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Voting patterns: Here's how Port Moody-Coquitlam has voted in the last five federal elections

Can the Conservatives keep its seat or will the NDP regain its long-time legacy for the riding in Ottawa?
Kyle Balzer
Kyle Balzer
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Canadians head to the polls on Sept. 20, 2021.Elections Canada

On Sept. 20, local residents will be voting for a member of parliament in the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding for the 2021 federal election.

Polling stations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on decision day.

The Tri-City News has looked back at how people in this riding have voted in the last five elections dating back to 2006.

This includes a voting average of 64.44 per cent in terms of the number of eligible voters who have cast a ballot.

This year's Port Moody-Coquitlam federal election candidates are Will Davis (Liberal); Desta McPherson (People's Party); Nelly Shin (Conservatives); Roland Verrier (Marxist-Leninist Party); and Bonita Zarrillo (NDP).

The following data is courtesy of Elections Canada:

PORT MOODY-COQUITLAM

2019

  • Voter turnout - 65.76 per cent (54,364 out of 82,674 eligible ballots)

The Tories took back the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding after one election's absence. Nelly Shin won the riding with 31.21 per cent of the vote—and a difference of 153 votes ahead of the NDP—and became the first Korean-Canadian elected to the House of Commons.

  1. Nelly Shin (Consevatives) = 16,855 votes
  2. Bonita Zarrillo (NDP) = 16,702 votes
  3. Sara Badiei (Liberals) = 15,695 votes
  4. Bryce Watts (Green Party) = 3,873 votes
  5. Jayson Chabot (People's Party) = 821 votes
  6. Roland Verrier (Marxist-Leninist Party) = 57 votes

2015

  • Voter turnout - 68.93 per cent (54,841 out of 79,555 eligible ballots)

In this race, Fin Donnelly and the NDP won with 36.05 per cent of the vote.

  1. Fin Donnelly (NDP) = 19,706 votes
  2. Jessie Adcock (Liberals) = 16,888 votes
  3. Tim Laidler (Conservatives) = 16,112 votes
  4. Marcus Madsen (Green Party) = 1,878 votes
  5. Roland Verrier (Marxist-Leninist Party) = 83 votes

2011

  • Voter turnout - 60.47 (50,276 out of 83,143 eligible ballots)

NDP's Fin Donnelly kept the orange party in the riding for a third straight election after taking over in the 2009 by-election after Dawn Black's resignation. Donnelly, now a provincial MLA for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain,—also NDP—won the 2011 election with 45.93 per cent of the vote.

  1. Fin Donnelly (NDP) = 23,023 votes
  2. Diana Dilworth (Conservatives) = 20,776 votes
  3. Ken Lee (Liberals) = 4,068 votes
  4. Rebecca Helps (Green Party) = 2,160 votes
  5. Roland Verrier (Marxist-Leninist Party) = 95 votes

2008

  • Voter turnout - 61.74 per cent (49,857 eligible ballots cast)

Dawn Black wins her second term as the member of parliament—41.83 per cent of the vote. 

  1. Dawn Black (NDP) = 20,787 votes
  2. Yonah Martin (Conservatives) = 19,229 votes
  3. Michelle Hassen (Liberals) = 5,615 votes
  4. Marshall Smith (Green Party) = 3,574 votes
  5. Lewis C. Dahlby (Libertarian Party) = 314 votes
  6. Roland Verrier (Marxist-Leninist Party) = 103 votes

2006

  • Voter turnout - 65.29 per cent (50,870 eligible ballots cast)

The NDP gained the Port Moody-Coquitlam seat in this election with Dawn Black earning a 5.68 per cent gain of votes for the orange party from the 2004 election. She earned 38.31 per cent of the total vote.

  1. Dawn Black (NDP) = 19,422 votes
  2. Paul Foresth (Conservatives) = 16,494 votes
  3. Joyce Murray (Liberals) = 11,933 votes
  4. Sven Biggs (Green Party) = 1,491 votes
  5. Dick Estey (Independent) = 123 votes
  6. Joseph Theriault (Marxist-Leninist Party) = 54 votes