Coquitlam (electoral district)

Coquitlam was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1975. The riding's successor was the Coquitlam-Moody riding.

For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts) and/or Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	9,517	55.20%		unknown
	Social Credit	Rene Jules Gamache	6,065	35.18%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Eileen Marguerite Ripley	1,658	9.62%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			17,240	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			155
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Dave Barrett	12,948	47.67%		unknown
	Social Credit	Poul E. Hansen	8,195	30.17%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Michael Forrest Angus	6,018	22.16%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			27,161	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			213
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	19,374	57.28%		unknown
	Social Credit	John Edward Mayon Robinson	7,360	21.76%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Howard Arthur John Paish	5,053	14.94%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Faith Helen Elly Trent	2,035	6.02%		unknown
Total valid votes			33,822	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			234
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	George Herman Kerster	18,681	47.60%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Dave Barrett	18,663	47.55%		unknown
	Liberal	Thomas Osborne	1,652	4.21%	–	unknown
	Independent	Bernd Fritz Stoelzle	99	0.25%		unknown
	Independent	Larry William Johnson	73	0.19%		unknown
	Communist	Christine Beynon	61	0.16%		unknown
	North American Labour Party	Alan Levinson	17	0.04%		unknown
Total valid votes			39,246	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			319
Turnout			%

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns