New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby

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New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000

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.

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from New Westminster—Burnaby
and Port Moody—Coquitlam
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[edit]

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance Paul Forseth 20,698 43.96 +9.49 $44,293
Liberal Lee Rankin 14,579 30.96 +1.86 $64,668
New Democratic Lorrie Williams 7,076 15.03 -15.44 $30,701
Progressive Conservative Mike Redmond 3,492 4.71 +0.81 $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 0.19 -0.01 $10
Total valid votes 47,075 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 206 0.44
Turnout 47,281 60.11
Alliance hold Swing +3.82
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.
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 29.10 $51,245
Progressive Conservative Debra Hicks 1,803 3.90 $12,174
Green Tom Hetherington 691 1.49 $374
Natural Law Daphne Quance 160 0.34
Marxist–Leninist Elaine Wismer 93 0.20
Total valid votes 46,166 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 210 0.45
Turnout 46,376 65.44
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.

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