Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		James Moore Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	116,563
Electors (2006)	77,033
Area (km²)	716
Pop. density (per km²)	162.8
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Greater Vancouver A

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.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 History 2.1 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

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.

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is James Moore, a former broadcaster. He was first elected in 2000, and represents the Conservative Party of Canada. As of 2006, after the Conservative victory in the 2006 election, he is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Because the minister, Michael Fortier, will be a Senator, Moore is expected to play a more active role in the House than other Parliamentary Secretaries.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Moore (incumbent)	19 961	41.12%		$73,294.85
	Liberal	Jon Kingsbury	13,134	27.05%
	New Democratic Party	Mary-Woo Sims	11,196	23.06%		$25,808.51
	Independent	Greg Watrich	2,317	4.77%		$26,557.70
	Green	Scott Froom	1,623	3.34%		$1,530.93
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	309	0.63%		$508.06
Total valid votes			48,540	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			141
Turnout			48,681	63.19%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	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%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	James Moore	28,631	49.68%		$59,661
	Liberal	Lou Sekora (incumbent)	16,937	29.39%		$71,922
	New Democratic Party	Jamie Arden	5,340	9.26%		$25,248
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Gluska	4,506	7.82%		$4,011
	Green	Dave King	839	1.45%
	Marijuana	Paul Geddes	818	1.41%		$647
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	452	0.78%		$2,886
	Communist	George Gidora	98	0.17%		$189
Total valid votes			57,621	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			187	0.32%
Turnout			57,808	63.37%

See also

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

External links

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

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Conservative	Vancouver Kingsway*
* MP David Emerson was reelected as a Liberal, but left the party and joined the Conservatives before Parliament resumed.

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