New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby
Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Geography
This was an urban riding that contained the city of New Westminster, and those parts of Burnaby lying southeast of the Trans-Canada Highway, and the southwestern portion of Coquitlam.
History
This riding was created in 1996 from parts of the electoral districts of New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam.
This riding was used in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections.
In 2003, the district was abolished. Parts of it went into the electoral districts of New Westminster—Coquitlam, Burnaby—New Westminster and Burnaby—Douglas.
Member of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Paul Forseth | Reform | |
| 2000–2000 | Alliance | |||
| 37th | 2000–2003 | |||
| 2003–2004 | Conservative | |||
| Riding dissolved into New Westminster—Coquitlam, and Burnaby—New Westminster | ||||
Election results
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Paul Forseth | 20,698 | 43.97 | +9.49 | $44,293 | |||
| Liberal | Lee Rankin | 14,579 | 30.97 | +1.86 | $64,668 | |||
| New Democratic | Lorrie Williams | 7,076 | 15.03 | –15.44 | $30,701 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Redmond | 3,492 | 7.42 | +3.51 | $11,866 | |||
| Green | François C. Nantel | 1,028 | 2.18 | +0.69 | $86 | |||
| Communist | Hanne Gidora | 109 | 0.23 | – | $189 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Brian Sproule | 93 | 0.20 | +0.00 | $10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 47,075 | 99.56 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.44 | –0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,281 | 60.11 | –5.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,658 | |||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | +3.82 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1][2] | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Reform | Paul Forseth | 15,915 | 34.47 | $28,885 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dawn Black | 14,067 | 30.47 | $58,459 | ||||
| Liberal | Celso Boscariol | 13,437 | 29.11 | $51,245 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Debra Hicks | 1,803 | 3.91 | $12,174 | ||||
| Green | Tom Hetherington | 691 | 1.50 | $374 | ||||
| Natural Law | Daphne Quance | 160 | 0.35 | none listed | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Elaine Wismer | 93 | 0.20 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 46,166 | 99.55 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 210 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,376 | 65.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 70,864 | |||||||
| Reform notional hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| This riding was created from New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam, both of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election. Paul Forseth was the incumbent from New Westminster—Burnaby. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||