Mission—Coquitlam

Mission—Coquitlam
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1987
District abolished1996
First contested1988
Last contested1993

Mission—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Mission—Port Moody riding.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Dewdney—Alouette riding.

It consisted of:

  • the Dewdney-Alouette Regional District;
  • the part of Coquitlam District Municipality lying east of the Coquitlam River;
  • the part of the City of Port Coquitlam lying north and east of the Canadian Pacific Railway right-of way.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Mission—Port Moody
34th  1988–1993     Joy Langan New Democratic
35th  1993–1997     Daphne Jennings Reform
Riding dissolved into Dewdney—Alouette

Election results

1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Daphne Jennings 20,171 36.74 +35.04
Liberal Mae Cabott 14,752 26.87 +13.78
New Democratic Joy Langan 9,206 16.77 -26.98
Progressive Conservative A.M. Sandy MacDougall 6,444 11.74 -27.76
National Mike Shields 2,736 4.98 –
Christian Heritage Tim Bonner 477 0.87 -0.72
Green Rose Bennett 398 0.72 –
Independent Matt Deacon 294 0.54 –
Libertarian D'Arcy James Flannery 228 0.42 +0.05
Independent E. Chum Richardson 134 0.24 –
Independent Stephen Clews 67 0.12 –
Total valid votes 54,907 100.0  
Reform gain from New Democratic Swing +10.63
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Joy Langan 22,259 43.75
Progressive Conservative Gerry St. Germain 20,097 39.50
Liberal Mae Cabott 6,660 13.09
Reform Donald Sherling 864 1.70
Christian Heritage Donna Pickering 807 1.59
Libertarian Lewis C. Dahlby 190 0.37
Total valid votes 50,877 100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Mission—Port Moody, where Progressive Conservative Gerry St. Germain was the incumbent.

See also