Port Coquitlam (provincial electoral district)

Port Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike Farnworth New Democratic
District created	1988
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2006)	52,692
Area (km²)	34.64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,521.1
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, consisting of the entire city of Port Coquitlam. It was created following the 1988 redistribution from Coquitlam-Moody and was contested in the 1991 and 1996 elections before being superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. The district was reestablished by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 . It was again contested in the 2009 election in which New Democrat Mike Farnworth was elected its MLA.

Farnworth was re-elected in 2013, 2017, 2020, and 2024.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
Superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain from 2001–2009
39th	2009–2013		Mike Farnworth	New Democratic
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020−2024
43rd	2024−present

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	13,843	53.87	-10.27	$19,589.22
	Conservative	Keenan Adams	9,967	38.79	–	$12,191.99
	Green	Adam Bremner-Akins	1,644	6.40	-6.22	$1,973.77
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	244	0.95	-1.40	$512.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			25,698	99.85	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			38	0.15	–
Turnout			25,736	57.70	+3.34
Registered voters			44,601
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-24.53
Source: Elections BC [1] [2]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	15,370	64.14	+8.35	$9,774.62
	Liberal	Mehran Zargham	5,009	20.90	−9.15	$4,583.11
	Green	Erik Minty	3,023	12.61	−0.22	$2,051.19
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	563	2.35	+1.37	$0.00
Total valid votes			23,965	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	14,079	55.79	+2.85	$52,164
	Liberal	Susan Chambers	7,582	30.05	−6.52	$26,734
	Green	Jason Hanley	3,237	12.83	–	$1,177
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	248	0.98	−0.63	$89
	Cascadia	Billy Gibbons	88	0.35	–	$1,973
Total valid votes			25,234	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			131	0.52	−0.20
Turnout			25,365	62.44	+5.18
Registered voters			40,621
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	11,755	52.94	−1.77	$86,221
	Liberal	Barbara Lu	8,120	36.57	−2.28	$23,507
	Conservative	Ryan Hague	1,525	6.87	–	$3,928
	Your Political Party	Brent Williams	447	2.01	+1.34	$610
	Libertarian	Jogender Dahiya	358	1.61	+0.73	$872
Total valid votes			22,205	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			160	0.72	+0.20
Turnout			22,365	57.26	+2.05
Registered voters			39,059
Source: Elections BC [7]

2009 British Columbia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Farnworth	11,121	54.71%		$63,090
	Liberal	Bernie Hiller	7,896	38.85%		$68,768
	Green	Cole Bertsch	994	4.89%	–	$350
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	178	0.88%		$250
	Your Political Party	Brent Williams	137	0.67%		$775
Total Valid Votes			20,326	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			106	0.52%
Turnout			20,432	55.21%

See also

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

References

1. "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
2. "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
3. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
5. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved December 21, 2020.
6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
7. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.