Coquitlam was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1975. The riding's successor was the Coquitlam-Moody riding.
For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts) and/or Vancouver (electoral districts).
Demographics
| Population, 1966 | |
| Population change, 1966-1986 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
Political geography
Notable elections
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| 28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | David Barrett | 9,517 | 55.20% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Rene Jules Gamache | 6,065 | 35.18% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Eileen Marguerite Ripley | 1,658 | 9.62% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,240 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 155 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Michael Forrest Angus | 6,018 | 22.16% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | David Barrett | 12,948 | 47.67% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Poul E. Hansen | 8,195 | 30.17% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 27,161 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 213 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | David Barrett | 19,374 | 57.28% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Howard Arthur John Paish | 5,053 | 14.94% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | John Edward Mayon Robinson | 7,360 | 21.76% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Faith Helen Elly Trent | 2,035 | 6.02% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 33,822 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 234 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | David Barrett | 18,663 | 47.55% | unknown | ||
| Communist | Christine Beynon | 61 | 0.16% | unknown | ||
| Independent | Larry William Johnson | 73 | 0.19% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | George Herman Kerster | 18,681 | 47.60% | unknown | ||
| North American Labour Party | Alan Levinson | 17 | 0.04% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Osborne | 1,652 | 4.21% | unknown | ||
| Independent | Bernd Fritz Stoelzle | 73 | 0.19% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 39,246 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 319 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
Source
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