Port Moody-Coquitlam (provincial electoral district)

Port Moody-Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Linda Reimer Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2006)	46,148
Area (km²)	81.14
Pop. density (per km²)	568.7
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Port Moody, Coquitlam, Anmore, Belcarra

Port Moody-Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which BC Liberal Iain Black was elected as its MLA. Black resigned effective October 3, 2011, so he could accept a job as the president and CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Port Moody-Westwood prior to 2009
39th	2009–2011		Iain Black	BC Liberal
	2012–2013		Joe Trasolini	New Democrat
40th	2013–present		Linda Reimer	BC Liberal

Election results

2012 By-election Port Moody-Coquitlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Joe Trasolini	6,247	54.34	+14.6
	Liberal	Dennis Marsden	3,484	30.30	-21.9
	Conservative	Christine Clarke	1,766	15.36
Total Valid Votes			11,497	100
Total Rejected Ballots			45
Turnout			11,542	32.07

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Iain Black	9,979	52.15	$92,290
	New Democratic	Shannon Watkins	7,614	39.80	$76,297
	Green	Rebecca Helps	1,261	6.59	$1,048
	Your Political Party	James Filippelli	198	1.03	$775
	Refederation	Donna Vandekerkhove	82	0.43	$260
Total Valid Votes			19,134	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			102	0.53%
Turnout			19,236	57.44%