Port Moody—Coquitlam (formerly known as Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) is a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1997 to 2004 and since 2015.

Geography

It initially consisted of: * the eastern part of Electoral Area B of the Greater Vancouver Regional District but excluding Croker Island,

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and

Barnston Island Barnston Island is an unincorporated island located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area of British Columbia, Canada. Most of it is part of Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A; the remainder is Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3, which is ...

; * the City of

Port Moody Port Moody is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It envelops the east end of Burrard Inlet and is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south ...

; * the part of

Coquitlam Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with an estimated population of 174,248 in 2024, and one of th ...

District Municipality lying west of the

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and the north and west boundaries of the City of

Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam ( ) is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. Located east of Vancouver, it is on the north bank of the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders ...

; * the part of the City of Port Coquitlam lying south and west of the

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right-of-way; and * the Village of

Belcarra Belcarra is a village on the shore of Indian Arm, a side inlet of Burrard Inlet, and is part of Metro Vancouver. It lies northwest of Port Moody and immediately east of the Deep Cove area of North Vancouver, across the waters of Indian Arm. ...

. In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of Greater Vancouver Regional District lying north and east of a line drawn from the intersection of the northern limit of Greater Vancouver Regional District with the Indian River; south along the Indian River and Indian Arm to the limit of the City of Burnaby, east and south along the northern and eastern limits of Burnaby, east along the southern limit of the City of Port Moody, south along Gatensbury Road, east along Foster Avenue, south along Hillcrest Street, east along Austin Avenue, south along Mundy Street, east along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway No. 1); thence easterly along the Trans-Canada Highway, south along Leeder Avenue, east along the southern limit of the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam to the eastern limit of the GVRD.

History

This riding was created in 1987 as "Port Moody—Coquitlam" from parts of

Mission—Port Moody Mission—Port Moody was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley We ...

and

New Westminster—Coquitlam New Westminster—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988, and from 2004 to 2015. Demographics :''According to the 2006 Canadian census'' ...

ridings. The name of the district was changed in 1998 to "Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam". In 2003, the district was abolished. A small portion was given to

while the remainder was moved into the new

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Demographics Consisting of the follow ...

riding. The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding resurrected for the

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, taking in territories currently in

and

Demographics

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Port Moody—Coquitlam, 2015–present

Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, 2000–2004

Port Moody—Coquitlam, 1988–2000

Notes

References

External links

Port Moody—Coquitlam Library of Parliament Riding Profile

Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam Library of Parliament Riding Profile

Expenditures - 2000

Expenditures – 1997
* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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