Mission—Port Moody

Mission—Port Moody
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

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 West ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Mission—Coquitlam and Port Moody—Coquitlam ridings.

It consisted of:

the Dewdney-Alouette Regional District;
the northwestern part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West
31st	1979–1980	Mark Rose	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1983	Mark Rose	New Democratic
32nd	1983–1984	Gerry St. Germain	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984–1988	Gerry St. Germain	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Mission—Coquitlam and Port Moody—Coquitlam

Election results

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry St. Germain	30,678	47.53	–3.13
	New Democratic	Tom Beardsley	25,925	40.17	–2.80
	Liberal	Mae Cabott	7,071	10.96	+5.78
	Green	Richard Hennick	540	0.84	–
	Social Credit	Peggy Brown	327	0.51	–
Total valid votes			64,541	99.83
Total rejected ballots			107	0.17	–
Turnout			64,648	79.74	–
Eligible voters			81,073
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.16
Source: Elections Canada^[1]^[2]^[3]

Canadian federal by-election, 29 August 1983 On the resignation of Mark Rose, 21 April 1983
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry St. Germain	21,590	50.66	+14.66
	New Democratic	Sophie Weremchuk	18,314	42.97	–4.22
	Liberal	Louis Duprat	2,207	5.18	–10.60
	Not affiliated	Betty Nickerson	508	1.19	–
Total valid votes			42,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			42,619	–	–
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.44
Source: Elections Canada^[4]

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Mark Rose	23,224	47.19	+3.36
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Otway	17,715	36.00	–2.87
	Liberal	Tom Spraggs	7,762	15.77	–1.21
	Social Credit	Michael Sulyma	358	0.73	–
	Communist	James William Beynon	150	0.30	–0.01
Total valid votes			49,209	99.77
Total rejected ballots			114	0.23	+0.03
Turnout			49,323	73.57	–3.03
Eligible voters			67,044
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.12
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]^[7]

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Mark Rose	20,847	43.83	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Campbell	18,486	38.87	–
	Liberal	Tom Spraggs	8,078	16.98	–
	Communist	James William Beynon	152	0.32	–
Total valid votes			47,563	99.80
Total rejected ballots			97	0.20	–
Turnout			47,660	76.60	–
Eligible voters			62,223
	New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		–
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election.
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1984)". lop.parl.ca.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53477-8.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53472-7.
↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1983)". lop.parl.ca.
↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1980)". lop.parl.ca.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50630-0.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-51248-0.
↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1979)". lop.parl.ca.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50445-6.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-50834-3.

External links

Riding history for Mission—Port Moody (1979–1988) from the Library of Parliament
Website of the Parliament of Canada

[1] Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1984)". lop.parl.ca.

[2] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53477-8.

[3] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53472-7.

[4] Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1983)". lop.parl.ca.

[5] Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1980)". lop.parl.ca.

[6] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50630-0.

[7] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-51248-0.

[8] Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Mission--Port Moody, British Columbia (1979)". lop.parl.ca.

[9] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50445-6.

[10] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-50834-3.

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List of federal ridings in British Columbia
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Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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