Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam in relation to other Greater Vancouver federal electoral ridings.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	James Moore Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	116,563
Electors (2011)	79,772
Area (km²)	716
Pop. density (per km²)	162.8
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Greater Vancouver A, Coquitlam 2, Anmore, Belcarra

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

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.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
38th	2004–2006		James Moore	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Its Member of Parliament is 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

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore	27,181	56.07	+1.46
	New Democratic	Mark Ireland	14,600	30.12	+7.84
	Liberal	Stewart McGillivray	4,110	8.48	-6.31
	Green	Kevin Kim	2,161	4.46	+-3.17
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	421	0.87	+0.18
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,473	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			188	0.39	+0.03
Turnout			48,661	57.23	-2.49
Eligible voters			85,028	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore	25,535	54.61	+13.49	$76,521
	New Democratic	Zoë Royer	10,418	22.28	-0.78	$14,957
	Liberal	Ron McKinnon	6,918	14.79	-12.26	$32,213
	Green	Rod Brindamour	3,568	7.63	+4.29	$2,240
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	321	0.69	+0.06	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,760	100.00	$85,284
Total rejected ballots			168	0.36	+0.07
Turnout			46,928	59.72	-3.47

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore (incumbent)	19,961	41.12	+0.18	$73,295
	Liberal	Jon Kingsbury	13,134	27.05	-0.25	$60,975
	New Democratic Party	Mary-Woo Sims	11,196	23.06	-3.31	$25,809
	Independent	Greg Watrich	2,317	4.77		$26,558
	Green	Scott Froom	1,623	3.34	-0.98	$1,530.93
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	309	0.63	+0.03	$508
Total valid votes			48,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			141	0.29	-0.08
Turnout			48,681	63.19	+0.23

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore (incumbent)	18,664	40.94		$65,906
	Liberal	Kwangyul Peck	12,445	27.30		$69,875
	New Democratic Party	Charley King	12,023	26.37		$54,851
	Green	Richard Voigt	1,971	4.32		$643
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	276	0.60
	Canadian Action	Pat Goff	111	0.24		$869
	Communist	George Gidora	94	0.20		$389
Total valid votes			45,584	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169	0.37
Turnout			45,753	62.96

See also

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

Sources

• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

External links

• Mark Ireland
• Website of the Parliament of Canada