Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

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Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 History

2.1 Current Member of Parliament

3 Election results
4 See also
5 External links

Demographics

Population, 2001	109,394
Electors	72,670
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Consisting of those parts of the Greater Vancouver Regional District comprised of:

(a) the villages of Anmore and Belcarra;

(b) the City of Port Coquitlam;

(i) that part lying easterly of Indian Arm and the Indian River and northerly of the City of Coquitlam and the Village of Anmore;

(ii) that part on the north shoreline of Burrard Inlet within the City of Port Moody;

(iii) Boulder Island;

(d) that part of the City of Coquitlam lying northerly of Highway No. 7A (Barnet Highway, Lougheed Highway);

(e) that part of the City of Port Moody lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of said city with Guildford Drive; thence westerly along said drive, its production and Murray Street to the southerly production of the most southeasterly point of Port Moody in Burrard Inlet (at Inlet Park); thence northerly along said production to said port; thence generally westerly along said port to the westerly limit of said city; and

(f) Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 2.

History

This riding was created by the 2003 Representation Order from Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam riding.

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is James Moore, a former broadcaster. He was first elected in 2000, and represents the Conservative Party of Canada. As of 2006, after the Conservative victory in the 2006 election, he is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Because the minister, Michael Fortier, will be a Senator, Moore is expected to play a more active role in the House than other Parliamentary Secretaries.

Election results

External links

[Expenditures - 2004]
[Expenditures - 2000]
Website of the [Parliament of Canada]
[Riding history from the] Library of Parliament