Coquitlam is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia,Canada. Mainly suburban,Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province,with a population of 148,625 in 2021,and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. The mayor is Richard Stewart.
Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia,Canada. It is one of 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. Located 27 km (17 mi) east of Vancouver,it is on the north bank of the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders it to the north and west. Pitt Meadows lies across the Pitt River from it. Port Coquitlam is bisected by Lougheed Highway and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway. Port Coquitlam is often referred to as "PoCo". It is Canada's 93rd-largest municipality by population.
Michael C. Farnworth is a Canadian politician who has served as the 15th and current deputy premier of British Columbia since 2021,and the minister of public safety and solicitor general since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,Farnworth represents the riding of Port Coquitlam in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,where he is the NDP's house leader,and the dean of the Legislative Assembly.
Franco-Columbians are French Canadians or Canadian francophones living in the province of British Columbia. According to the 2016 Canadian Census,71,705 residents of the province stated that French is their mother tongue. In the same census,388,815 British Columbians claimed full or partial French ancestry.
Heather Deal is a Canadian biologist and politician. She served as a Vancouver city councillor until 2018,first elected as a member of Vision Vancouver in 2005. She previously served as a Vancouver Park Board commissioner for the 2002 to 2005 term as a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors.
Dawn Black is a Canadian politician in British Columbia,Canada. She represented the riding of New Westminster in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 to 2013. During that time,she served as interim leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia from January to April 2011.
Diane Thorne is a former 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 was the deputy opposition critic for Education. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. She previously served as a member of Coquitlam City Council,being first elected in 1996.
Fin Donnelly is a Canadian politician. He has served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for the electoral district of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain since 2020,as part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus. He previously served as member of Parliament (MP) as part of the federal NDP caucus,representing New Westminster—Coquitlam from 2009 to 2015,and Port Moody—Coquitlam from 2015 to 2019.
Benjamin Richard Stewart is a Canadian politician,who has represented the riding of Kelowna West in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2018 as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He previously represented the riding of Westside-Kelowna from 2009 to 2013.
The British Columbia New Democratic Party held a leadership election in 2011 to replace departing leader Carole James. The election was prompted by James' announcement on December 6,2010 that she would be resigning as leader of the party. The convention was held on April 17,2011 at the Vancouver Convention Centre with voting occurring by telephone and via internet on that date and through advance voting.
Edward Charles Kennedy Stewart is a Canadian academic administrator and politician who served as the 40th mayor of Vancouver from 2018 to 2022. He previously was the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby—Douglas (2011–2015) and Burnaby South (2015–2018),serving in the House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus.
Selina Mae Robinson is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Coquitlam-Maillardville as an Independent. She previously served in the cabinet of British Columbia between 2017 and 2024 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Rick Glumac is a software engineer,environmentalist,and Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election by defeating one-term Liberal Party MLA Linda Reimer.
Bowinn Ma,MLA is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. Ma then stood for re-election in the 2020 British Columbia general election,again for the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Ma won decisively a second term,in spite of some BC Liberal harassment of her. She represents the electoral district of North Vancouver-Lonsdale as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.
Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver,British Columbia,who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver.
The 2024 British Columbia general election will be held on or before October 19,2024,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Bonita M. Zarrillo is a Canadian politician and is the Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Coquitlam elected in the 2021 Canadian federal election. She had previously narrowly lost the riding in 2019 to the Conservative Party's Nelly Shin. Zarrillo is a member of the New Democratic Party. Prior to her election to the House of Commons,she served as a city councillor for Coquitlam City Council.
The 2022 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 15,2022,the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. Voters elected the mayor of Vancouver by first-past-the-post. Ten city councillors,7 park board commissioners,and 9 school board trustees were elected through plurality at-large voting. In addition,voters were presented with 3 capital plan questions.
In 2022,the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) held a leadership election to select a new leader. The contest was prompted by John Horgan's announcement in June 2022 that he would step down as leader of the party once a new leader had been chosen. As the NDP has formed the government of the province since 2017,newly elected leader David Eby was subsequently sworn in as premier of British Columbia.
Forward Together is a municipal political party in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. The party was led by then-Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart through the 2022 municipal election,which he lost to Ken Sim.
