Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

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
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created2003
District abolished2012
First contested2004
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]129,706
Electors (2011)79,772
Area (km²)[2]649.35
Census division(s)Greater Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Greater Vancouver A, Coquitlam 2, Anmore, Belcarra

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  2011–2015
Riding to be dissolved into Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
and Port Moody—Coquitlam

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament was 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
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Moore18,66440.94$65,906
LiberalKwangyul Peck12,44527.30$69,875
New DemocraticCharley King12,02326.37$54,851
GreenRichard Voigt1,9714.32$643
LibertarianLewis Dahlby2760.60
Canadian ActionPat Goff1110.24$869
CommunistGeorge Gidora940.20$389
Total valid votes 45,584100.00  
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.
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Moore19,96141.12%+0.18%$73,294.85
LiberalJon Kingsbury13,13427.05%-0.25%$60,974.96
New DemocraticMary-Woo Sims11,19623.06%-3.31%$25,808.51
IndependentGreg Watrich2,3174.77%$26,557.70
GreenScott Froom1,6233.34%-0.98%$1,530.93
LibertarianLewis Dahlby3090.63%+0.03%$508.06
Total valid votes 48,540
Total rejected ballots 141
Turnout 48,68163.19%+0.23%
Conservative hold Swing +0.22
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Moore25,53554.61%+13.49%$76,521.14
New DemocraticZoë Royer10,41822.28%-0.78%$14,957.53
LiberalRon McKinnon6,91814.79%-12.26%$32,213.85
GreenRod Brindamour3,5687.63%+4.29%$2,240.25
LibertarianLewis Dahlby3210.69%+0.06%
Total valid votes 46,760
Total rejected ballots 168
Turnout 46,92859.72%-3.47%
Conservative hold Swing +7.14
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Moore27,18156.07+1.46$83,988.73
New DemocraticMark Ireland14,60030.12+7.84$2,513.96
LiberalStewart McGillivray4,1108.48-6.31$3,574.30
GreenKevin Kim2,1614.46-3.17$1,335.48
LibertarianPaul Geddes4210.87+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

See also

References
  • "(Code 59021) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  • Expenditures - 2004
  • Expenditures - 2000
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes
  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Statistics Canada: 2012

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