New Westminster—Coquitlam

New Westminster—Coquitlam
British Columbia electoral district
	New Westminster—Coquitlam in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Coordinates:	49°15′07″N 122°51′00″W / 49.252°N 122.850°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2015
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	122,899
Electors (2011)	81,805
Area (km²)	52.21
Census division(s)	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Moody

New Westminster—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988, and from 2004 to 2015.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 69.7% White, 10.4% Chinese, 3.9% South Asian, 3.3% Korean, 3.1% Filipino, 2.3% Aboriginal, 1.8% West Asian, 1.3% Black, 1.2% Latin American, 1.0% Japanese
Languages: 66.3% English, 1.6% French, 31.9% Other
Religion: (2001) No religion 34.1%, Protestant 29.1%, 22.0% Catholic, Christian Orthodox 2.0%, Other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 2.5%, Buddhist 1.7%
Average income: $28,241

The riding has the highest percentage in Canada of people who work outside the municipality, but within the same census division.^[2]

Geography

The district consisted of the eastern part of New Westminster, the southwestern part of Coquitlam and the southern part of Port Moody.

The NDP found much of its support in New Westminster, Port Moody and in the Maillardville part of Coquitlam. The Conservatives found most of their support in the more suburban parts of Coquitlam.^[3]

History

This electoral district was first created in 1976 from New Westminster and Fraser Valley West ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam ridings.

It was re-created in 2003 from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam ridings.

It is currently the longest-held riding by non-government parties as both it and its predecessor ridings New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, New Westminster—Burnaby and New Westminster have not been represented by a member of the government side since 1968.

The 2012 electoral redistribution dissolved this riding into the ridings of Port Moody—Coquitlam and New Westminster—Burnaby for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from New Westminster and Fraser Valley West
31st	1979–1980	Pauline Jewett	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam
Riding re-created from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
38th	2004–2006	Paul Forseth	Conservative
39th	2006–2008	Dawn Black	New Democratic
40th	2008–2009	Dawn Black	New Democratic
40th	2009–2011	Fin Donnelly	New Democratic
41st	2011–2015	Fin Donnelly	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Port Moody—Coquitlam and New Westminster—Burnaby

Election results

New Westminster—Coquitlam, 2004–2015

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Fin Donnelly	23,023	45.93	−3.66	$69,420.54
	Conservative	Diana Dilworth	20,776	41.45	+5.78	$85,804.33
	Liberal	Ken Lee	4,069	8.12	−2.21	$22,734.54
	Green	Rebecca Helps	2,160	4.31	+0.04	$2,238.04
	Marxist–Leninist	Roland Verrier	95	0.19	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			50,123	100.0
Total rejected ballots			153	0.30	+0.04
Turnout			50,276	59.61	+29.65
Eligible voters			84,337
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−4.72
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

Canadian federal by-election, 9 November 2009 On the resignation of Dawn Black
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Fin Donnelly	12,171	49.59	+7.76	$78,039
	Conservative	Diana Dilworth	8,730	35.67	−3.16	$75,627
	Liberal	Ken Lee	2,528	10.33	−0.96	$75,989
	Green	Rebecca Helps	1,046	4.27	−2.92	$8,765
Total valid votes/Expense limit			24,476	100.0		$89,080
Total rejected ballots			65	0.26	−0.07
Turnout			24,541	29.96	−31.78
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.46

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	20,787	41.83	+3.52	$70,566
	Conservative	Yonah Martin	19,299	38.83	+6.29	$83,305
	Liberal	Michelle Hassen	5,615	11.29	−12.25	$19,178
	Green	Marshall Smith	3,574	7.19	+4.25	$12,669
	Libertarian	Lewis C. Dahlby	314	0.63	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Roland Verrier	103	0.20	+0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,692	100.0		$85,621
Total rejected ballots			165	0.33	−0.01
Turnout			49,857	61.74	−3.55
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−1.39

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	19,422	38.31	+5.68	$73,164
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	16,494	32.54	−0.33	$74,916
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	11,933	23.54	−3.86	$68,804
	Green	Sven Biggs	1,491	2.94	−2.68	$5
	Independent	Dick Estey	123	0.24	–	$102
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	54	0.11	–
Total valid votes			50,691	100.0
Total rejected ballots			171	0.34	+0.06
Turnout			50,870	65.29	+1.65
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.01

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	15,693	32.87	$65,539
	New Democratic	Steve McClurg	15,580	32.63	$49,764
	Liberal	Dave Haggard	13,080	27.40	$66,051
	Green	Carli Travers	2,684	5.62	$1,886
	Christian Heritage	Jack Hummelman	700	1.46	$15,340
Total valid votes			47,737	100.0
Total rejected ballots			133	0.28
Turnout			47,870	63.64
This riding was re-created from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, both of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the last election. Paul Forseth was the incumbent from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby.

New Westminster—Coquitlam, 1979–1988

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	21,134	46.18	−0.24
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Grant	18,291	39.96	+5.87
	Liberal	Terry Julian	5,816	12.71	−6.43
	Rhinoceros	Keath Bur-head Crawley	395	0.86	–
	Communist	Rod Doran	133	0.29	−0.06
Total valid votes			45,769	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−3.06

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	19,498	46.42	+1.99
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Eakins	14,321	34.09	−1.27
	Liberal	Carl Miller	8,041	19.14	−0.56
	Communist	Rod Doran	147	0.35	+0.11
Total valid votes			42,007	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.63

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	19,301	44.43
	Progressive Conservative	Marg Gregory	15,358	35.36
	Liberal	Les Garrison	8,559	19.70
	Independent	Joe Lehnert	118	0.27
	Communist	Rod Doran	103	0.24
Total valid votes			43,439	100.0
This riding was created from parts of New Westminster and Fraser Valley West, which elected a New Democrat and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the last election. Pauline Jewett was the incumbent from New Westminster.