Port Coquitlam (provincial electoral district)

Port Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike Farnworth New Democratic
District created	1988
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2006)	52,692
Area (km²)	34.64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,521.1
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, consisting of the entire city of Port Coquitlam. First established following the 1988 redistribution, it was contested in the 1991 and 1996 elections before being superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. The district was reestablished by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was again contested in the 2009 election in which New Democrat, Mike Farnworth was elected its MLA.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain from 2001–2009
39th	2009–2013		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020−present

Election results

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	15,370	64.14	+8.35	$9,774.62
	Liberal	Mehran Zargham	5,009	20.90	−9.15	$4,583.11
	Green	Erik Minty	3,023	12.61	−0.22	$2,051.19
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	563	2.35	+1.37	$0.00
Total valid votes			23,965	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	14,079	55.79	+2.85	$52,164
	Liberal	Susan Chambers	7,582	30.05	−6.52	$26,734
	Green	Jason Hanley	3,237	12.83	–	$1,177
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	248	0.98	−0.63	$89
	Cascadia	Billy Gibbons	88	0.35	–	$1,973
Total valid votes			25,234	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			131	0.52	−0.20
Turnout			25,365	62.44	+5.18
Registered voters			40,621
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	11,755	52.94	−1.77	$86,221
	Liberal	Barbara Lu	8,120	36.57	−2.28	$23,507
	Conservative	Ryan Hague	1,525	6.87	–	$3,928
	Your Political Party	Brent Williams	447	2.01	+1.34	$610
	Libertarian	Jogender Dahiya	358	1.61	+0.73	$872
Total valid votes			22,205	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			160	0.72	+0.20
Turnout			22,365	57.26	+2.05
Registered voters			39,059
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009 Port Coquitlam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	11,121	54.71%		$63,090
	Liberal	Bernie Hiller	7,896	38.85%		$68,768
	Green	Cole Bertsch	994	4.89%	–	$350
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	178	0.88%		$250
	Your Political Party	Brent Williams	137	0.67%		$775
Total Valid Votes			20,326	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			106	0.52%
Turnout			20,432	55.21%