Port Coquitlam (provincial electoral district)

Port Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. First established following the 1988 redistribution, it was contested in the 1991 and 1996 elections before being superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.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.

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	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	52,692
Area (km²)	34.64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,521.1
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Port Coquitlam

Representative History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Port Coquitlam
35th	1991–1996		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
37th	2001–2005		Karn Manhas	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
Port Coquitlam
39th	2009–2013		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	12,937	55.46
	Liberal	Susan Chambers	7,101	30.44
	Green	Jason Hanley	2,975	12.75
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	231	0.99
	Cascadia	Billy Gibbons	84	0.36
Total valid votes			23,328	100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]

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
Turnout			22,365	57.26
Source: Elections BC[2]

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%

1. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.