Coquitlam-Maillardville
Encyclopedia
Coquitlam-Maillardville is a provincial
electoral district
for the Legislative Assembly
of British Columbia
, Canada
.
, 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.
is Diane Thorne
. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
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electoral district
Electoral district
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for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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of British Columbia
British Columbia
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, 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 centreCoquitlam Town Centre
Coquitlam Town Centre is the main commercial and retail neighbourhood for the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Town Centre covers and contains the highest concentration of high-rise condominiums in the Tri-Cities....
, Westwood Plateau
Westwood Plateau
Westwood Plateau is a neighbourhood in the northern region of Coquitlam, British Columbia, bounded by the city boundary with Port Moody to the west, David Avenue to the south, and Pipeline Road to the east...
, and a small corner in the northwest that belongs to the Port Moody-Coquitlam
Port Moody-Coquitlam
Port Moody-Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which BC Liberal Iain Black was elected as its MLA...
electoral district. Coquitlam-Mallardville is bounded by North Road, the Brunette River
Brunette River
The Brunette River runs through East Burnaby and Coquitlam, flowing out of Burnaby Lake and to the Fraser River. According to a map and materials by Heritage Advisory Committee and Environment and Waste Management Committee of the City of Burnaby , the number of native campsites discovered on the...
, and Braid Street to the west; the Fraser River
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada...
to the south; and the Coquitlam River
Coquitlam River
The Coquitlam River is located in between the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, suburban municipalities located in the Metro Vancouver. This river is a tributary for the Fraser River. Each year hundreds of salmon return to spawn in the Coquitlam River. There is a reservoir near the...
, and Westwood Street and its extenstion south from Kingsway Avenue to the river, to the east. The north and northwest boundary follows the CPR
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
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.
Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLAMember of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....
is Diane Thorne
Diane Thorne
Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. She was originally elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia....
. She was first elected in 2005. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Election results
| NDP | Diane Thorne Diane Thorne Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. She was originally elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.... |
9,818 | 47.92% | |
| BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election... |
Dennis Marsden | 9,150 | 44.66% | Green Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy... |
Stephen Reid | 1,040 | 5.08% | Independent | Doug Stead | 481 | 2.35% |
| Total | 20,489 | 100.00% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| NDP | Diane Thorne Diane Thorne Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. She was originally elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.... |
10,532 | 46.96% | |
| BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election... |
Richard Stewart Richard Stewart Richard Stewart is the current mayor for the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Stewart was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005. He is bilingual .... |
10,001 | 44.60% | Green Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy... |
Michael Hejazi | 1,415 | 6.31% | Marijuana British Columbia Marijuana Party The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis.... |
Brandon Steele | 236 | 1.05% | Libertarian British Columbia Libertarian Party The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election... |
Paul Geddes | 173 | 0.77% | Platinum Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness The Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness, also known as the Platinum Party, is a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.... |
Nattanya Andersen | 69 | 0.31% |
| Total | 22,426 | 100.00% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election... |
Richard Stewart Richard Stewart Richard Stewart is the current mayor for the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Stewart was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005. He is bilingual .... |
11,549 | 56.97% | $32,195 | ||
| NDP | Ken Landgraff | 4,442 | 21.90% | $179,17 |
Green Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy... |
Elly Petersen | 2,522 | 12.44% | $466 |
Unity | Tim Bonner | 862 | 4.25% | $2,001 |
Marijuana British Columbia Marijuana Party The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis.... |
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% | ||||
| NDP | John M. Cashore | 10,812 | 45.91% | $39,269 |
BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election... |
Maxine Wilson Maxine Wilson Maxine Wilson is the former mayor of Coquitlam, British Columbia.Born in 1946 in Portland, Oregon, Wilson grew up on a family farm. In 1959, Wilson moved to Canada with her parents and sister. The family settled in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, where her father bought a farm.From 1969 to 1975,... |
9,440 | 40.08% | $40,547 |
| BC Reform Reform Party of British Columbia The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with... |
Bev Welsh | 1,434 | 6.09% | $21,126 |
PDA Progressive Democratic Alliance The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast.... |
Angela Broughton | 1,289 | 5.47% | $785 |
Libertarian British Columbia Libertarian Party The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election... |
Rob Gillespie | 224 | 0.95% | Social Credit British Columbia Social Credit Party The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election... |
Dave Gallagher | 133 | 0.56% | $1,449 |
Natural Law Natural Law Party of Canada The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation.... |
Richard Van Schaik | 123 | 0.52% | $123 |
Conservative British Columbia Conservative Party The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933... |
Debra Hicks | 96 | 0.41% |
| Total Valid Votes | 23,551 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 115 | 0.49% | ||||
| Turnout | 23,666 | 72.33% | ||||
| NDP | John M. Cashore | 11,136 | 47.18% | $45,717 | ||
| BC Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election... |
Bill F. McGuire | 8,930 | 37.84% | $7,901 |
Social Credit British Columbia Social Credit Party The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election... |
Bev A. Welsh | 3,354 | 14.21% | $18,354 |
Independent | Marc (Mikael Ballan) A. R. Boyer | 117 | 0.50% | $790 |
Libertarian British Columbia Libertarian Party The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election... |
Lewis C. Dahlby | 65 | 0.25% |
| Total Valid Votes | 23,602 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 518 | 2.15% | ||||
| Turnout | 24,120 | 75.18% | ||||