Burnaby—Coquitlam

Burnaby—Coquitlam

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1966
First contested	1953
Last contested	1965

Burnaby—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond riding.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Burnaby—Seymour, Fraser Valley West and New Westminster ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Burnaby—Richmond
22nd	1953–1957		Erhart Regier	Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1961
	1961–1962			New Democratic
25th	1962–1962
	1962–1963		Tommy Douglas	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Burnaby—Seymour, Fraser Valley West and New Westminster

Election results

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	22,553	52.93	+6.56
	Liberal	Dick Hayes	12,090	28.37	-6.03
	Social Credit	James Morris Kennedy	5,308	12.46	+2.93
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Allen	2,662	6.25	-3.45
Total valid votes			42,613	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.30

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	19,067	46.37	-4.06
	Liberal	Tom Kent	14,148	34.40	+9.58
	Progressive Conservative	Lyn Morrow	3,990	9.70	+1.78
	Social Credit	René-J. Gamache	3,917	9.53	-6.80
Total valid votes			41,122	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-6.82

Canadian federal by-election, 22 October 1962 On the resignation of Erhart Regier, 20 August 1962
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	16,313	50.43	+0.52
	Liberal	Warren R. Clark	8,029	24.82	+0.32
	Social Credit	René-J. Gamache	5,282	16.33	+4.37
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Greenwood	2,562	7.92	-5.72
	Independent	George D. Burnham	162	0.50	–
Total valid votes			32,348	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.10

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Erhart Regier	19,050	49.91	+6.83
	Liberal	Warren R. Clark	9,351	24.50	+12.72
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Dorfman	5,206	13.64	-24.45
	Social Credit	David C. King	4,564	11.96	+4.91
Total valid votes			38,171	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.94
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Erhart Regier	12,917	43.08	+4.30
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Morrison	11,422	38.09	+20.56
	Liberal	Robert James Cooper	3,533	11.78	-5.15
	Social Credit	Morris Perrett	2,113	7.05	-19.71
Total valid votes			29,985	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		-8.13

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Erhart Regier	10,947	38.78	+1.16
	Social Credit	Clarence E. Gerhart	7,552	26.76	+0.82
	Progressive Conservative	Jane Kilmer	4,949	17.53	+6.48
	Liberal	Fred Philps	4,778	16.93	-5.21
Total valid votes			28,226	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		+0.17

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Erhart Regier	7,232	37.62
	Social Credit	Rene Jules Gamache	4,987	25.94
	Liberal	George Campbell Bastedo	4,256	22.14
	Progressive Conservative	John E. Milne	2,124	11.05
	Labor–Progressive	Alexander Kucher	627	3.26
Total valid votes			19,226	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby—Richmond, which elected a Liberal in the previous election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament