Burnaby—Coquitlam

Burnaby—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond riding.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Burnaby—Seymour, Fraser Valley West and New Westminster ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Burnaby—Richmond prior to 1952
22nd	1953–1957		Erhart Regier	Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962			New Democratic Party
	1962–1963		Tommy Douglas	New Democratic Party
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	22,553	–
	Liberal	Dick Hayes	12,090	–
	Social Credit	James Morris Kennedy	5,308	–
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Allen	2,662	–
Total			–

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	19,067	–
	Liberal	Tom Kent	14,148	–
	Progressive Conservative	Lyn Morrow	3,990	–
	Social Credit	René-J. Gamache	3,917	–
Total			–

By-election on 22 October 1962 On Mr. Regier's resignation, 20 August 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	16,313	–
	Liberal	Warren R. Clark	8,029	–
	Social Credit	René J. Gamache	5,282	–
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Greenwood	2,562	–
	Independent	George D. Burnham	162	–
Total			–

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Erhart Regier	19,050	–
	Liberal	Warren R. Clark	9,351	–
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Dorfman	5,206	–
	Social Credit	David C. King	4,564	–
Total			–

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Erhart Regier	12,917	–
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Morrison	11,422	–
	Liberal	Robert James Cooper	3,533	–
	Social Credit	Morris Perrett	2,113	–
Total			–

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Erhart Regier	10,947	–
	Social Credit	Clarence E. Gerhart	7,552	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jane Kilmer	4,949	–
	Liberal	Fred Philps	4,778	–
Total			–

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Erhart Regier	7,232	–
	Social Credit	Rene Jules Gamache	4,987	–
	Liberal	George Campbell Bastedo	4,256	–
	Progressive Conservative	John E. Milne	2,124	–
	Labor-Progressive	Alexander Kucher	627	–
Total			–

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament