1.79	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,511	100.00		$221,031.20
Total rejected ballots			287	0.51	–
Turnout			56,798	66.75	–
Eligible voters			85,122
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+25.27
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,371	55.53
	New Democratic	12,477	30.97
	Liberal	3,330	8.27
	Green	1,744	4.33
	Others	364	0.90

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Final Report – British Columbia
4. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
5. Judd, Amy. "Liberal Ron McKinnon elected in Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam". Global News.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, 30 September 2015
9. Official Voting Results - Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
10. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections