Fin Donnelly

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2020 British Columbia general election: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Fin Donnelly
MLA
Fin Donnelly BC NDP.png
Parliamentary Secretary for Watershed Restoration of British Columbia
Assumed office
January 20, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Fin Donnelly 12,62754.94+11.03$44,595.15
Liberal Joan Isaacs 8,32436.22−8.06$46,536.87
Green Adam Bremner-Akins2,0338.85−2.96$0.00
Total valid votes22,984100.00–
Total rejected ballots  
Turnout  
Registered voters
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +11.03
Source: Elections BC [49] [50]

Federal elections

2015 Canadian federal election : Port Moody—Coquitlam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Fin Donnelly 19,70636.05-4.41$108,104.25
Liberal Jessie Adcock16,88830.89+22.36$46,085.20
Conservative Tim Laidler16,11229.47-17.02$143,435.34
Green Marcus Madsen1,8783.44-0.82$7,735.81
Marxist–Leninist Roland Verrier830.15––
Total valid votes/expense limit54,66799.68 $212,494.90
Total rejected ballots1740.32–
Turnout54,84168.93–
Eligible voters79,555
New Democratic notional gain from Conservative Swing +6.31
Source: Elections Canada [51] [52]
2011 Canadian federal election : New Westminster—Coquitlam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Fin Donnelly 23,02345.93−3.66$69,420.54
Conservative Diana Dilworth20,77641.45+5.78$85,804.33
Liberal Ken Lee4,0698.12−2.21$22,734.54
Green Rebecca Helps2,1604.31+0.04$2,238.04
Marxist–Leninist Roland Verrier950.19–$0.00
Total valid votes50,123100.0  
Total rejected ballots1530.30+0.04
Turnout50,27659.61+29.65
Eligible voters84,337
New Democratic hold Swing −4.72
Source: Elections Canada [53] [54]
By-election on November 9, 2009

resignation of Dawn Black

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Fin Donnelly12,12949.6+7.8
Conservative Diana Dilworth8,75335.8-3.0
Liberal Ken Lee2,51410.3-1.0
Green Rebecca Helps1,0464.3-2.9
Total valid votes24,442
Total rejected ballots–
Turnout24,44229.9%
New Democratic hold Swing +7.8

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