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Coquitlam-Maillardville 
British Columbia electoral districtProvincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia MLA
Diane Thorne
NDPDistrict created 2008 First contested 2009 Last contested 2009 Demographics Population (2001) 50,733 Electors Area (km²) 28.64 Pop. density (per km²) 1,771.4 Census divisions Metro Vancouver Census subdivisions Coquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
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Demographics
Population, 2001 50,733 Population Change, 1996–2001 2.6% Area (km²) 28.64 Pop. Density (People per km²) 1,769 Geography
The Coquitlam-Maillardville district encompasses most of land of the City of Coquitlam except for the city centre, Westwood Plateau, and a small corner in the northwest that belongs to the Port Moody-Coquitlam electoral district. Coquitlam-Mallardville is bounded by North Road, the Brunette River, and Braid Street to the west; the Fraser River to the south; and the Coquitlam River, and Westwood Street and its extenstion south from Kingsway Avenue to the river, to the east. The north and northwest boundary follows the CPR tracks from Westwood Street to just north of Viewmount Drive. It then goes south along Viewmont and continues straight, to the end of Brookmount Road. From here it goes west along Brookmount Road and Brookmount Avenue, north of Fresno Place, Harbour Drive, and Bent Court to Gatensbury Avenue, then south to Foster Avenue, west to Blue Mountain Street, south to Austin, and west to North Road.[1]
History
Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Diane Thorne. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Election results
B.C. General Election 2009: Coquitlam-Maillardville Party Candidate Votes % ±% NDP Diane Thorne 9,818 47.92% BC Liberal Dennis Marsden 9,150 44.66% Green Stephen Reid 1,040 5.08% Independent Doug Stead 481 2.35% Total 20,489 100.00% B.C. General Election 2005: Coquitlam-Maillardville Party Candidate Votes % ±% NDP Diane Thorne 10,532 46.96% BC Liberal Richard Stewart 10,001 44.60% Green Michael Hejazi 1,415 6.31% Marijuana Brandon Steele 236 1.05% Libertarian Paul Geddes 173 0.77% Platinum Nattanya Andersen 69 0.31% Total 22,426 100.00% B.C. General Election 2001: Coquitlam-Maillardville Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures BC Liberal Richard Stewart 11,549 56.97% $32,195 NDP Ken Landgraff 4,442 21.90% $179,17 Green Elly Petersen 2,522 12.44% $466 Unity Tim Bonner 862 4.25% $2,001 Marijuana Paul Geddes 584 2.88% $721 Independent Harry Warren 170 0.84% $1,245 Independent Doug Stead 144 0.72% $200 Total Valid Votes 20,273 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 75 0.37% Turnout 20,348 71.42% B.C. General Election 1996: Coquitlam-Maillardville Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures NDP John M. Cashore 10,812 45.91% $39,269 BC Liberal Maxine Wilson 9,440 40.08% $40,547 BC Reform Bev Welsh 1,434 6.09% $21,126 PDA Angela Broughton 1,289 5.47% $785 Libertarian Rob Gillespie 224 0.95% Social Credit Dave Gallagher 133 0.56% $1,449 Natural Law Richard Van Schaik 123 0.52% $123 Conservative Debra Hicks 96 0.41% Total Valid Votes 23,551 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 115 0.49% Turnout 23,666 72.33% B.C. General Election 1991: Coquitlam-Maillardville Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures NDP John M. Cashore 11,136 47.18% $45,717 BC Liberal Bill F. McGuire 8,930 37.84% $7,901 Social Credit Bev A. Welsh 3,354 14.21% $18,354 Independent Marc (Mikael Ballan) A. R. Boyer 117 0.50% $790 Libertarian Lewis C. Dahlby 65 0.25% Total Valid Votes 23,602 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 518 2.15% Turnout 24,120 75.18% See also
References
- ^ "Electoral Maps / Profiles". Elections BC. http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/voting/electoral-maps-profiles/. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
External links
- BC Stats
- Results of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures
- Results of 1991 election
- 1991 Expenditures
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Categories:- British Columbia provincial electoral districts
- Electoral districts of Coquitlam
- Canadian constituency stubs
- Greater Vancouver stubs
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