Burnaby—Coquitlam

Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

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

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Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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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

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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

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

## References

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## External links

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* Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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List of federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior|

* Cariboo—Prince George
* Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies
* Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola
* Kelowna
* Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna
* Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
* Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay
* Skeena—Bulkley Valley
* Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee

Fraser Valley and
the Southern Lower Mainland|

* Abbotsford—South Langley
* Chilliwack—Hope
* Cloverdale—Langley City
* Delta
* Fleetwood—Port Kells
* Langley Township—Fraser Heights
* Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford
* Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
* Richmond Centre—Marpole
* Richmond East—Steveston
* South Surrey—White Rock
* Surrey Centre
* Surrey Newton

Vancouver and
the Northern Lower Mainland|

* Burnaby Central
* Burnaby North—Seymour
* Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
* New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
* North Vancouver—Capilano
* Port Moody—Coquitlam
* Vancouver Centre
* Vancouver East
* Vancouver Granville
* Vancouver Kingsway
* Vancouver Quadra
* Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby
* West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island|

* Courtenay—Alberni
* Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
* Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
* Nanaimo—Ladysmith
* North Island—Powell River
* Saanich—Gulf Islands
* Victoria

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Historical federal ridings in British Columbia

Until 2025|

* Burnaby South
* Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
* Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
* Kelowna—Lake Country
* North Okanagan—Shuswap
* Vancouver South

Until 2015|

* British Columbia Southern Interior
* Burnaby—Douglas
* Burnaby—New Westminster
* Delta—Richmond East
* Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
* Langley
* Nanaimo—Alberni
* Nanaimo—Cowichan
* New Westminster—Coquitlam
* Newton—North Delta
* Okanagan—Coquihalla
* Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
* Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
* South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
* Surrey North
* Vancouver Island North

Until 2004|

* Cariboo—Chilcotin
* Delta—South Richmond
* Fraser Valley
* Kamloops / Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys
* Langley—Abbotsford
* New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby
* Prince George—Bulkley Valley
* Skeena
* South Surrey—White Rock—Langley
* Surrey Central
* Vancouver South—Burnaby

Until 1997|

* Burnaby—Kingsway
* Capilano—Howe Sound
* Comox—Alberni
* Fraser Valley East
* Fraser Valley West
* Kootenay West—Revelstoke
* Mission—Coquitlam
* Okanagan Centre
* Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
* Surrey—White Rock—South Langley

Until 1988|

* Burnaby
* Capilano
* Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
* Esquimalt—Saanich
* Kamloops—Shuswap
* Kootenay West
* Mission—Port Moody
* North Vancouver—Burnaby
* Okanagan North
* Okanagan—Similkameen
* Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
* Comox—Powell River

Until 1979|

* Burnaby—Richmond
* Burnaby—Seymour
* Coast Chilcotin
* Nanaimo (electoral district)
* Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands
* New Westminster
* Okanagan Boundary
* Okanagan—Kootenay
* Kamloops—Cariboo

Until 1968|

* Burnaby—Coquitlam
* Coast—Capilano
* Okanagan—Revelstoke
* Vancouver—Burrard

Until 1953|

* Yale

Until 1949|

* Vancouver North

Until 1925|

* Burrard
* Victoria City

Until 1917|

* Comox—Atlin
* Kootenay
* Vancouver City
* Yale—Cariboo

Until 1904|

* Vancouver

Until 1872|

* Cariboo District
* New Westminster District
* Vancouver Island
* Victoria District
* Yale District

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