Coquitlam-Maillardville

Coquitlam-Maillardville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Coquitlam-Maillardville

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jennifer Blatherwick New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2001)	50,733
Area (km²)	28.64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,771.4
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Coquitlam

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 centre, 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 extension 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.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
34th	1986–1981		John Cashore	New Democratic
35th	1991–1996
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Richard Stewart	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Diane Thorne	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Selina Robinson	New Democratic
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2024
	2024–2024			Independent
43rd	2024–present		Jennifer Blatherwick	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer Blatherwick	11,972	51.80	−7.3	$41,913.64
	Conservative	Hamed Najafi	9,146	39.57	+39.2	$25,819.55
	Green	Nicola Spurling	1,461	6.32	−5.3	$4,924.24
	Independent	Ken Holowanky	535	2.31	–	$2,571.63
Total valid votes/expense limit			23,114	99.89	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			26	0.11	–
Turnout			23,140	56.90	–
Registered voters			40,666
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		−23.2
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		%
	New Democratic	59.1
	Liberal	28.9
	Green	11.6
	Conservative	0.4

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Selina Robinson	12,278	59.70	+9.09	$42,824.64
	Liberal	Will Davis	5,882	28.60	−9.10	$17,661.62
	Green	Nicola Spurling	2,405	11.69	+0.77	$3,326.81
Total valid votes			20,565	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			187	0.91	+0.47
Turnout			20,752	52.48	−9.09
Registered voters			39,542
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Selina Robinson	11,438	50.61	+4.87	$68,146
	Liberal	Steve Kim	8,519	37.70	−7.85	$76,040
	Green	Nicola Eyton Spurling	2,467	10.92	+2.21	$843
	Libertarian	Jesse Velay-Vitow	175	0.77	–	$250
Total valid votes			22,599	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			99	0.44	−0.41
Turnout			22,698	61.57	+4.88
Registered voters			36,865
Source: Elections BC[7][8]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Selina Robinson	9,930	45.74	−2.18	$107,325
	Liberal	Steve Kim	9,889	45.55	+0.89	$80,581.18
	Green	Edward Andreas Stanbrough	1,891	8.71	+36.3	$750
Total valid votes			21,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186	0.85	+0.19
Turnout			21,896	56.69	+1.47
Source: Elections BC[9][10]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Diane Thorne	9,818	47.92	+0.96	$70,174
	Liberal	Dennis Marsden	9,150	44.66	+0.06	$95,363
	Green	Stephen Reid	1,040	5.08	–1.23	$350
	Independent	Doug Stead	481	2.35	–	$9,691
Total valid votes			20,484	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137	0.66	−0.04
Turnout			20,621	55.22	+6.35
Registered voters			37,342
Source: Elections BC[11][12]

B.C. General Election 2005: Coquitlam–Maillardville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Diane Thorne	10,532	46.96%		$48,645
	Liberal	Richard Stewart	10,001	44.60%		$83,294
	Green	Michael Hejazi	1,415	6.31%	–	$1,453
	Marijuana	Brandon Steele	236	1.05%		$100
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	173	0.77%		$100
	Platinum	Nattanya Andersen	69	0.31%	–	$100
Total Valid Votes			22,426	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			156	0.70%
Turnout			22,582	48.87%

B.C. General Election 2001: Coquitlam–Maillardville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Stewart	11,549	56.97%		$32,195
	NDP	Ken Landgraff	4,442	21.90%		$17,917
	Green	Elly Petersen	2,522	12.44%	–	$466
	Unity	Tim Bonner	862	4.25%		$2,001
	Marijuana	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%

B.C. General Election 1996: Coquitlam–Maillardville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	John Cashore	10,812	45.91%		$39,269
	Liberal	Maxine Wilson	9,440	40.08%		$40,547
	Reform	Bev Welsh	1,434	6.09%		$21,126
	Progressive Democrat	Angela Broughton	1,289	5.47%	–	$785
	Libertarian	Rob Gillespie	224	0.95%
	Social Credit	Dave Gallagher	133	0.56%	–	$1,449
	Natural Law	Richard Van Schaik	123	0.52%		$123
	Conservative	Debra Hicks	96	0.41%
Total valid votes			23,551	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			115	0.49%
Turnout			23,666	72.33%

B.C. General Election 1991: Coquitlam–Maillardville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	John Cashore	11,136	47.18%		$45,717
	Liberal	Bill F. McGuire	8,930	37.84%		$7,901
	Social Credit	Bev A. Welsh	3,354	14.21%	–	$18,354
	Independent	Marc (Mikael Ballan) A. R. Boyer	117	0.50%		$790
	Libertarian	Lewis C. Dahlby	65	0.25%
Total valid votes			23,602	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			518	2.15%
Turnout			24,120	75.18%

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• Maillardville