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

History

Assembly	Years		Party
Port Coquitlam prior to 2001
37th	2001–2005	Karn Manhas	Liberal
38th	2005–2009	Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
Port Coquitlam from 2009

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The riding's most prominent MLA was Mike Farnworth, who was also MLA for the area from 1991 to 2001. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. He served almost the entirety of the riding's existence, except from 2001 to 2005 when Karn Manhas of the Liberals defeated him in what was a landslide victory for the Liberals in that election.

Election results

BC 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

BC 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%

BC 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%

BC 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%