Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,201
Population Change, 1996–2001	9.5%
Area (km²)	2,247.47
Pop. Density (People per km²)	25

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Port Coquitlam to Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain included:

Inclusion of Douglas Island
Removal of Westwood and other areas in Coquitlam, east of Port Moody

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its current MLA is Mike Farnworth, who was also MLA for the area from 1991-2001. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Mike Farnworth	11,844	48.14%
	Liberal	Greg Moore	10,752	43.70%
	Green	Bill Aaroe	1,691	6.87%
	Social Credit	Anthony Yao	228	0.93%
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	90	0.37%
Total			24,605

B.C. General Election 2001: Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Karn Manhas	9,963	45.19%		$49,642
	NDP	Mike Farnworth	7,198	32.65%		$31,152
	Unity	Chris Delaney	2,297	10.42%		$13,849
	Green	Kelli Gallagher	1,841	8.36%	–	$44
	Marijuana	Doug Hewer	446	2.02%		$394
	Independent	Craig Braconnier	151	0.68%
	Reform	Clay Fanstone	150	0.68%		$468
Total valid votes			22,046	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54	0.24%
Turnout			22,100	74.66%

B.C. General Election 1996: Port Coquitlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Mike Farnworth	14,767	46.37%		$45,109
	Liberal	Irene Barr	13,310	41.80%		$52,332
	Progressive Democrat	Rick Howard	1,789	5.62%	–	$1,058
	Reform	Lawrence Glazer	1,335	4.19%		$2,965
	Green	Debra Eilers	417	1.31%	–	$100
	Libertarian	Michael Wiebe	102	0.32%
	Social Credit	Stan Mortensen	124	0.39%	–	$1,582
Total valid votes			31,844	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			152	0.48%
Turnout			31,996	73.48%

B.C. General Election 1991: Port Coquitlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Mike Farnworth	11,435	45.47%		$22,300
	Liberal	Ernest R. Jilg	9,929	39.49%		$2,384
	Social Credit	Jim Allard	3,781	15.04%	–	$49,126
Total valid votes			25,145	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			532	2.07%
Turnout			25,677	76.45%

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

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