Burnaby—Coquitlam
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1952 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1953 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
Burnaby—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond riding.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Burnaby—Seymour, Fraser Valley West and New Westminster ridings.
Members of Parliament
| Burnaby—Coquitlam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Burnaby—Richmond | ||||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Erhart Regier | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1961 | |||
| 1961–1962 | New Democratic | |||
| 25th | 1962–1962 | |||
| 1962–1963 | Tommy Douglas | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Seymour, Fraser Valley West and New Westminster |
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Election results
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 22,553 | 52.93 | +6.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Dick Hayes | 12,090 | 28.37 | –6.03 | ||||
| Social Credit | James Morris Kennedy | 5,308 | 12.46 | +2.93 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Allen | 2,662 | 6.25 | –3.46 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,613 | 99.16 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 361 | 0.84 | +0.44 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,974 | 77.22 | –5.45 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 55,653 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.30 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1][2] | ||||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 19,067 | 46.37 | –4.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Tom Kent | 14,148 | 34.41 | +9.58 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lyn Morrow | 3,990 | 9.70 | +1.78 | ||||
| Social Credit | René Jules Gamache | 3,917 | 9.53 | –6.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,122 | 99.60 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 167 | 0.40 | +0.40 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,289 | 82.67 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 49,944 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –6.82 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3][4] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, October 22, 1962 On the resignation of Erhart Regier, August 20, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 16,313 | 50.43 | +0.52 | ||||
| Liberal | Warren R. Clark | 8,029 | 24.82 | +0.32 | ||||
| Social Credit | Rene Jules Gamache | 5,282 | 16.33 | +4.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Greenwood | 2,562 | 7.92 | –5.72 | ||||
| Independent | George Burnham | 162 | 0.50 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,348 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | 32,348 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.42 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6] | ||||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Erhart Regier | 19,050 | 49.91 | +6.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Warren R. Clark | 9,351 | 24.50 | +12.72 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Maurice Dorfman | 5,206 | 13.64 | –24.45 | ||||
| Social Credit | David C. King | 4,564 | 11.96 | +4.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,171 | 99.24 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 291 | 0.76 | +0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,462 | 80.04 | +3.99 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 48,051 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –2.94 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[7][8] | ||||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Erhart Regier | 12,917 | 43.08 | +4.30 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Morrison | 11,422 | 38.09 | +20.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert James Cooper | 3,533 | 11.78 | –5.15 | ||||
| Social Credit | Morris Perrett | 2,113 | 7.05 | –19.71 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,985 | 99.36 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.64 | –0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,179 | 76.05 | –0.19 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 39,681 | |||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | –8.13 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[9][10] | ||||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Erhart Regier | 10,947 | 38.78 | +1.17 | ||||
| Social Credit | Clarence Gerhart | 7,552 | 26.76 | +0.82 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jane Kilmer | 4,949 | 17.53 | +6.49 | ||||
| Liberal | Fred Philps | 4,778 | 16.93 | –5.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,226 | 99.15 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 243 | 0.85 | +0.35 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,469 | 76.24 | +11.13 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 37,339 | |||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | +0.17 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[11][12] | ||||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Erhart Regier | 7,232 | 37.62 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | René Jules Gamache | 4,987 | 25.94 | – | ||||
| Liberal | George Campbell Bastedo | 4,256 | 22.14 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John E. Milne | 2,124 | 11.05 | – | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Alexander Kucher | 627 | 3.26 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,226 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 98 | 0.51 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 19,324 | 65.11 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 29,679 | |||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth notional gain | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[13][14] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1965)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1965). Twenty-Seventh General Election, 1965: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/umn.31951d013775845.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1963)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1963). Twenty-Sixth General Election, 1963: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/umn.31951d013775837.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1962)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1962). Twenty-Fifth General Election, 1962: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/uc1.a0004484481.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1962)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1962). Twenty-Fifth General Election, 1962: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/uc1.a0004484481.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1958)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1958). Twenty-Fourth General Election, 1958: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1957)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1957). Twenty-Third General Election, 1957: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015061584382.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Burnaby--Coquitlam, British Columbia (1953)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1953). Twenty-Second General Election, 1953: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.